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Rugby: Knees Tackling - Contact Confidence

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In pairs, one player starts on their knees. The other player runs towards one shoulder, the tackler makes contacts with their shoulder, puts head on the right side and wraps around to make the tackle.

COACHING POINTS

  • Build confidence in contact
  • Focus on key technique areas, making contact with the shoulder, head of the right side and wrapping arms around to make the tackle

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  • Cones.
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1. Warm up - Non Contact.

Players start on the corner of a square grid. They then in turn run to meet in the middle of the square. The Attacker side steps, while defender tries to get a shoulders on contact on the attacker. 

2. Contact introduced - Attakcing Player Focus. 

Attacking player after being tackled must land on top of the ball. Then must release the ball, then fire up as quickly as possible to re-gather the ball and keep running. 

3. Focus on the defender. 

After making a good tackle, with focus on body height, squeeze and foot in close, the defender must return to feet as quiclkly as possible to compete for the ball again. 

 

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