Rugby: Push and Pull - Foot Position and Drive Drill

• Groups of 6+ players. 
• 3 tackle shields per group. 
• 1 Tackle Sausage per group. 

• 3 people with bags act as attackers, 1 by 1 they run at suausage stepping to a side of there choice when at the sausage.
• Defenders start running when the attackers do, when the attacker steps, the defender makes quick decison in reaction to what shoulder he/she hits with. 
• NOT FULL TACKLE - Focus on impact, and leg drive.

• Progression: Get rid of the tackle bags and use balls - progress to full tackle. 

• Groups of 6+ players. 
• 3 tackle shields per group. 
• 1 Tackle Sausage per group. 

• 3 people with bags act as attackers, 1 by 1 they run at suausage stepping to a side of there choice when at the sausage.
• Defenders start running when the attackers do, when the attacker steps, the defender makes quick decison in reaction to what shoulder he/she hits with. 
• NOT FULL TACKLE - Focus on impact, and leg drive.

Good for younger rugby players to learn how to go into contact and set up the ball at pace, you can use it as a competition between the team with a limit of time etc.

2 people are on the tackle shields about 5 metres apart facing each other, there is a ball carrier standing in the middle of the two defenders.

Ball carrier runs in to one defender and places the ball, once placed, he gets to his feet quickly and runs into the next defender doing the same. This process can continue for as short or as long as you like, a good challenge would be 30 second limit to get in as many hits and ball placements as possible.

• Groups 6+ 
• Cones.
• Balls

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.