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Rugby: Ball around the hips.

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Simple movement of handling the ball around the hips.

COACHING POINTS

Make sure that hips and torso are static and do not move with the ball.

Do 3 times clockwise and then reverse and do 3 times anti-clockwise.

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Hold the ball between your legs, one hand behind, one hand in fornt.

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Ball under legs.:

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