Rugby: Scrum: Bear Crawl & Leg Drive

Description

- The bear crawl is a movement that strengthens your core and adds stabillity to your spine.

- 2 things that need to be very strong while scrummaging. 

- One player should bear crawl resisted for 5 steps.

- They should explode out the blocks working on his powerful legdrive. 

Coaching points

Tower of Power 

Feet 

• Shoulder width - weight forward 
• On toes. 

Knees 

• 90 degrees 

Core 

• Imagine someone pulling a string through your belly button.
• Squeeze in an down. 

Hips 

• Pelvic tilited outwards. 
• Hips backwards 
• Like sitting down.

Elbows 

• Tight to body
• T-rex arms 

Scaps 

• Back and together
• Holding pencil between the scaps. 

Chest 

• Up and out 

Head 

• Neutral 
• Look through eyebrows.

Bear Crawl

• Opposite arm and opposite leg working. 
• Tight Core - activated the whole time. 
• Look through eyebrows