Outmanoeuvring your opponents to win a line-out is no easy feat but with good practice and a well co-ordinated team you can make sure your team will be the first to the ball, even if you don't have the biggest players.
To help keep your players one step ahead we've devised an extremely cunning session, focusing on awareness and maintaining the consistency and quality of this skill.
Focus on a number of different aspects of the lift - the accuracy of your hooker's throw, the dynamic starting jump, the muscular and technical ability of your lifters, the jumper's position in the air as well as the overall mobility of your pods - all while allowing you to see how your players compete in a competitive situation.

in more ways than one
in more ways than one
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