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Catching Drills

Catching is how the player takes control of the ball with their hands from a pass, kick or lineout. The catching videos and drills below will boost yo...

Lineout Drills

A lineout is used to restart play, when the ball has left the field of play. Unless your team has "kicked for touch" when awarded a penalty the "throw...

Ball Presentation Drills

Ball presentation is how the ball-carrier makes the ball available to a teammate after they have been tackled. The ball presentation videos and drills...

Warm Up Drills

Warm up drills in rugby are important because they get your players' muscles ready for exercise and help to reduce the risk of injury. They're also a ...

Handling Drills

Handling in rugby covers how your player holds, catches and runs with the ball. Good ball carrying technique should include your player's fingers bein...

Maul Drills

A maul is similar to a ruck but occurs when the ball is held up off the floor (in a player's hand). The maul drills, videos and mini games below will ...

Off Loads Drills

An off load is when a tackled player passes the ball to a teammate before the tackle is completed. Use the 2v1 and tackle bag off load drills and vide...

Practices for Juniors

The junior videos and drills are designed to introduce and teach youth players to the correct techniques and skills they will in rugby, in a safe and ...

Ruck Drills

A ruck occurs when the ball carrier is tackled and players from each side make contact over the ball which is on the ground (it differs from a maul wh...

Scrum Drills

A scrum involves eight players from each side locking heads with the opposition. It is a way of restarting play after the ball has gone out to touch, ...

Tackling Drills

All players need to be able to tackle. Tackling is how a player physically stops an opponent from moving forward with the ball. It's a vital aspect of...

Compete For The Ball

category: Catching

Rugby Compete for the ball Catching 2 players, 1 ball. The player with the ball throws the ball up and both player jump up to compete for the ball wi...

Bounce And Compete For Ball

category: Contact-Skills

Rugby Bounce and compete for ball Contact Skills groups of 4 sausages ball 2 players lie next to the sausages, with a ball wedged between them. When ...

Bounce And Compete For Ball

category: Ruck

Rugby Bounce and compete for ball Ruck groups of 4 sausages ball 2 players lie next to the sausages, with a ball wedged between them. When coach blow...

Compete

category: Sevens

Rugby Compete Sevens Tell your players the following..... The players on the bags will squeeze the bags together to make removal of the ball hard but...

Catching A High Ball

category: Catching

Rugby Catching a high ball Catching Call for the ball! Head and eyes up looking at the ball, get in line with the ball. ... Compete for the ball Dril...

Catching A High Ball

category: Catching

Rugby League Catching a high ball Catching Move to get under the ball Hands and arms up (point at the ball) Keep body ... Compete for the ball Drill ...

Rugby Ball Overhead

category: Catching

Rugby Rugby Ball Overhead Catching The aim of the drill is to develop a high ball over head catch. ... Compete for the ball Drill Thumbnail View this...

Ruck Clear Out

category: Ruck-Clear-Out

Rugby Ruck Clear Out Ruck Clear Out 4 players (2 players in Tackle Suits, one ... 2nd suited player quickly moves in to compete for ball – support ...

Counter Bag

category: Sevens

Rugby Counter Bag Sevens Tell your players the following..... One player will straddle the bag and compete for the ball on the ground. The two remain...

Lift And Catch

category: Catching

Rugby Lift and catch Catching in groups of 4 or 5 Player in the middle to support both sides. player with the ball throws or ... Compete for the ball...

3 Touch Kick

category: Warm-Up

Split your players into two teams, giving one group of players a set of coloured bibs to set them apart, and quickly tell your players the followin...

Alcatraz: Jail Break

category: Warm-Up

This is a great warm-up for defensive and evasion sessions, or it might even be a warm-up that helps you reinforce coaching points made during a pr...

Jackal Progression Drill

category: Contact-Skills

1. Bounce

Race to get off the floor. CHest to bag then bag to feet.

2. Bounce with sausage

Lineout Game

category: Lineout

The coach calls out the number of people that required in the lineout, together with a team name to. The hooker throws the ball in for both teams t...

Living On The Edge

category: Warm-Up

• Split the players into two teams, giving each team their own set of bibs. Two different colours that clearly define the teams.
• Keep ...

Nsw - Warratahs Tackle Technique

category: Contact-Skills

• Groups 6+
• Cones.
• Balls

1. Warm up - Non Contact.

Players start on the corner of a squ...

Nsw - Warratahs Tackle Technique

category: Tackling

• Groups 6+
• Cones.
• Balls

1. Warm up - Non Contact.

Players start on the corner of a squ...

Ping Pong

category: Warm-Up

Make sure that your players are holding their tackle shields correctly!

• Have your players work in groups of 10, adjust depending on yo...

Ruck N Roller

category: Sevens

Tell the players the following......

1. The first group of 3 go first.
2. The first player, the ball carrier, hits in on the pad an...

Ruck, Ruck, And Ruck Again

category: Sevens

Tell your players the following.....

1. Both the pad and attacking units will jog within the grid, the players in the attacking units don...

Rugby Gaelic Football

category: Sevens

Tell the players the following laws.......

1. One team will be attacking, the ball carrying team. The other will be a defending team.

Running Side Tackle

category: Tackling

Starting with their backs to one another, two players stand 5 metres apart and run off in opposite directions along one side of the 20 metre grid.<...

Snap, Crackle, And Pop - Touch Variation

category: Warm-Up

Split your players into two teams, giving one group of players a set of coloured bibs to set them apart, and quickly tell your players the followin...

Surfs Up

category: Sevens

Tell the players the following.......

1. Lay flat on the ground.
2. In a moment but not yet, I want you to get to your feet, but yo...

Skills & drills with england rugby - turnover ball

Try this turnover drill from the England Rugby lads to help you compete for the ball at the breakdown. #CommittedToTheGame.

Wales rugby compete in drop goal challenge

The Welsh U20s were the first side to compete in the drop goal challenge at this year's Junior World Championship.

Super rugby long throw challenge

Which Super Rugby player has the longest throw? Watch this and find out!

The breakdown: Turning the Ball Over - Part one

Hard work doesn't stop! Teach your players to get back to their feet quickly and compete to win the turnover

Jackal at the Tackle - Technique and Confidence Session

Can your players tackle and jackal? Use this session to introduce your players to the jackal and improve their technique in 1v1 and game situations

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Nicks attack and defend rucking drill

three players lay on their backs the middle player has a ball.The player with the ball touches the defender and rolls and presents the ball.the defend...

Compete for ball

Each player is given a number from 1 to 4.Each team of 4 lines up on their try line, facing away from pitch.Coach calls 2 numbers and throws the ball ...

D chase down and turnover

Red: D Blue: O-A ball carrier starting on the green cone side steps their way through them.Another player, starting at the corner, runs around th...

Box Kick From Scrum

Make Sure that team mates know the call. 1. Eyes on the ball, Fingers spread --> quick hand placement, Step back 45 degrees Drop the ball onto th...

Conditioned Game

Conditioned game focused of forcing the tackle and playing through rucks. First condition will be using scrag to tackle, person with possession must p...

Removing the Threat - 30 mins

This will be a instructional segment with careful consideration on technique and decision making.Firstly, the coach will introduce the different posit...

Decision Making in the Contact Space- Regaining possession- Contesting the Ruck

Dependant on numbers: 1 or 2 Games of Touch. Multiple balls to mimic on gainline/behind gainline/lateral.Rules of game- touched player to go down as i...

Set Up Of Tackle Maul

Improving their ability to make a maul if held up in tackle situation.1. Within the try area get 4 players on a tackle pad in a zig zag line up to fir...

Decision Making in the Contact Space- Regaining possession- Contesting the Ruck

Dependant on numbers: 1 or 2 Games of Touch. Multiple balls to mimic on gainline/behind gainline/lateral.Rules of game- touched player to go down as i...