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Contact Skills Drills

A major part of rugby involves two or more players making physical contact with each other. Contact normally takes place during a tackle, lineout, scr...

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 ...

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...

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...

Tag Rugby Drills

Use the tag rugby drills and games (also referred to as touch rugby) to boost your junior players' passing, off-loading, and decision making ability. ...

zContact Drills

Introduction To Contact Rugby Manual

If you don't see an improvement in your coaching and your players by the end of the season, contact us and we will give you your money back. Introduc...

Seal

category: Contact-Skills

Rugby Seal Contact Skills The aim of the drill is to develop good techniques to protect the ball and stay in a strong position.

Tackle Contact

category: Tackling

Rugby Tackle Contact Tackling Players 3m apart – slightly crouched One of pair nominated as tackler On balls of feet, with feet shoulder width apar...

Contact Relay

category: Warm-Up

Rugby Contact Relay Warm Up Break your players down into groups of 3. In each area there should be 1 player with a tackle shield, 1 player with a tac...

Offloads

category: Contact-Skills

Rugby Offloads Contact Skills One group starts with the ball. Player with the ball forwards towards the player with the pad. The player hits pad with...

Tackle Roll

category: Contact-Skills

With a wealth of experience and as part of New Zealand's World Cup winning coaching team, Marg is ready to pass on her knowledge to answer your coach...

Basic Scrummage Shape.

category: Contact-Skills

Join now for free. search our library of 1100+ rugby drills; create your own professional coaching plans; or access our tried and tested plans. Name....

Pre-Contact Circuit

category: Warm-Up

With a wealth of experience and as part of New Zealand's World Cup winning coaching team, Marg is ready to pass on her knowledge to answer your coach...

5 Vs 5 Touch Rugby

category: Match-Related

Touch Rugby in teams of 5

3 Touches and change possession.

When a player with the ball is touched, tackler stays in passive contact...

Catching A High Ball

category: Catching

Call for the ball!

Head and eyes up looking at the ball, get in line with the ball.

Quickly move to the ball's 'drop zone'

Adj...

Driving Maul

category: Maul

3 attackers against two defenders with contact pads.

Ball carrier takes ball into contact turning before hitting pads and presenting the ball...

Find The Space

category: Handling

Players run in any direction in the grid trying to avoid contact by running into space. When the teacher calls stop, all players must be at least ...

Progression In Ruck

category: Ruck

In groups of four, the ball carrier runs out, turns and passes the ball to the second player. The first player then becomes a defender. Player 2...

Ruck - Full

category: Ruck

Take contact on own terms If no close support, go to ground and present the ball Protect head (especially younger players) Arriving players drive defe...

Ruck 5

category: Ruck

Turn before contactControl movement to groundKeep two hands on the ballLook for close supportImmediate ??pop?? to close support player

Tackle

category: Tackling

Start with this simple tackling drill with no resistance to the tackle to get your players warmed up and used to contact.

Touch Ruck Game

category: Ruck

Groups of 10

5 v 5 match, after each touch the touch player must simulate a ruck by hitting the floor.

Allow 1 player to clear def...

Touch Rugby With Mini-Maul

category: Match-Related

Touch rugby in teams of 5. Once a team has been touched three times change possession.

When a player is touched, the tackler stays in passiv...

Rugby: england's team try vs all blacks (rwc)

Rugby Coaching: England's opening try in the Rugby World Cup 2019 Semi-Final vs New Zeland All Blacks. The try was scored in the opening exchanges aft...

The best bump offs in rugby!

Hope you guys enjoy my new video the best bump offs in rugby!! So sorry guys for the long wait but it took time!:) Song: Fabolous - Breathe (Explicit)...

Return to rugby - contact progression - bag shield drills

Rugby: the tackle process with sam underhill

Rugby Coaching: England's Sam Underhill was exceptional at the Rugby World Cup 2019 in Japan. He was devastating against New Zealand All Blacks after ...

Rugby analysis: leinster's defence system

Rugby Analysis: In this rugby video, I look at rugby powerhouse, Leinster, and how they build their defence. Also, you can receive my latest rugby ana...

Nudgee rugby skills - ball carry & presentation

This contact primer isolates the ball carry with some ball 'present' ation options, including long place, offload & reload back to feet. Key points: -...

Rugby: france's attack

Rugby Coaching: In this rugby video, I look at how French Rugby is back to their attacking best! I use World Rugby's principles of play to help decons...

Rugby: france's defence system

Rugby Coaching: In this rugby video, I look at France's most recent games in the Autumn Nations Cup and look at how the system is developing under Sha...

Rugby drills : no body contact - 4 drills warm up skills

4 different rugby drills with no body contact.

Rugby: magnifique french try vs england ft fickou - dupont - jalibert

Rugby. Simplified. In this rugby video from the Six Nations, I look at a sensational French starter play try versus England. I can help you improve yo...

Stage c corona virus rugby coaching games: catch & pass games for all ages by gdd

In this video I share 3 rugby coaching ideas that help to develop catch, pass and run skills, while also helping players develop rugby specific condit...

Return to rugby - contact progression - partner drills

Ruck through the Gate

Teach your team to ruck safely, effectively and quickly. By going 'through the gate' you'll avoid giving away penalties and encourage better binding

Rugby Fitness, Strength and Endurance

Make sure your players don't run out of steam with this Rugby Fitness session, working on their strength and endurance

Understanding the importance of effective offloading to secure possession

Develop your team's decision making ability to recognise how and when to set up an offload to unlock the defence.

Handling and Passing - working under pressure

Fast hands and a cool head will be needed in this physically testing pressure passing session - are your players up to the challenge?

2nd Wave Defence and Developing Offloading!

Develop your team's offloading in attack and their 2nd wave defensive play with this session

Confidence in Contact: part 2

Continue to improve your player's confidence when using contact, with the second of our Confidence in Contact sessions

Confidence in Contact: part 1

Help your players get over their fears and watch them gain confidence in contact!

Developing Invasive Attacking Skills!

Improve your players decision making to help them recognise where the space will develop and how they can maximise their success when they create the ...

Contact Work - Bounce, Jackal, Fire

Contest for every ball and cause a turnover with this session by focussing on both defensive and attacking breakdowns. Work on the jackal and bounce i...

Contact: Rucking technical session

Master the ?Smash? and the ?Roll? rucking technique so that when the pressure is on and a clear decision needs to be made, clearing the ruck becomes ...

My fowards seem afraid to ruck and stand around the?

What is the best age to introduce contact?

Taking the ball into contact

When can I start teaching tackling skills to children.?

RFU - proposed Mini's rule changes

I coach U8's and am looking for drills to get them?

Can I and should I coach basic tackle skills to U8s?

Using pads & contact shields - good or bad?

Interpretation of the maul - for U10s?

How can I overcome my son's fear of tackling?

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Ball carrier goes into contact staying on his feet until his support joins him. Support player calls him to ground. Ball carrier presents ball as supp...

encuadre 1 vs 1

1 atacante (azul c/escudo) sale y puede elegir cualquiera de las 3 puertas, mientras que el def. (rojo) ingresa en el campo de adentro hacia afu...

Continuidade e Apoio

Defesas passivos - contacto a cintura

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Maul game to start- touch maul. In groups of 5-6 max. play touch game whereby player taking it into contact must turn and SH must rip the ball away/ ...

Copy of Attitude au contact (JB)

Par 2 : PB : Tenir debout lors du contact et continuer à avancer ET/OU passage par le sol avec longue libération Soutiens :Si debout, ar...

Attacking decision making

Aimed at Centers.Designed to increase decision making abilities.When to kick when to fix a defender and when to take contactWork through various scena...

Jeu dans la Défense 2vs1 Passe Après Contact

L'attaquant va au contact du défenseurLe défenseur plaque sous la tailleLe porteur de balle fait la passe aprés contact au soutien sui arriv...

Seek gab and offload

'Red' recieves ball and sidesteps into gab.when dragged both tacklers 'Red' offloads to 'Yellow' which is running in support.- Pick correctly body sid...

Hit and Spin Relay

To turn prior to contact and keep ball alvive.Whatch for accurate passing and check balance and foot work.

Enjambre

grupo de jugadores dentro de un circulo de conos. a la orden del entrenador (gris) quien dira una particularidad de alguno de ellos, en el ejeplo (ama...