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Decision making Drills

Decision making determines what pass, run or tackle your player makes on the field. Making the right decision can be the difference between a try bein...

Scrum Core Stability

category: Warm-Up

Rugby Scrum core stability Warm Up Groups of 3. - 2 players get into the T.O.P positon next to eachother. - Another player on all 4 knees on thier ba...

Core Work On Floor

category: Lineout

Rugby Core Work On Floor Lineout The aim of the exercise is to develop core activation buy pulling your core in, this will flatten your back off, at ...

Scrum Core Stability

category: Scrum

Rugby Scrum core stability Scrum Groups of 3. - 2 players get into the T.O.P positon next to eachother. - Another player on all 4 knees on thier back...

Lineout Throw - Heavy Ball

category: Lineout

Rugby Lineout Throw - Heavy Ball Lineout The aim of the exercise is to develop core activation buy pulling your core in and at the same time fire you...

Throw On Knees

category: Lineout

Rugby Throw On Knees Lineout The aim of the exercise is to develop core activation buy pulling your core in and at the same time fire your glutes for...

Standing Throws

category: Lineout

Rugby Standing Throws Lineout The aim of the exercise is to warm up and activate the core to develop accuracy of the throw with a partner 10m - 15m.

Scrum: Bear Crawl & Leg Drive

category: Warm-Up

Rugby Scrum: Bear Crawl & Leg Drive Warm Up - The bear crawl is a movement that strengthens your core and adds stabillity to your spine. - 2 things t...

Bungie

category: Lineout

Rugby Bungie Lineout The aim of the exercise is to develop core activation buy using a bungie to also develop arm strength. This is the activation mo...

1V1 Scrum

category: Scrum

• The aim of the drill is to develop strong positive profiling and to develop core-stability against opposition. 1v1.
• Player smust sink ...

2 On 1 Attack And Defence Drill

category: Match-Related

Set a narrow grid to attack. Defenders and attackers begin on the touchline in the centre. Both leave at the same time and run around appointed con...

2 On 1 Attack And Defence Drill

category: Passing

Set a narrow grid to attack. Defenders and attackers begin on the touchline in the centre. Both leave at the same time and run around appointed con...

2 V 2 (Switch)

category: Decision-making

This is a basic 2 v 2 drill to allow players to progress from a simple 2 v 1. In a channel no wider than 10m, 2 attackers have 5 attempts to score ...

2 V 2 Box

category: Sevens

Tell your players the following......

1. Whichever group of 2 is given the ball becomes the attack, and should attack upon receiving the ...

2 Vs 1 Gauntlet

category: Decision-making

Set up two 1m wide gates of cones (green and red) either side of a feeder, with a line of attackers opposite (5m away). Have a number of defenders ...

2 Vs 2 (In - Out Line)

category: Decision-making

In a channel no wider than 10m, two attackers have 5 attempts to score a try on the red cones.

The attackers try to create space and beat th...

2 Vs 2 (Loop And Step Inside)

category: Decision-making

This is a basic 2 vs 2 drill to allow players to progress from a simple 2 v 1.

In a channel no wider than 10m, 2 attackers have 5 attempts t...

2 Vs 2 (Out - In Support Line)

category: Decision-making

This is a basic 2 v 2 drill to allow players to progress from a simple 2 v 1.

In a channel no wider than 10m, 2 attackers have 5 attempts t...

2 Vs 2 (Quick Scissor)

category: Decision-making

This is a basic 2 v 2 drill to allow players to progress from a simple 2 v 1. In a channel no wider than 10m, 2 attackers have 5 attempts to score...

2 Vs 2 Linebreak Scenario

category: Agility-Running-Skills

Here we are re-creating a 2 vs 2 scenario which we might find on the field. The aim is to put players under the same conditions which they would po...

2V2 Track And Tackle

category: Tackling

10m wide channel, 2 attackers start with the ball while 2 defenders atart at the other end.

when instructed the attackers attempt to score ag...

• Setting the front row is the building blocks for a scrum.
• The 3 players (Prop, Hooker, Prop) should stand in a line facing the opposit...

3 Man Tackle Grid.

category: Defensive-Patterns

• Groups of 12+
• Bibs
• Balls
• Cones

Get all players ot get into teams of 3.

Select one of the...

3 Man Tackle Grid.

category: Tackling

• Groups of 12+
• Bibs
• Balls
• Cones

Get all players ot get into teams of 3.

Select one of the...

3 On 1 Attack And Defence Drill

category: Match-Related

Set a grid to attack. Defenders and attackers begin on the touchline in the centre. Both leave at the same time and run around appointed cones, bal...

3 On 1 Attack And Defence Drill

category: Passing

Set a grid to attack. Defenders and attackers begin on the touchline in the centre. Both leave at the same time and run around appointed cones, bal...

3 On 2 Attack And Defence Drill

category: Defensive-Patterns

Set an area with two different coloured cones on the touch line in the middle, one for defenders and one for attackers. At the prompt of the coach ...

3 On 2 Attack And Defence Drill

category: Match-Related

Set an area with two different coloured cones on the touch line in the middle, one for defenders and one for attackers. At the prompt of the coach ...

3 On 2 Attack And Defence Drill

category: Passing

Set an area with two different coloured cones on the touch line in the middle, one for defenders and one for attackers. At the prompt of the coach ...

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...

3 V 2 Reverse Drill

category: Passing

Drill to practice 3 v 2 attacking scenarios.

Set up a channel 20m long and 15m wide with cones every 10m along the length (red, yellow, green...

3 V Tackle Bag And Body Suit

category: Off-Loads

3 attackers start at the beginning of the grid who will go up against the tackle bag first and then the person in the body suit second; these two s...

3 V Tackle Bag And Body Suit

category: Passing

3 attackers start at the beginning of the grid who will go up against the tackle bag first and then the person in the body suit second; these two s...

3 V Tackle Bag And Body Suit

category: Tackling

3 attackers start at the beginning of the grid who will go up against the tackle bag first and then the person in the body suit second; these two s...

3-Kick Warmup

category: Kicking

Drill to warm up/practice different types of kick.

Players form two lines in the 15m channels with all the balls starting on one side.

...

3D Touch Rugby

category: School

Players can run with the ball and pass in all directions. If a player is touched while in possession of the ball, it is an immediate turnover (ball...

4 Vs 1

category: Tag-Rugby

Groups of 5

Combine grids to make 2 channels each 10m x 20m

1 Ball per group

Ball carrier tries to score a try by running past...

4V2 Attacking Grid

category: Handling

• Groups 18
• Balls
• Cones

Groups of 4 line up on all sides of the square.

2 defenders tand in the middle o...

4V3 Passing Channel

category: Passing

• This is a 4 v 3 overload drill in favour of the attackers
• The area is set out, with four attackers spread out across the back line, th...

5 Attacks 3

category: Sevens

• Using cones mark out the four corners and the midways points of each side of a 20 x 20 meter training area.
• Divide your players into...

5 V 5 Tag Rugby

category: Practices-for-Juniors

2 teams. 5 players on each team in a large coned area. Area size depends on age, ability, and number of players in each team.

Team with the ...

5 Vs 5

category: Tag-Rugby

Pitch 20m x 20m. All players wearing tag belts

Start the game with a free pass, defenders must be 7m back at the start

Attacking play...

8 Vs 3 Game

category: Match-Related

8 players are lined up just outside the 22 metre line, with 3 defenders starting under the posts with the ball.

One of the defenders kicks ...

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...

Another Defender Bites The Dust

category: Warm-Up

• Normal laws of rugby apply; a knock on etc. results in a turn over.
• The attacking team gets unlimited touches.
• A player is ...

Attack From Turnover

category: Match-Related

• 2 Teams
• Ball
• Tackle Bags

3 Tackle bags are in a break down formation. With one player from the o...

Attack Until Youre Tackled

category: Off-Loads

Playing area of 25m in length - adjust width to suit numbers- equal numbers in both teams

Full LEG tackles ONLY - ball carrier when tackled ...

Attacking Footwork And Tackling

category: School

Grid size is around 5x5m. You can keep changing the size of the grid.

The defender must shadow the attacker as they run towards a con...

Attacking Skills Version 1

category: Sevens

Tell your players the following......

1. Players will attack in teams of 2, each attacking unit will have their own ball.
2. At the...

Attacking Skills Version 2

category: Sevens

Tell your players the following......

1. Players will attack in teams of 3, each attacking unit will have their own ball.
2. At the...

Avoid The Tackler In A Line

category: Practices-for-Juniors

5 players and 1 ball.

4 players in a staggered line in a coned area with 1 player in the middle as the tackler.

Avoid The Tackler

category: Practices-for-Juniors

5 players and 1 ball.

2 players on each side of a coned area with 1 player in the middle as the tackler.

Player 1 runs with the ball ...

Bag Slams | Contact Conditioning Circuit Exercise 2

category: Contact-Skills

This is the second exercise in a series of three that can be put together to form a contact conditioning circuit. The circuit c...

Bag Slams | Contact Conditioning Circuit Exercise 2

category: Warm-Up

This is the second exercise in a series of three that can be put together to form a contact conditioning circuit. The circuit c...

Baseball

category: Kicking

Set up a pitch area (green cones) based on the age of the players (depending on how far they can kick) with fielders spread out around the pitch. (...

Beat The Runner

category: Agility-Running-Skills

• Divide your players into groups of five, with one player acting as a running. Each grid will need a runner. The runner starts on the runners ...

Beat The Runner

category: Sevens

• Divide your players into groups of five, with one player acting as a running. Each grid will need a runner. The runner starts on the runners ...

Beat The Runner

category: Warm-Up

• Divide your players into groups of five, with one player acting as a running. Each grid will need a runner. The runner starts on the runners ...

Beating The Ball And Rucking

category: School

• Decision-making in contact.
• The aim is to get the ball carrier beyond the tackler and the support of players making decisions...

Beating The Opponent.

category: Decision-making

Player A (Blue) starts with the ball, and Player B (Red) defends.

Both players start at the corner of the 15 meter grid with their backs to...

Behind The Posts

category: Sevens

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

1. One team of 7 will be in attack, the attack should start behind the 22 meter line and they will...

Broken Defence

category: Sevens

Tell your players the following.....

1. The attacking group will wait at the top of the training area until the coach calls the number of...

Building 8 Man Scrum

category: Scrum

Front row

• Setting the front row is the building blocks for a scrum.
• The 3 players (Prop, Hooker, Prop) should stand in a line fa...

Building The Defence 1

category: Sevens

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

1. The coach will call a number e.g. 1.
2. That attacking group must attack, aiming to sco...

Building The Defence 2 - Turnover The Ball

category: Sevens

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

1. The coach will call a number e.g. 1.
2. That attacking group must attack, aiming to sco...

Catching And Kicking Tennis

category: Kicking

Drill to practice kicking accuracy and contesting the ball in the air.

Split the players into two even teams with different coloured bibs (re...

Channel Ball

category: Tackling

This game is designed to teach the players about retiring to an onside position when a tackle is made.

• Set-up a field approximately 10...

Clear Out And Jackal Work

category: Contact-Skills

• Ball
• Tackle Suits

Players around the outside pass the ball around with eachtoher until coach blows his whistle...

Clear Out And Jackal Work

category: Ruck-Clear-Out

• Ball
• Tackle Suits

Players around the outside pass the ball around with eachtoher until coach blows his whistle...

Colour Defend

category: Sevens

Tell the players the following.....

1. The coach will call a colour.
2. At that point the players from those cones should run to th...

Compete For The Ball

category: Catching

2 players, 1 ball.

The player with the ball throws the ball up and both player jump up to compete for the ball winner scores the point and t...

Continuous 2 Vs 1

category: Decision-making

Set up a grid roughly 5m x 5m with two lines of attackers on one side (blue), and two defenders on the other (red). The aim of the drill is for att...

Continuous 2 Vs 1

category: zWarm-Up

Set up a grid roughly 5m x 5m with two lines of attackers on one side (blue), and two defenders on the other (red). The aim of the drill is for att...

Continuous 3 Vs 2

category: Decision-making

Set up a grid roughly 7m x 5m with three lines of attackers on one side (blue), and two defenders on the other (red). The aim of the drill is for a...

Continuous Attacking

category: Agility-Running-Skills

Groups of four, 1 attacker and three defenders

Coach calls out the number of a defender as the attacker retreats to allow that defender an...

Core Work - Swiss Ball

category: Lineout

• The aim of the exercise is to develop core activation buy pulling your core in, this will flatten your back off, at the same time fire your...

Counter Attack

category: Sevens

Tell your players to do the following.......

1. The two passing players keep passing the ball until the coach shouts GO.
2. On GO, ...

Crash Through 2 Tackle Bags

category: Tackling

Basic but good warm up drill for matches.

4 cones set up a grid of about 5-10m by 5-10m. 2 defenders with tackle shields start in the centre...

Decision Making Exercise

category: Decision-making

The players stood behind the line work the ball up through the channel in groups of 5. As they progress up the area they work the ball left and rig...

Dont Get Tagged

category: Tackling

Teams of 3 against 1 Defender.

The team of 3 start running and have to try and get to the other side. If the defender tags them they have t...

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...

Drop Out Touch.

category: Match-Related

• 2 Teams
• Attackign and defensive focus.

Normal game of touch rugby, however whenever the defender touches an attacker...

Drop Out Touch.

category: Warm-Up

• 2 Teams
• Attackign and defensive focus.

Normal game of touch rugby, however whenever the defender touches an attacker...

Evasion Skills

category: Sevens

Tell the players the following.....

1. The player on the top of the grid is the defender.
2. The player on the bottom is the attack...

Everyone Gets A Second Chance ? 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...

Fan Out And Pass

category: Passing

Keep your player briefing, brief! You may decide to have a demonstration grid.

• On your call, all players fan out to receive a pass.

Find The Gap Grubber

category: Kicking

Drill to practice grubber kicking (a kick that bounces along the ground, bouncing no more than 1m away from the kicker) to a team mate to score.

Fixing Defender - Continuous Drill

category: Handling

• Groups of 15
• Ball
• Bags

Groups of 3 on all sides of the grid, with 2 defenders in the middle.

Fixing Defender Progression

category: Decision-making

• Groups 10+
• Balls
• Cones
• Sausages.

1. Chanel Fix

Groups of 5....

Fixing Defender Progression

category: Handling

• Groups 10+
• Balls
• Cones
• Sausages.

1. Chanel Fix

Groups of 5....

Fixing Defender Progression

category: Passing

• Groups 10+
• Balls
• Cones
• Sausages.

1. Chanel Fix

Groups of 5....

Flick And Back Pass Insanity

category: Passing

Now split your players into two teams, giving one group of players a set of colored bibs to set them apart, and quickly tell your playe...

Footspeed

category: Sevens

Tell your players the following......

1. One group of 3 will be on the bottom right cones, the attack - they should have a ball each.

Full Lifts Process

category: Lineout

• The aim of the exercise is to develop unit work, communication and good Technique.

Game - 6 Vs 4

category: Tag-Rugby

Pitch is 20m x 20m. All players wearing Tag Belts

Start the game with a free pass, defenders must start behind the half way line

Atta...

Game To Coach Depth

category: Match-Related

• Four attackers, two defenders in quite a small playing area - trying to find space.
• The aim is for each team of four to try to score a...

Game To Coach Depth

category: Sevens

• Four attackers, two defenders in quite a small playing area - trying to find space.
• The aim is for each team of four to try to score a...

Goal Kick Foot Placement

category: Kicking

• Players looking to get the non kicking foot close to tee.

Grid Island

category: Practices-for-Juniors

Fun game to practice passes/kicks not being intercepted.

Divide players into two equal teams and set up two grids (one small and one big - se...

Ground Work Strength - Contact Work

category: Contact-Skills

• 2 players
• Ball

One player lies ontop of the other.

The coach shouts, N,S,E or W.

The Bottom player...

Ground Work Strength - Contact Work

category: Warm-Up

• 2 players
• Ball

One player lies ontop of the other.

The coach shouts, N,S,E or W.

The Bottom player...

Hit & Defend

category: Sevens

Tell your players the following.....

1. The defence will first turn and hit the pads.
2. When the attack hears the hit - they can a...

Hit The Gap Drill

category: Decision-making

A drill to practice decision making and finding space between defenders.

Set up a line of three defenders with tackle shields (roughly 2m apa...

Hurdles And Ladder

category: Agility-Running-Skills

SAQ (Speed, Agility, Quickness) drill for warm ups, handling the ball and warming up muscles.

4 or 5 small SAQ hurdles, 1 ladder

Make...

Introduction To Ruck

category: Ruck

In small teams, play a modified game where if the ball carrier is touched on the shorts with both hands of a defender, the ball carrier must go to ...

Kick Support Game

category: Catching

2 teams, 1 ball with 2 grids diagonally across from each other.

Each team is made out of 3 pairs and one float support player.

Each p...

Kick Tennis - Moving Net

category: Kicking

Split the group into three teams.

One team starts in the middle of the grid along the line. The idea of the game is to kick the ball over...

Kick Tennis

category: Kicking

Two team of 4.

40m x 20m area.

The aim of the game is to kick / punt the ball into the oppositions half. If the ball bounces on th...

Ladder Pass

category: Warm-Up

• Have four players stand at the four cones, the other players, in their own running groups of four should, be behind them - ready to go when t...

Last 15 Defence Drill

category: Defensive-Patterns

A drill to practice defending in wide channels.

Set up a grid that is 40m wide and 20m long, with the 40m divided into a 25m channel (red to ...

Lifting Pods

category: Match-Related

• The aim of the exercise is to develop unit work, communication and good Technique for receiving Kick offs.

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...

Lineout: Lift+Balance

category: Lineout

• Groups of 3

-Players take turn in lifiting eachother using the correct lineout technique.

- Once in the air play...

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 ...

Maul - Setup

category: Maul

If contact cannot be avoided take on own termsTurn and present the ballNo maul yet, this is still open play, so this ball must be protected quickly

Mid-Space Attack

category: Decision-making

There are 4 cones in a rectangle , 2 red and 2 blue. The 2 defenders stand within the square, and on the coach's call, they must go and touch the c...

Mini Game - Skills Game

category: Handling

In this game players try to keep possession and carry the ball over their opponent's line to score a try.

Mini Game - Skills Game

category: Match-Related

In this game players try to keep possession and carry the ball over their opponent's line to score a try.

Mini Maul Game Related

category: Maul

Groups of five

Three attackers try and score against one defender

If touched, must maul

Mini Ruck

category: Ruck

Groups of five

Three attackers try and score against one defender

If touched must ruck

Mini-Goal Game

category: Kicking

Game to practice controlling the ball.

Set up two goals (roughly 2m wide) opposite each other about 5m away (red cones - see digram).

E...

Multi Support Touch

category: Off-Loads

Once the coach has kicked the ball in to start players play a normal rules game of touch rugby.

The only difference is with the scoring:

...

Multi Support Touch

category: Tag-Rugby

Once the coach has kicked the ball in to start players play a normal rules game of touch rugby.

The only difference is with the scoring:

...

Narrow Channel Passing

category: Passing

Drill to practice attacking in a small channel.

Set up a channel roughly 20m wide and 5m long. Position three defenders on the try-line and f...

No Try And Try

category: Practices-for-Juniors

1 player shows how not to score a try, and then demonstrates how to score a try.

Non-Stop Rugby

category: Tag-Rugby

Play 5 v 3.

The aim of the game is for teams with unequal number of players to defend and attack. Possesion is changed if one of the follo...

Off-Loading Box

category: Sevens

Tell your players the following......

1. The defender must make a tackle.
2. The primary ball carrier must take the ball into conta...

Offloading Touch Game.

category: School

• Develops lines of support, vision, footwork and offloading.
• If a player is touched, he must go to the floor and off load.&nbs...

Offside From Kicker

category: Defensive-Patterns

Drill to practice defensive organisation when the kicker must put their teammates onside.

Set up a grid roughly 30m long and 30m wide.

...

One On One Race

category: Agility-Running-Skills

Tell the players: The player in possession of the ball when the coach blows their whistle has to run around the cone at the end of the grid to try ...

One On One Race

category: Sevens

Tell the players: The player in possession of the ball when the coach blows their whistle has to run around the cone at the end of the grid to try ...

One On One Race

category: Warm-Up

Tell the players: The player in possession of the ball when the coach blows their whistle has to run around the cone at the end of the grid to try ...

Organisation

category: Decision-making

Groups of three

1 ball per group

Defender can choose any line as a start point.

On the word GO, 2 attackers attempt to sco...

Pass Along The Line

category: Practices-for-Juniors

6 players in a coned area.

All players start off behind the cone in a line.

As player 1 starts to run each player staggers their run ...

Passing Along The Line

category: Passing

Simple hand drill that can be progressed onto many simple backline movements.

1 ball, 4 players, area of 20-30m by 20m

1st player st...

Passing Grid-Under Pressure

category: Handling

• Groups of 12+
• Balls
• Cones

4 defenders lineup in a passing grid, that has laid out 2 red cones and 2 bl...

Passing To Support

category: Passing

• Tell your players the following......

1. One the call of the scrum half, the 3 attackers turn, round the cone and attack.

Periperal Vision

category: Passing

X throws ball up and A must the pass the 2nd ball to X, who catches passes to B.

X then catches the original ball and throws it up again, wh...

Pre-Contact Circuit

category: Contact-Skills

• Brief your players, but keep it brief!
• In each grid there will not be two channels. In each of the two channels there are two player...

Pre-Contact Circuit

category: Warm-Up

• Brief your players, but keep it brief!
• In each grid there will not be two channels. In each of the two channels there are two player...

Presenting The Ball In A Circle

category: Ball-Presentation

A circle must be set up for player/coach to walk around. The players must be in pairs with one been the attacker and the other the defender. Both p...

Progression Drift Defence

category: Defensive-Patterns

• groups of 8 +.
• Cones
• Balls.
• Bibs

1. 1v1 in 5mx5m Grid.

Play...

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...

Ram Raid

category: Maul

This game is designed to teach the players to work together to drive a maul forward and keep control of the ball.

• Set Up a field appro...

Relays

category: Agility-Running-Skills

1) Run out to line - score a try - run back.(1b) Same - but forward roll on way out!)
2) Run out to line - score try - on way back pass ball...

Relays

category: Tag-Rugby

Groups of 5

1 Ball per group

Players race to a line 10m away and back to their own group to hand over to the next playe...

Rugby Baseball

category: Passing

Split your team into two teams. One team will be up to bat/kick and the other team will field. The fielding team should take up positions that they...

Rugby Baseball

category: Sevens

Split your team into two teams. One team will be up to bat/kick and the other team will field. The fielding team should take up positions that they...

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.

Rugby League - Touch Rugby 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 ...

Rugby Netball

category: Agility-Running-Skills

Drill to practice skills and creating space.

Set up a pitch (roughly 25m x 20m depending on age and number of players) with two scoring zones...

Rugby Netball

category: Warm-Up

Break your players into two teams.

• One team goes to attack, and one to defence.
• There is no kicking in this game.
• No...

Rugby Rounders

category: Tag-Rugby

Split group into 2 - Batters and fielders.

Setup as shown above.

Each batsman will either pass or throw the ball into the fielding ...

Rugby Tennis

category: Passing

• Tell you players the following......

1. There will be two players on one side of the middle line of cones, and another group...

Run And Touchdown

category: Practices-for-Juniors

6 players line up in a coned area each with a ball.

Players run out to score a try at the opposite end, and then return with the ball and pa...

Running From Depth

category: Agility-Running-Skills

No of players: 4 per grid, max. 20.
Balls per group: 1.
Markers: 4
Grid size: 10x10.

4 players line up behind each other. Front play...

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.<...

School

category: School

• To make the players work harder poster high ability group, if they score, then they can attack the other way.
• By having to tu...

Score A Try

category: Tag-Rugby

Grids 10m x 10m. 1 Ball per group. Groups of 5

Players take it in turns to be the defender in the middle (4 tackles then change). The atta...

Scoring Zones

category: Warm-Up

• Be brief when telling the players the laws of this game, it's important to get them moving quickly.
• This is not a contact game.
...

Scrum 1V1 - Long Arm Push

category: Scrum

• 1v1 scrumage
• both players get into a scrum postion.
• However do not lock hea dand shoulders, ut arms out infront of you a...

Scrum 1V1 - Long Arm Push

category: Warm-Up

• 1v1 scrumage
• both players get into a scrum postion.
• However do not lock hea dand shoulders, ut arms out infront of you a...

Scrum 2V1

category: Scrum

• Groups of 3.

- 1 player is active, 2 players are resisiting.

- Active player gets into scrumage position between...

Scrum 2V1

category: Warm-Up

• Groups of 3.

- 1 player is active, 2 players are resisiting.

- Active player gets into scrumage position between...

Scrum Profile 1 V 1

category: Scrum

• The aim of the drill is to develop strong positive profiling and to develop core-stability against opposition. 1v1

Scrum Profile Stage 2

category: Scrum

• The aim of the drill is to develop strong positive profiling and to develop core-stability.

Scrum: Bear Crawl & Leg Drive

category: Scrum

- 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 sc...

Scrum: Explosive Engage Impact

category: Scrum

• Groups of 2.
• Tackle Bag.

-Players stand no more than 1m away from eachother.

- Working player must get into st...

Scrum: Warm Up + Neck Stability

category: Scrum

• Groups of 3.

- 2 players get into a strong T.O.P position.

- Another player starts to to standing press ups on to the ...

Scrum: Warm Up + Neck Stability

category: Warm-Up

• Groups of 3.

- 2 players get into a strong T.O.P position.

- Another player starts to to standing press ups on to the ...

Seated Start - 6 Vs 4

category: Decision-making

Groups of ten with one ball per group

Defenders start bunched sat on the floor

Start attackers spread out (width)

On the word ...

Shadowing - Tackle Foot Position.

category: Tackling

• groups of 2

One player uses footwork and fast feet to try and lose his shadow (the other player)

The shadow has ...

Side Wrestle

category: Contact-Skills

2 players pair up, site back to back and lock arms together.

The coach tells each player to lean a side.

when the coach blo...

Side Wrestle

category: Warm-Up

2 players pair up, site back to back and lock arms together.

The coach tells each player to lean a side.

when the coach blo...

Single File Running

category: Tag-Rugby

Groups of 5

1 Ball per group.

Ball at the front of the group.

The first player runs out to the 5 meter line then stops, ...

Space Invaders

category: Warm-Up

Keep your playing briefing, brief and tell the players the following laws.

• Both teams are in attack and both teams are in defence, at ...

Split With Trailer

category: Passing

• Tell your players the following......

1. Player A passes to D and cuts - not getting ball back , but holding up - B cuts and...

Step Up

category: Sevens

• The attacker goes when ready, and must round either the top or bottom cone.
• The defender must mirror the movements of the attacker o...

Support play down channel

5 players start in a 5x5m grid, and pass the ball to one another in any direction.

Once the coach blows the whistle they explode with speed d...

Support Play Down Channel

category: Agility-Running-Skills

5 players start in a 5x5m grid and can pass the ball to one another in any direction.

Once the coach blows the whistle they explode with spe...

Support play down channel

5 players start in a 5x5m grid, and pass the ball to one another in any direction.

Once the coach blows the whistle they explode with speed d...

Support Play Down Channel

category: Passing

5 players start in a 5x5m grid and can pass the ball to one another in any direction.

Once the coach blows the whistle they explode with spe...

Support Play Touch

category: School

• Develop speed to break down and attacking skills.
• When the player was touched, laid down and presents properly (turnover if i...

Switch Drill

category: Passing

Drill to practice inside running lines (switches) in attack.

Set up a 10m x 10m square (green cones) with two attackers (blue) on one side of...

Switch Into Space

category: Match-Related

Set your players up so they are in groups of 6, with 3 forwards and 3 backs.

Line up the 3 backs to protect 2 try lines (marked by red cones)...

Switch Over Attack

category: Passing

Drill to practice attacking organisational skills

Set up a grid roughly 20m wide and 20m long, with different coloured cones at one end and 5...

Tackle Box

category: Sevens

• The exercise is simple, the attacker has 2 minutes to score as many tries as they can.
• They do this by attacking the space between 2...

Tackle From Behind

category: Tackling

Drill to practice chasing and tackling someone.

Roughly 5m x 10m channel. Players lined up in two lines behind red cones.

First two pla...

Tackle Practice

category: Tackling

Teams of 3 one team with ball.

Start with both teams on their own goal line.
Team with ball attempts to score
Defending team allowed...

Tackle Progression 1V1

category: Tackling

1. Tracking

Create a V shaoped conned area.

Defender at one end, attacker at the other end.

At...

Tackling Practice

category: Tackling

Balls and cones
In a 10m grid, two teams on two adjacent cones. On GO, the player with the ball walks diagonally towards the opposite cone whi...

Tag Maul Game

category: Maul

Groups of 10.

5 v 5 Match.

Players start the game and after each touch the touched player must simulate a MAUL by turning and setti...

Target Throws

category: Lineout

• The aim of the exercise is to develop accuracy of the throw using a target at different distances. 5m - 10m - 15m

Team Of 5 V 1 V 1 V 1 V 1 V 1

category: Tag-Rugby

2 x 20m x 10m Channels

5 Defenders in each channel, spaced 5m apar

The attacking team of 5 players must beat each defender in tur...

The Three S Drill (Speed, Swerve And Sidestep)

category: Agility-Running-Skills

Coach calls a number, that player acts as a defender. Attacker tries to score without being tagged using one of the three S (Speed, Swerve, and Sid...

Track And Tackle 1V1

category: Tackling

In a grid an attacker is positioned on one end and a defender at the other end.

Defender passes to the attacker who attempts to score a...

Turn-Over Game

category: Sevens

Tell the players the following......

1. We are going to play a game, the 7 defenders will stay in defence throughout, and the 5 attacking...

Warm Up - Jackal

category: Contact-Skills

• Groups of 3
• Ball

One Player lies in a Long placement on the floor.

Another player (Jackaler) comes over ...

Warm Up - Jackal

category: Warm-Up

• Groups of 3
• Ball

One Player lies in a Long placement on the floor.

Another player (Jackaler) comes over ...

Warm Up - Wrestle

category: Tackling

• players start ontop of eachother.
• the guy ontop is trying to stop the boy on the bottom gettign up
• wrestle and by no mea...

Warm Up - Wrestle

category: Warm-Up

• players start ontop of eachother.
• the guy ontop is trying to stop the boy on the bottom gettign up
• wrestle and by no mea...

Wrestling Off The Floor | Contact Conditioning Circuit Exercise 1

category: Contact-Skills

This is the first exercise in a series of three that can be put together to form a contact conditioning circuit.

Wrestling Off The Floor | Contact Conditioning Circuit Exercise 1

category: Warm-Up

This is the first exercise in a series of three that can be put together to form a contact conditioning circuit.

Core strength for rugby players

How do you develop functional core strength for rugby players? Follow this super-simple 9 min core workout designed to help rugby players develop the ...

Fit for rugby, core strength

Here's Red Roses lock Tamara Taylor with some top tips on how to improve your core strength and get Fit For Rugby. Discover more great workouts like t...

Rugby trabajo de core, abdominales.

Desde la ACADEMIA DE JUGADORAS, os dejamos un video con 10 ejercicios de abdominales para trabajar el CORE con balón para romper con la monotonía ...

Rfu core values - this is rugby

The Rugby Football Union's Core Values shown in the video. This is rugby.

Rugby fitness core strength wrestling

Rugby world core strength drill

Rugby World took a training session at Parmiter's School, the winners of our Lucozade Sport Kit-Out Project competition. Here's a drill we did on the ...

Core rugby

CORE Rugby comes to the Okanagan.

Core rugby strength

Richmond Women's Rugby Squad Circuit Training.

Rugby fitness: sample core workout

... sample rugby fitness workout. Visit our website for more info.

Rugby ontario's coaching corner - core defensive exercises | team defense 2 of 2

In this series, we are looking at Rugby Ontario's Core Defensive Exercises. This is the second of two vidoes on Team Defense. Team Defense Part 1 of 2...

Malta vs norway (rugby malta vs latvia) - south end core

south end core ultras prepare for malta s last game of qualifying round to euro 2008 vs norway, always ahead malta rugby opener vs latvia @ the hibs g...

Palloff press - develop a strong core for rugby

Use this exercise as a part of your warm up or after your main workout to really help stay strong in rucks, tackles and running. INSTAGRAM: @rugbymusc...

Welcome back session - Pre-season build up

Blow away the cobwebs. Use these conditioned games in your pre-season build up to prepare players for contact and refresh their long-distance passing

Contact Skills in the Tackle

Instil confidence and tackle toughness into your players with this tackling from the front, side and back session! Build their knowledge of the benefi...

Attack, attack, attack: Finding space and exploiting it

Improve how your team exploit mis-matches in the opposition's defence to get them creating more try-scoring opportunities with this attacking skills s...

Building player's confidence in contact

Build your player's confidence in contact with this session, as you work on their contact skills in a safe and competitive environment

Effective Counter Attacking - Options after a Turnover

Can your team counter quickly? A speedy attack after a turnover is a great way for your team to score as the opposition will be out of position

Attacking Principle: Improving Decision Making and Support Play

Develop an understanding between players of where the support is and what the benefits are of providing it.

Maintaining possession through secure handling skills

Improving your team’s handling skills with this attacking session, making sure that they keep the ball secure and running into space created

Lineout Logistics

Don't get pipped to the pass - teach your players to jump and lift safely to help them become masters of the lineout!

Sevens Rugby: Attacking the Space - Pass, Follow and Support

Get your players to use the width of the pitch and play intelligently, offering wide support options in this sevens rugby session.

4 drills to eliminate bad passing habits

FREE PREVIEW: Eliminate those bad passing passing habits and make the good ones stick with this focused plan!

struggle with the tackle during games

Developing a 1:1 coaching plan for a junior

tackling for U12's who don't like it?

good tackling drill that is not too hard or impact??

Getting 9-10 year olds to spread the ball out wide

U9s swarming around the ball

U10s mini rugby small sided game variations

game appropriate warm up

Share your Level 2 drills

What team receives the ball after a try has been scored

Touch rugby

Each team have to pass the ball a minimum of 3 times before they score a try

3 vs 3

De verdedigers lopen op het signaal van de coach om de pionnen heen en stellen zich op 1 lijn op t.h.v. de lijn waar ze startten. De aanvallers starte...

Flair Square

Attackers have 4 try lines to score on. once they have scored on one they cannot score on it again until they have scored on another.

Scoring tries at the end zone

2 teamseach team has an ingoalthe aim of the game is score as many tires on the opponents ingoalThere is no defending involve so you are not allow to ...

2vs 1

2 players have to try to score in the ingoal.They can get touch max 3 timesEverytime they get touch they need to pass the ballRun forwardPass after ge...

The 6 Nations Game

Warm-up game for U6s upwards; exercises body through a full range of motions, and also teaches children about the wider rugby world.Set up a large gri...

1 v 1

Split players into two teamsone team will be defenders and the other will be attackerson the coach's call one defender and one attacker run up and...

TACKLE BOX

Intensive tackle practice for all age groups U9 upwards.Can be used for players to practice basic, low-speed tackles as well as tackles at greater spe...

*Game with no name*

Rascals: Kick over the goal posts, run around them and collect the ball. If kicking from the red cone, kid must get past the coach with pad and throug...

Stop Tackle Box

Getting players to think and improve tackles.1. Set up two linking 5m x 7m boxes like in picture. 2. Split players up so half in each section lik...