
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...
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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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
category: Scrum
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...
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...
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 ...
category: Sevens
Tell your players the following......
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
category: Defensive-Patterns
Get all players ot get into teams of 3.
Select one of the...
category: Tackling
Get all players ot get into teams of 3.
Select one of the...
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...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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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...
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...
category: Handling
Groups of 4 line up on all sides of the square.
2 defenders tand in the middle o...
category: Passing
category: Sevens
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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...
category: Warm-Up
category: Match-Related
3 Tackle bags are in a break down formation. With one player from the o...
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 ...
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...
category: Sevens
Tell your players the following......
category: Sevens
Tell your players the following......
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.
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 ...
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...
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...
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. (...
category: Agility-Running-Skills
category: Sevens
category: Warm-Up
category: School
category: Decision-making
category: Sevens
Tell your players the following.......
category: Sevens
Tell your players the following.....
category: Scrum
Front row
category: Sevens
Tell your players the following.........
category: Sevens
Tell your players the following.........
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...
category: Tackling
This game is designed to teach the players about retiring to an onside position when a tackle is made.
category: Contact-Skills
Players around the outside pass the ball around with eachtoher until coach blows his whistle...
category: Ruck-Clear-Out
Players around the outside pass the ball around with eachtoher until coach blows his whistle...
category: Sevens
Tell the players the following.....
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...
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...
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...
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...
category: Agility-Running-Skills
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...
category: Sevens
Tell your players to do the following.......
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...
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...
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...
category: Maul
3 attackers against two defenders with contact pads.
Ball carrier takes ball into contact turning before hitting pads and presenting the ball...
category: Match-Related
Normal game of touch rugby, however whenever the defender touches an attacker...
category: Warm-Up
Normal game of touch rugby, however whenever the defender touches an attacker...
category: Sevens
Tell the players the following.....
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...
category: Passing
Keep your player briefing, brief! You may decide to have a demonstration grid.
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.
category: Handling
Groups of 3 on all sides of the grid, with 2 defenders in the middle.
category: Decision-making
1. Chanel Fix
Groups of 5....
category: Handling
1. Chanel Fix
Groups of 5....
category: Passing
1. Chanel Fix
Groups of 5....
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...
category: Sevens
Tell your players the following......
category: Lineout
The aim of the exercise is to develop unit work, communication and good Technique.
category: Tag-Rugby
Start the game with a free pass, defenders must start behind the half way line
Atta...
category: Match-Related
category: Sevens
category: Kicking
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...
category: Contact-Skills
One player lies ontop of the other.
The coach shouts, N,S,E or W.
The Bottom player...
category: Warm-Up
One player lies ontop of the other.
The coach shouts, N,S,E or W.
The Bottom player...
category: Sevens
Tell your players the following.....
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
category: Kicking
One team starts in the middle of the grid along the line. The idea of the game is to kick the ball over...
category: Kicking
The aim of the game is to kick / punt the ball into the oppositions half. If the ball bounces on th...
category: Warm-Up
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 ...
category: Match-Related
The aim of the exercise is to develop unit work, communication and good Technique for receiving Kick offs.
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...
category: Lineout
-Players take turn in lifiting eachother using the correct lineout technique.
- Once in the air play...
category: Warm-Up
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
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...
category: Handling
In this game players try to keep possession and carry the ball over their opponent's line to score a try.
category: Match-Related
In this game players try to keep possession and carry the ball over their opponent's line to score a try.
category: Maul
category: Ruck
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...
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:
...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:
...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...
category: Practices-for-Juniors
1 player shows how not to score a try, and then demonstrates how to score a try.
category: Tag-Rugby
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...
category: Sevens
Tell your players the following......
category: School
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.
...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
category: Decision-making
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 ...
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...
category: Handling
4 defenders lineup in a passing grid, that has laid out 2 red cones and 2 bl...
category: Passing
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...
category: Contact-Skills
category: Warm-Up
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...
category: Defensive-Patterns
1. 1v1 in 5mx5m Grid.
Play...
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...
category: Maul
This game is designed to teach the players to work together to drive a maul forward and keep control of the ball.
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...
category: Tag-Rugby
Players race to a line 10m away and back to their own group to hand over to the next playe...
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...
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...
category: Sevens
Tell the players the following laws.......
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 ...
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...
category: Warm-Up
Break your players into two teams.
category: Tag-Rugby
Each batsman will either pass or throw the ball into the fielding ...
category: Passing
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...
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...
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.<...
category: School
category: Tag-Rugby
Players take it in turns to be the defender in the middle (4 tackles then change). The atta...
category: Warm-Up
category: Scrum
category: Warm-Up
category: Scrum
- 1 player is active, 2 players are resisiting.
- Active player gets into scrumage position between...
category: Warm-Up
- 1 player is active, 2 players are resisiting.
- Active player gets into scrumage position between...
category: Scrum
The aim of the drill is to develop strong positive profiling and to develop core-stability against opposition. 1v1
category: Scrum
The aim of the drill is to develop strong positive profiling and to develop core-stability.
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...
category: Scrum
-Players stand no more than 1m away from eachother.
- Working player must get into st...
category: Scrum
- 2 players get into a strong T.O.P position.
- Another player starts to to standing press ups on to the ...
category: Warm-Up
- 2 players get into a strong T.O.P position.
- Another player starts to to standing press ups on to the ...
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 ...
category: Tackling
One player uses footwork and fast feet to try and lose his shadow (the other player)
The shadow has ...
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...
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...
category: Tag-Rugby
The first player runs out to the 5 meter line then stops, ...
category: Warm-Up
Keep your playing briefing, brief and tell the players the following laws.
category: Passing
category: Sevens
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...
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...
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...
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...
category: School
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...
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)...
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...
category: Sevens
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...
category: Tackling
Start with both teams on their own goal line.
Team with ball attempts to score
Defending team allowed...
category: Tackling
1. Tracking
Create a V shaoped conned area.
Defender at one end, attacker at the other end.
At...
category: Tackling
category: Maul
Players start the game and after each touch the touched player must simulate a MAUL by turning and setti...
category: Lineout
The aim of the exercise is to develop accuracy of the throw using a target at different distances. 5m - 10m - 15m
category: Tag-Rugby
The attacking team of 5 players must beat each defender in tur...
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...
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...
category: Sevens
Tell the players the following......
category: Contact-Skills
One Player lies in a Long placement on the floor.
Another player (Jackaler) comes over ...
category: Warm-Up
One Player lies in a Long placement on the floor.
Another player (Jackaler) comes over ...
category: Tackling
category: Warm-Up
category: Contact-Skills
This is the first exercise in a series of three that can be put together to form a contact conditioning circuit.
category: Warm-Up
This is the first exercise in a series of three that can be put together to form a contact conditioning circuit.
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 ...
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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...
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
Instil confidence and tackle toughness into your players with this tackling from the front, side and back session! Build their knowledge of the benefi...
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...
Build your player's confidence in contact with this session, as you work on their contact skills in a safe and competitive environment
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
Develop an understanding between players of where the support is and what the benefits are of providing it.
Improving your team’s handling skills with this attacking session, making sure that they keep the ball secure and running into space created
Don't get pipped to the pass - teach your players to jump and lift safely to help them become masters of the lineout!
Get your players to use the width of the pitch and play intelligently, offering wide support options in this sevens rugby session.
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Each team have to pass the ball a minimum of 3 times before they score a try
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...
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.
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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