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Leg Drive In The Tackle And Counter Rucking

category: School

Players work 45 seconds at a time before rotating.  Play made tackle and drives the pad back. The player then goes on the floor, pops up an...

Counter Ruck

category: Ruck

Condition the drill in favour of 1 team, in this case the blue team. All players lay on their fronts behind the tackle bags. On the coaches whistle, ...

Rucking

category: Ruck

Groups of 4 and two groups of defenders with contact pads. 1 ball per group. The ball carrier drives into the contact pads and presents ball backwar...

Rucking With 4 Corners

category: School

Excellent way to involve large numbers and fitness.  Develops understanding of working hard when on the floor, communication and skills in ...

Rucking Grid, No Pass

category: School

Grid size is 10 m x 10 m.  3 pads  3 attackers.  No passing allowed.  Attackers try to get across the grid wit...

Defending In Threes

category: Ruck

Set up 4 grids of about 8-10m by 5m. 3 players start on the first grid, working from one end to the other, covering the 5m distance. The aim is to st...

Ruck - Coming Through The Gate 1.

category: Ruck

4 blue players must try and defend with shields two gates from the attacking red team. The ball carrying player must meet the defending players and th...

Rucking

category: Ruck

Groups of 4 and two groups of defenders with contact pads. 1 ball per group. The ball carrier drives into the contact pads and presents ball backwar...

Rapid Rucking

category: Ruck

In this exercise position 3 pad holding units, or 1 or 2 players, five meters in front of 3 rucking units, 1 unit facing each pad. Two players on each...

Ruck Organisation And Press

category: Ruck

5-7 players run around in a rectangle shaped grid. They must move very fast within it awaiting the whistle, but they are not allowed to touch the ot...

Piggy In The Middle And Defend

category: Ruck

4 players stand on the corners of a 5x5m grid, and one player in the middle (the piggy). They play piggy in the middle until the whistle goes.On heari...

Handling Pivots 2

category: School

When the coach shouts change, the other 2 players work.  Make sure both left and right hands are worked  You can develop the drill...

Speed Passing, Scoring Wide And Realigning

category: School

Any number of players can be used. Make the distance between each pass shorter for lower ability groups.  Excellent develop ability to mov...

Going To Ground And Rucking

category: Ruck

Two players from the same side run with the ball towards a single defender. When the ball carrier is in front of the defender they should go to the gr...

Footwork And Handoff

category: School

Vital skills to beat a defender and get the football.  Ball is needed. Players must do it at full speed. Key players low and the ball in tw...

Attack Hit Floor And Roll

category: Ruck

On the coach's call players with the ball run into contact with the pad, next go to ground and finally roll over protecting the ball.

Capture And Escape - Evasion And Tackling Game

category: Tackling

Set up a wide pitch, with cones on the half way line plus an extra box on two opposite corners. These corner boxes are the prisons for tackled/tagged ...

Touch Ruck Game

category: Ruck

Groups of 105 v 5 match, after each touch the touch player must simulate a ruck by hitting the floor.Allow 1 player to clear defenders awayOffside lin...

Rugby coaching drills - 'duck and clean' rucking technique

A look at various exercises from Rassie Erasmus on improving rucking technique. The 'duck and clean' is about getting under the opposition player to g...

Rugby union academy - counter rucking

Tonbridge School Rugby Academy head coach Matt Thomas shares some simple tips on how to counter ruck. Matt and the academy offer coaching to players o...

Powerade better your best - 'support play at the ruck' rugby training drill

Clearing out techniques and the role of the 1st & 2nd support player at the breakdown.

looking for a counter rucking drill please under 13`s

Counter Rucking