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7 V 3

category: Decision-making

Rugby 7 v 3 Decision making Groups of ten One ball per group Defenders equidistant, can only move forwards and backwards Attackers bunched to start ...

Decision Making

category: Sevens

Rugby Decision Making Sevens Tell the players the following..... The players at the bottom of the triangle will pass the ball back and forward. The p...

Decision Making Exercise

category: Decision-making

Rugby Decision Making Exercise Decision making The players stood behind the line work the ball up through the channel in groups of 5. As they progres...

Bunch

category: Decision-making

Rugby Bunch Decision making Groups of 6 1 ball per group 4 attackers v 2 defenders holding a tag belt and working laterally.

2 Vs 1

category: Decision-making

Rugby 2 vs 1 Decision making Coach starts with the ball and can throw the ball to either one of the outside players of the 3 players ready to play. T...

2 Vs 1 Gauntlet

category: Decision-making

Rugby 2 vs 1 Gauntlet Decision making Set up two 1m wide gates of cones (green and red) either side of a feeder, with a line of attackers opposite (5...

Decision Making Box

category: Sevens

Rugby Decision Making Box Sevens Tell your players the following...... The ball carrier runs across the grid with the ball. The opposite player becom...

Mid-Space Attack

category: Decision-making

Rugby Mid-Space attack 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...

Seated Start - 6 Vs 4

category: Decision-making

Rugby Seated start - 6 vs 4 Decision making Groups of ten with one ball per group Defenders start bunched sat on the floor Start attackers spread out...

2 Vs 1 - Decision Making

category: Decision-making

Rugby 2 vs 1 - Decision Making Decision making Four players per group inside a 10m x 30m Channel. Requires 10 cones and 1 ball. Two players start out...

2 V 1 Drawing The Defender

category: Decision-making

• One attacking team and one defending team.
• Exercise focused on decision making when in a 2 v 1 situation.
• Each team lines up e...

3 Second 3 Player Touch

category: Sevens

Tell your players the following.....

1. This game is about support and ensuring that support is close to the ball carrier.
2. This ...

3 V 2 Into 2 V 1

category: Passing

Drill to practice overlap situations.

Set up a grid roughly 10m x 10m, with another grid roughly 5m x 5m adjacent to it (see diagram - red co...

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...

Attack, Turnover Ball And Decision Making In Attack

category: School

• Turnover wall, decision-making, contact skills and gameplay.
• Can change size of grid and number of defenders. Smaller grid = ...

Attack, Turnover Ball And Decision Making In Attack

category: School

• The game is to avoid contact, make sure the pads are not in a straight line to begin with. Attackers don't wait for defence to get organized...

Attack, Turnover Ball And Decision Making In Attack

category: School

• Change defenders every 30 seconds. Can be full contact.
• If touched, attacker goes down and looks for offload.

Building The Loop

category: Passing

Tell your players the following.....

1. One group of 4 players will be in defence.
2. The other two groups of 4 will be in attack, ...

Building The Ruck - One Step At A Time

category: Ruck

Have 3 or more pad holders, this depends on how many rucking units you wish to have and how many players you have at training - but work hard to ke...

Chasing The Pass

category: Passing

Keep your player briefing short, and get the ball moving around the circle as quickly as possible.

• First have the players move the bal...

Double Gauntlet

category: Decision-making

Mark an area 15m wide and 20m long.

3 Attackers vs 2 Defence vs 2 Defence

Have the 2 lines of 2 Defenders 5-7m apart

Drift, Cover Or Blitz Touch

category: Match-Related

During a game of touch in a grid sized 30 x 30 metres the coach can choose to call blitz, drift or cover at any breakdow...

Fast And Pressured

category: Passing

Tell your players the following......

1. There will be one runner.
2. 1 player, static, on each cone. 4 players on the cones in tot...

Fast And Pressured

category: Sevens

Tell your players the following......

1. There will be one runner.
2. 1 player, static, on each cone. 4 players on the cones in tot...

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...

Tell the players the following.....

1. The attackers will start at the base of the grid and attack the first box.
2. The 2 defender...

L With Defenders

category: Passing

• Keep your player briefing, brief! It's important to get your players working as quickly as possible.
• Lets get the ball and the player...

Lateral - Switch

category: Passing

Tell your players the following.....

1. Players in pairs with a ball between them.
2. The player on the left starts with the ball a...

Choose A Folder...

• Keep your player briefing, brief! It's important to get your players working as quickly as possible.
• Lets get the ball and the playe...

Keep your player briefing, brief! It's important to get your players working as quickly as possible.

• Lets get the ball and the players...

Miss Pass (M1)

category: Passing

Keep your player briefing, brief! It's important to get your players working as quickly as possible.

• Lets get the ball and the players...

More Loop

category: Passing

Tell your players the following......

1. The ball carrier (A) runs straight in a line and makes a normal lateral pass to the supporting p...

Off-Loading Pass

category: Passing

Tell your players the following......

1. There will be two static players, passers, on the mid sections cones. One on each side. One of w...

Overlap - 3 'V' 2

category: Sevens

Tell your players the following......

1. The first attacking unit will go, at the same time 2 of the defenders will round the top of the ...

Pass Invaders

category: Passing

• Tell your players the following.....
• In groups of 2 they will attack, passing the ball before they reach each unique cone, so when t...

Passing In Traffic

category: Passing

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

1. Runners move forward towards the cone opposite to their location.
...

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.

Pop And Pass

category: Passing

• Tell the players the following....

1. The player on the cone passes the ball forward to the player just in front of th...

Pop, Roll, Down, Up And Gut

category: Passing

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

1. The ball carrier will run/carry the ball directly across the grid, offloading it to...

Pressure Cooker

category: Passing

1. 4 players stand on the middle cones in the grid, avoiding the corner cones. The 2 players at the top and the bottom of the grid will have a b...

Quick Hands

category: Passing

• Tell your players the following.....
• The first player runs out with the ball to the first set of cones and passes the ball to the se...

Reloading And Passing Practice

category: Passing

Have 8-10 players standing in a line with a scrum half at the end a few metres in front.

Scrum half passes the ball to a player. Passing down...

Rugby Octopus

category: Tag-Rugby

The aim of this game is to increase player defence and decision making.

• Set up a field about 15m long by 10m wide. Keep it narrow to g...

Serious Fun

category: Passing

• Tell your players the following, keeping your player briefing, brief! It's vital to get the players moving as quickly as possible.

...

Simple Passing Exercise

category: Passing

• Tell your players the follow.....

1. The first two players at each coach will advance, attacking the cone to their left, in ...

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...

Support Gauntlet

category: Decision-making

Drill to practice decision making.

Set up a grid 10m wide and 35m long with cones at the start (yellow), 5m (orange), 15m (blue), 30m (red) a...

The Next Pass

category: Passing

• Keep your player briefing, brief! Tell the players the following or have a demonstration group.....

1. We have 8 static pass...

They Just Keep Coming

category: Passing

1. We have 8 static passers and two runners.
2. There should be a static passer on each cone, eight in total.
3. The 9th player will...

They Just Keep Coming

category: Sevens

1. We have 8 static passers and two runners.
2. There should be a static passer on each cone, eight in total.
3. The 9th player will...

Tight & Wide

category: Passing

Tell the players the following:

1. On your whistle the ball ...

Tight & Wide

category: Sevens

Tell the players the following:

1. On your whistle the ball ...

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...

Wave After Wave

category: Passing

• Keep your player briefing, brief! Tell the players the following or have a demonstration group.....

1. We have 1 scrum half,...

Dave rennie pass-catch, vision and decision making

The TRU was honored to have International Rugby Academy of New Zealand (IRANZ) work with our players and coaches. Get your own clinic! More details at...

Rugby coach weekly six nations analysis - decision making

We've teamed up with Rugby Coach Weekly for a series of videos look at this years Six Nations. This week we look at decision making in attack, and how...

Pre Season: Contact Conditioning and Skills

As the start of the season nears, continue to build your players resilience to contact and ensure they?re up to speed with their physical conditioning...

The Zones Game

Use this fantastic drill in your next coaching session today and get ready to work your players hard

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...

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.

Using the Overlap

Make sure your players support their team-mates with this session, by using the overlap in attack

Rugby Fitness Drills and Games

Fitness is a vital part of getting to the line for the full 80. Work on your teams skills and technique whilst putting them under fatigue with a gruel...

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 ...

Developing reactions and decision making skills to dominate support play

A player needs to make hundreds of decisions on the pitch. Get them making the right ones when in attack to utilise the support to sustain attacking p...

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...

Perfecting attack structure

attaxing and defence drills that helped you

Better Decision Making

Developing a 1:1 coaching plan for a junior

Under 8 coaching drill

Looking for day 0 skills to teach children?

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

Are there any drills to encourage my 3/4s to return to midfield quickly?

Vision and Anticipation??!!!

key factors of a miss pass

3 on 2

Players will play a 3 on 2 game/drill on a modified field.Focus on decision making of players. Help figure out positions.

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Breakdown decision making.Contest over the bags. Winner then presents the ball. Team mates then decide to either pick and go or protect the ball....

offload decision making drill

Diamond Decision Making in the Loose

Open play pattern:Provides multiple options for first receiver. All positions can be interchaneable.Idea is to create spaceImportant to keep our ...

Hit gaps (chop) / Decision making

4 v 4. Game-type situation with touch to be initiated between mids about 7m from the line. Other 3 defenders start about 5m from line. Use cones to ma...

Decision making

Draw and passRun different lines to get the defence thinking

Line break defence/attack

Blue player with the ball runs to the touch/try line before the red players make it around the cones and attempt to prevent the try from being scoredT...

3 On 2

5 Players stand along the lineThe ball is passed left to right and back again until the coach shouts goOnce the coach shouts go the ball carrier plus ...

Warm up

objective - buld heart rate for session while working on decision making skillsteams of 3 v 3swap teams over with adjacent teams

decision making colums

Circle = AttackSquare = DefenceDefence can't move between colums. Defence can chose which colum they go in.Defence can pressure the Attackers.&n...