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Kicking Drills

Use the kicking drills and videos below to develop your players' accuracy, technique, tactical awareness and skills so they know the right kick to use...

Lineout Drills

A lineout is used to restart play, when the ball has left the field of play. Unless your team has "kicked for touch" when awarded a penalty the "throw...

Backs Moves Drills

There are seven backs in a team, with the rugby position numbers 9-15. As the name suggests they are positioned behind the forwards, and include the S...

Ball Presentation Drills

Ball presentation is how the ball-carrier makes the ball available to a teammate after they have been tackled. The ball presentation videos and drills...

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 ...

Off Loads Drills

An off load is when a tackled player passes the ball to a teammate before the tackle is completed. Use the 2v1 and tackle bag off load drills and vide...

Scrum Drills

A scrum involves eight players from each side locking heads with the opposition. It is a way of restarting play after the ball has gone out to touch, ...

Attack/Defend

category: Sevens

Rugby Attack/Defend Sevens Tell your players the following...... Players will standing at the midway point of the playing area. Tell each team which ...

Defending In Threes

category: Defensive-Patterns

Rugby Defending in Threes Defensive Patterns Set up 4 grids of about 8-10m by 5m. 3 players start on the first grid, working from one end to the othe...

Attack/Defend Big Time

category: Sevens

Rugby Attack/Defend Big Time Sevens Tell your players the following...... Players will ... of the players. If you call 1 then team one is in attack a...

React, run and defend Decision...

Rugby React, run and defend Decision making Defenders and attackers line up outside the coned area in lines of five. The coach will call out two numb...

Corner Line Tag

category: Tag-Rugby

Rugby Corner line Tag Tag Rugby The aim is that when the coach signals the start the defending players will spread across to the other side of the fi...

Last 15 Defence Drill

category: Defensive-Patterns

Rugby Last 15 Defence Drill Defensive Patterns A drill to practice defending in wide channels. Set up a grid that is 40m wide and 20m long, with the ...

Rugby Gaelic Football

category: Sevens

Rugby Rugby Gaelic Football Sevens Tell the players the following laws....... One team will be attacking, the ball carrying team. The other will be a...

3 Man Tackle Grid.

category: Tackling

Rugby 3 Man Tackle Grid. Tackling Groups of 12+ Bibs Balls Cones Get all players ot get into teams of 3. Select one of ... Defending in Threes Drill ...

Touch Rugby With Mini-Maul

category: Match-Related

Rugby Touch Rugby with mini-maul Match Related Touch rugby in teams of 5. Once a team has been ... React, run and defend Drill Thumbnail View this dr...

The Trinity

category: Sevens

Rugby The Trinity Sevens The exercise starts with the first attacking unit running around the bottom of the grid, as they do the first defending unit...

Drift Defence

category: Defensive-Patterns

Rugby Drift defence Defensive Patterns 4 Tackle Bags. 10 Cones and 1 Ball. 10m x 30m. The first player in the line begins with the ball. As he approa...

Ruck Clear Out

category: Ruck-Clear-Out

Rugby Ruck Clear Out Ruck Clear Out 4 players (2 players in Tackle Suits, one ball carrier and one support player) and one ball. Ball carrier attacks...

Broken Defence

category: Sevens

Rugby Broken Defence Sevens Tell your players the following..... The attacking group will wait at the top of the training area until the coach calls ...

Seated Start - 6 Vs 4

category: Decision-making

Rugby Seated start - 6 vs 4 Decision making Groups of ten with one ball per group ... spread out (width) On the word GO! the the defenders get up and...

Rugby Netball

category: Agility-Running-Skills

Rugby Rugby Netball Agility & Running Skills Drill to practice skills and creating ... Split the players into two even teams and give each team diffe...

Four In, Three Out Touch

category: Sevens

Rugby Four In, Three Out Touch Sevens Give the ball to the attacking team and tell ... Five In, Two Out Touch Drill Thumbnail ... Hit & Defend Drill ...

Ruck - Coming Through The Gate 1.

category: Ruck

Rugby Ruck - Coming through the gate 1. Ruck 4 blue players must try and defend with shields two gates from the attacking red team. The ball carrying...

Defense, Drift And Blitz

category: School

Rugby Defense, drift and blitz School Excellent drill to put defenders in game situations and having to make decisions. Defenders go from defending o...