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Defensive Patterns Drills

Defensive patterns are the positions your players take up when stopping opposition attacks. By developing your players knowledge of defensive pattern...

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Drift Defence

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4 Tackle Bags. 10 Cones and 1 Ball. 10m x 30m. The first player in the line begins with the ball. As he approaches the first cone and passes to playe...

Drift Defence

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3 attacks - 2 defenders Scrum half passes to first receiver of group of 3 3 attack 2 passing ball down line

Flat Defence

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Players line up together along the line of the 1st set of cones. On the signal of the coach all the players advance to the 3rd set of cones (20 meters...

Defending In Threes

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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...

3 On 2 Attack And Defence Drill

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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 the...

Man To Man

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3 attackers and 2 defenders. The scrum half passes to the first receiver of group of 3 attackers. The 3 attacking players must then pass the ball down...

Structure Defence

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5 attackers - 10 defenders (or 2 to 1 ratio dependent on numbers) Start slowly with ruck ball Defenders cannot steal ball Attackers recycle ball D...

Defence - Swimming Past The Defender

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The player starts on the inside of the first tackle bag.On the whistle he moves past the bag, pulling it back and toward the ground as he runs past.He...

7V7 Touch

category: Sevens

Tell your players the following...

1. We are playing 7's, normal rules apply - except this is touch.
2. Upon getting touched a play...

Pitch demo: shaun edwards' rugby defensive masterclass | rugby tonight

Welsh coach Shaun Edwards gives a defensive masterclass on BT Sport, showing in a live pitch demo just how and why the Saracens are so effective at bl...

Pitch demo: drift and blitz defence explained | rugby tonight

Martin Bayfield is joined by Ben Kay and Lawrence Dallaglio, as well as guest and former England centre Mike Tindall. In this week's pitch demo the te...

Rugby coaching drills - defensive structure

Defence is becoming one of the most important areas to coach in rugby union. This clip briefly covers the relevance of defensive structure and a few b...

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Rugby coaching - defending overlaps

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New zealand rugby coaching guide: backline attack & back defense

Awesome instructional rugby video including 2 sections: Backline Attack and Back Defense.

Rugby coaching - forwards around the ruck

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Rugby defence getting back organised

R80 rugby coaching: ruck defence drill with scott robertson

In this phase defence drill former Crusader and All Black Scott Robertson coaches players on the techniques of phase defence. On the whistle players q...

Mapping (defensive line communication & spacing for rugby league)

A great drill which aims to improve your teams defense.

Openside flanker position after the scrum?

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Looking for realignment drills for defence and attack?

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Defensive Patterns

Exo1: 2 Vs 1Exo2: 3 Vs 2 + 1Exo 3: 4 Vs 3 + 1Exo 4: Realizar Exo 1 + Exo 2 + Exo 3 e na volta teremos um 7 Vs 6+1

Warm-Up - Step 1

- Who Receive the ball go to the contact- First one clean- Second one open the ball to the linkAttack- Clean Quickly the Ruck- open the ballDefense- A...

Warm-Up - Step 2

- Move the ball to the wing who go to the contact- First one clean- Second one open the ball to the linkAttack- Clean Quickly the Ruck- open the ballD...

3 station overload defence - CPD session

- Pick 4-7 defenders who must defend around 4-8 phases of play.- The Defenders start at one side of the playing area.- On the whistle, Defence move in...