
Contact Skills Drills
A major part of rugby involves two or more players making physical contact with each other. Contact normally takes place during a tackle, lineout, scr...
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A major part of rugby involves two or more players making physical contact with each other. Contact normally takes place during a tackle, lineout, scr...
category: Warm-Up
Rugby Pass and Follow Warm Up They pass the ball around either clock wise or anti clock wise, you can decide to change the direction youself at any p...
category: Kicking
Rugby Goal Kick Follow Through Kicking • The aim of the drill is to develop players follow through after the strike.
category: Practices-for-Juniors
Rugby Follow the Leader Practices for Juniors 6 players and 1 ball in a coned area. Player A leads with the ball, and the other 5 players follow. Pla...
category: Tackling
Rugby Shadowing - Follow the signs Tackling The group is split in half. The coach is positioned behind the defenders and instructs the movement of th...
category: Tag-Rugby
Rugby Follow The Leader Tag Rugby Large Grid 20m x 20m. Players in groups of 5 with one ball per group The leader with the ball can run in any direct...
category: Passing
Rugby League Pass and follow in a grid Passing The first player runs into the grid and then passes square to a player either on their left or right b...
category: Tackling
Rugby League Shadowing - Follow the signs Tackling The group is split in half. The coach is positioned behind the defenders and instructs the movemen...
category: Tag-rugby
Rugby League Follow The Leader Tag rugby Large Grid 20m x 20m. Players in groups of 5 with one ball per group The leader with the ball can run in any...
category: Decision-making
Drill to improve short space and wide space overlap play.
Set up a grid 15m wide, split into a 5m channel and a 10m channel, and 10m long (se...
category: Passing
category: Sevens
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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: 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: Passing
category: Sevens
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category: Warm-Up
category: Sevens
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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: 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: 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: Decision-making
Players work in groups of six, with 1 ball per group and set up in the following way:
4 attackers vs 1 defender (between the first cones) an...
category: Sevens
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category: Passing
Give each training area one ball and tell the players the following......
category: Sevens
Give each training area one ball and tell the players the following......
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
The following are the laws for this game:
category: Backs-Moves
category: yBacks-Moves
category: Warm-Up
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: Kicking
Practice short kicks while attacking forward (not standing still).
The attackers are aiming to land their kick in the target area (yellow con...
category: Sevens
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category: Sevens
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category: Warm-Up
Make sure that you have your warm-up area marked out before your players arrive, it's important that you get them working right away.
category: Warm-Up
category: Agility-Running-Skills
category: Sevens
category: Warm-Up
category: Sevens
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category: Passing
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category: Contact-Skills
Setup:
Set up with 4 players with pads, and four players facing them about five metres away. There should be enough space between the...
category: Sevens
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category: Passing
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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...
category: Passing
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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: Passing
Keep your player briefing short, and get the ball moving around the circle as quickly as possible.
category: Passing
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category: Warm-Up
category: Decision-making
Drill to practice attacking from different positions.
Set up a grid roughly 20m wide and 15m long with three defenders (yellow) and four atta...
category: Sevens
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category: Sevens
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category: Backs-Moves
category: yBacks-Moves
category: Contact-Skills
category: Warm-Up
category: Warm-Up
Break your players down into groups of 3.
In each area there should be 1 player with a tackle shield, 1 player with a tackle bag, and one wi...
category: Ruck-Clear-Out
Set up:
8 defending players Tackle Suits, one ball carrier and four support players.
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: Passing
3 players work together, the middle player working the hardest out of the 3.
The 3 players stand in a line, the middle player doing a side ...
category: Passing
Set up a square with cones, making one side of the square with two gates of cones.
Get the players to line up evenly behind the two ind...
category: Passing
Set up a rectangle of cones (10x5) with two gates of cones of a different colour 2m in front of cones on opposite sides of the rectangle (See diagr...
category: Passing
Set up 4 cones in a square, and get the players to form equal lines behind each cone.
The ball starts with a player on one cone who runs towa...
category: Passing
Set up a square of cones, and get the players to form equal lines behind each cone.
The ball starts in the hands of a player behind cone 1, w...
category: Decision-making
category: Sevens
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category: Sevens
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category: Passing
Keep your player briefing short. You may consider having a demonstration group.
category: Backs-Moves
category: yBacks-Moves
category: Sevens
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category: Sevens
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category: Passing
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category: Warm-Up
category: Passing
category: Agility-Running-Skills
In fours players are moving up a channel. The support runner (blue player in the animation) calls themselves into the line, receives a pass, offloa...
category: Warm-Up
In fours players are moving up a channel. The support runner (blue player in the animation) calls themselves into the line, receives a pass, offloa...
category: Passing
category: Sevens
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category: Sevens
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category: Kicking
Can be practiced with all players but specifically for the kickers of the team for start off kicking and tactical point scoring.
1 ball, con...
category: Backs-Moves
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category: Warm-Up
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: Passing
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category: Sevens
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category: Passing
Drill to practice fast, accurate passing.
Set up a T shape with 3 cones roughly 5m away from the central cone (see diagram)
One player ...
category: Sevens
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category: Sevens
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category: Sevens
Give the ball to the attacking team and tell your players the following.......
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: Warm-Up
category: Tag-Rugby
Leader of the group can run in any direction, the rest must f...
category: Sevens
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category: Warm-Up
The following are the laws for this game:
category: Sevens
Give the ball to the attacking team and tell your players the following.......
category: Passing
category: Warm-Up
The following are the laws for this game:
category: Handling
Players line up on the left hand side of each gate and they start in a line, 5m down from the first gate.
category: School
category: School
category: Passing
category: Passing
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category: Sevens
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category: Sevens
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category: Warm-Up
You may consider these two points when looking to challenge or build confidence.
category: Passing
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category: Warm-Up
category: Sevens
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category: Passing
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category: Sevens
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category: Kicking
Kicking from hands requires the player to kick the ball before it bounces, unlike a drop kick. 1 ball, cones to give areas for scoring games etc.
category: Sevens
category: Passing
category: Passing
Lets get the ball and the players moving with lateral passing through the hands. Each training area only needs one ball, and that ball should start...
category: Sevens
Lets get the ball and the players moving with lateral passing through the hands. Each training area only needs one ball, and that ball should start...
category: Warm-Up
category: Passing
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category: Passing
category: Passing
Drill to practice passing laterally.
Set up a diamond roughly 10m wide and 5m long (see diagram).
Two players position themselves at ei...
category: Agility-Running-Skills
category: Warm-Up
category: Warm-Up
category: Backs-Moves
category: Sevens
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category: Lineout
Ball in two hands, shoulders square to the line of touch Good throw from the shoulder, front hand steadying the ball One smooth movement, no dummying...
category: Lineout
Players will need to ensure their throw is accurate and timed right to ensure success.
category: Lineout
Players will need to ensure their throw is accurate and timed right to ensure success.
category: Warm-Up
category: Sevens
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category: Backs-Moves
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category: Passing
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category: Scrum
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category: Warm-Up
category: Backs-Moves
category: Backs-Moves
category: Backs-Moves
category: Backs-Moves
category: Passing
category: Passing
Keep your player briefing, brief! It's important to get your players working as quickly as possible.
category: Warm-Up
Split your players into two teams, giving one group o...
category: Passing
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category: Backs-Moves
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: 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: Passing
category: Sevens
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category: Sevens
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category: Passing
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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: Warm-Up
category: Warm-Up
category: Agility-Running-Skills
category: Sevens
category: Warm-Up
category: Passing
category: Sevens
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category: Passing
category: Agility-Running-Skills
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category: Passing
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category: Passing
Give each training area one ball and tell the players the following......
category: Sevens
Give each training area one ball and tell the players the following......
category: Sevens
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category: Passing
category: Passing
Great for scrum halves to practice placement of foot and following through with hands.
2 balls, 3 support players, 1 passer
Ted on th...
category: Passing
Good for warm ups and co-ordination, getting used to keeping your body straight on and handling the ball and practicing using your arms to pass the...
category: Passing
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category: Sevens
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category: Passing
Passing in partners.
Players stand opposite each other about 3-4m away. One player will take 1-2 steps forward, then pass back and sideways t...
category: Passing
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category: Handling
category: Passing
category: Sevens
The sequence of passing on this exercise is as following......
category: Handling
1. Square on: one hand
Stand square on, in your partners pass the ball back and forth no more than 5m away from eachot...
category: Passing
category: Passing
"Out the back door" passing with a spin element
Pairs work on one handed passing underneath the arm. Players stand opposite each ot...
category: Warm-Up
In this example we will play one touch offload, but remember you can change the version of touch to suit your training goals, applying the same mis...
category: Warm-Up
Make sure that your players are holding their tackle shields correctly!
category: Sevens
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category: Passing
category: Sevens
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category: Agility-Running-Skills
5 players in a group line up within touching distance of one another, and stand facing the coach who has a ball in his hand.
The coach then ...
category: Passing
5 players in a group line up within touching distance of one another, and stand facing the coach who has a ball in his hand.
The coach then ...
category: Contact-Skills
category: Warm-Up
category: Sevens
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category: Warm-Up
Make sure your warm-up area is marked out before the players arrive.
category: Passing
category: Backs-Moves
category: Kicking
• The aim of the drill is to develop kickers through the gate and keeping square onto the kick.
category: Sevens
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category: Sevens
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category: Sevens
category: Warm-Up
category: Passing
category: Sevens
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category: Passing
Give each training area one ball and tell the players the following......
category: Sevens
Give each training area one ball and tell the players the following......
category: Agility-Running-Skills
4 players start together on their stomachs next to each other.
category: Passing
4 players start together on their stomachs next to each other.
category: Ruck
Have a line of two or more ruck shields, a safe distance apart, five meters from the players that will make the hits. Make sure that the pad holder...
category: Ruck-Clear-Out
Have a line of two or more ruck shields, a safe distance apart, five meters from the players that will make the hits. Make sure that the pad holder...
category: Backs-Moves
category: Backs-Moves
category: Backs-Moves
category: Warm-Up
category: Ruck
Set up two defenders holding hit shields opposite two even lines of players.
The ball starts with the first man in one of the lines, he runs ...
category: Passing
category: Agility-Running-Skills
category: Passing
category: Sevens
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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: Passing
category: Warm-Up
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category: Warm-Up
category: Passing
category: Sevens
category: Sevens
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category: Passing
category: Sevens
The following are the laws for this game:
category: Sevens
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category: Sevens
The sequence of passing on this exercise is as following......
category: Passing
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Here the player needs to have slightly bent knees, and ensure that he is leaning slightly forward with a straight back, giving him space to swing...
category: Passing
category: Passing
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: Warm-Up
Keep your playing briefing, brief and tell the players the following laws.
category: Sevens
category: Passing
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category: Backs-Moves
category: Backs-Moves
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category: Passing
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category: Handling
Players line up opposite the trinagle of cones set up o...
category: Sevens
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category: Backs-Moves
category: Backs-Moves
category: Tag-Rugby
You can play any version of touch you like, I'm going to suggest One Touch Off-Load - but you can change this to suit your training goals for the s...
category: Warm-Up
category: Practices-for-Juniors
Drill to improve players taking the ball into contact and ruck clear out.
Set up a square roughly 5m x 5m. Get two lines of players behind tw...
category: Handling
category: Passing
category: Warm-Up
category: Warm-Up
category: Kicking
Players dropkick the ball, aiming to land the ball inside the area and then follow their kick. They then pick up the ball, run around the cone and ...
category: Passing
category: Sevens
category: Passing
category: Sevens
category: Contact-Skills
category: Warm-Up
category: Sevens
category: Warm-Up
category: Sevens
category: Passing
category: Warm-Up
This passing exercise will keep large groups of players busy passing, running onto, and moving the ball in traffic without the need to spend large ...
category: Passing
category: Agility-Running-Skills
category: Sevens
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category: Passing
category: Backs-Moves
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category: Agility-Running-Skills
Two players jog between three cones, set out at an equal distance, starting in the middle before jogging back and forth between the other two pairs...
category: Passing
category: Kicking
Hold ball nearly vertical with bottom hand, with top hand steadying rather than holding Keep head over the ball during run upDrop the ball, do not th...
category: Passing
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category: Sevens
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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...
Make the right decision. Get players to offer support when it’s most needed and keep your attacks alive.
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
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Quick rucking that produces quick ball is the first step towards a dangerous attacking side. Use this session to get your team rucking quickly, effici...
Teach your players to make the right decisions in the breakdown - don't lose possession when your players go to ground.
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Ball carrier drives against the defender (Pad)Support player follows closelyBall carrier assumes tackle and presents the ballSupport player drives ove...
1 grids 2v2Stationary kick(Missile Attack Game)4 kickers (1) per teamKick/Receive:-Pick your target Get it High5 points hit your players hand5 points ...
Shuttle place kick /Catch and play to the gain line. Kickers then set up for the next kick while players reorganize.Make as many kicks each player in ...
Players are lined up in a "line of defense" spread evenly apart. They will follow the ball sliding left to right, backpedaling and running d...
Cones need to be 4 meters apart.The first player needs to run fowards with the ball with the second player in line running just behind him so the firs...
A game of touch football there will be 6 players each side.they will follow normal touch rules. Make sure you are refereeing the games as if...
Players run forward and pass to next playerOnce the ball reaches the 3rd player, the players round the 2nd cone and returnWhen the 1st group returns, ...
Our lineout has 2 pods-red (front) and blue (back), stretched between the 5 and 15 meter lines. The middle lifter can be part of either pod. &nb...
During an attacking scrum somewhere close to the middle of the pitch, our attacking back line should line up left, leaving the right side of the field...
Cover your gab and close it as a line.Defender runs around cone and attacks the gab,Runs backwards back and do it again with next cone/channel. n...
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