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3 V Tackle Bag And Body Suit

category: Tackling

3 attackers start at the beginning of the grid who will go up against the tackle bag first and then the person in the body suit second; these two shou...

Crash Through 2 Tackle Bags

category: Tackling

Basic but good warm up drill for matches. 4 cones set up a grid of about 5-10m by 5-10m. 2 defenders with tackle shields start in the centre. Attacker...

Attacking Footwork And Tackling

category: School

Grid size is around 5x5m. You can keep changing the size of the grid.  The defender must shadow the attacker as they run towards a cone (lef...

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...

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 ...

Running Side Tackle

category: Tackling

Starting with their backs to one another, two players stand 5 metres apart and run off in opposite directions along one side of the 20 metre grid. At ...

Tackle Box

category: Sevens

The exercise is simple, the attacker has 2 minutes to score as many tries as they can. They do this by attacking the space between 2 sets of cones, b...

Tackling Practice

category: Tackling

Balls and conesIn a 10m grid, two teams on two adjacent cones. On GO, the player with the ball walks diagonally towards the opposite cone whilst a pl...

Bulldog On Knees

category: Tackling

Simple game for teaching tackling when on your knees. Starting with initially two tacklers and the rest as attackers, players must try to go from one ...

Realign

category: Tackling

The first player moves forwards, makes contact with the tackle bag and retreats diagonally to the line of cones. The next player joins the line and bo...

Defending In Threes

category: 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 other, covering the 5m distance. The aim is to st...

Walking Tackle

category: Tackling

The player with the ball walks slowly in front of the other player. As the ball carrier is walking the defender should time their move so that they in...

Tackle Practice

category: Tackling

Teams of 3 one team with ball.Start with both teams on their own goal line. Team with ball attempts to scoreDefending team allowed 1 on 1 tackles.When...

Rugby Pinball

category: Tackling

This game is designed to teach the players about body height in tackling and ruck clean out. Set up a field about 15m long by 10m wide. Keep it narrow...

2 Vs 1 + 1 In 2 Grids

category: Ball-Presentation

2 attackers with a half back attack a defender The support player should be able to read the situation and apply the best techniques for ball security...

Static Tackling On Knees

category: Tackling

Basic tackling skills.Tackle to start in a low position.Tackler to position their head behind the player, squeeze their arms around the player an driv...

Tackle Approach

category: Tackling

Players 3m apart – slightly crouched One of pair nominated as tackler On balls of feet, with feet shoulder width apart the coach calls either Right or...

Tackle, Push Conditioning Relay.

category: Warm-up

in groups of 3. 1 player with a pad 1 player with a tackle bag and one with nothing. Player with nothing runs to the player with the pad and drives th...

Tackle, Push Conditioning Relay.

category: Tackling

in groups of 3. 1 player with a pad 1 player with a tackle bag and one with nothing. Player with nothing runs to the player with the pad and drives th...

Capture And Escape - Evasion And Tackling Game

category: Match-Related

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 ...

Contact Zones

category: Ruck-Clear-Out

Set up: 8 defending players Tackle Suits,  one ball carrier and four support players. The drill: Ball carrier enters grid 1 via gate follow...

Contact Pop Pass Contact

category: Contact-Skills

Ball carrier goes forward, hitting in on the shield, turning to pop the call to a support player who passes the ball across the grid into the second ...

Tight & Wide

category: Passing

Tell the players the following: On your whistle the ball carrier and the support player come forward off their cones. The ball carrier passes the bal...

Tackle Challenge

category: Sevens

The exercise stand clockwise, with the first player going from the bottom left cone. The defender must tackle that player to the ground. As soon as t...

Offload Central

category: Off-Loads

Set Up Small 10 x 10m grid - 1/3rd of group on knees - 1/3rd with ball - 1/3rd supporting Players move around grid - take tackle and off load to supp...

Speed, Timing Of Run And Talking In Defence

category: School

Split your players into two teams and line them up behind four cones. The side with the ball sends out two players in a 2v1. The opposite side must co...

Contact Pop Pass Contact

category: Warm-Up

Ball carrier goes forward, hitting in on the shield, turning to pop the call to a support player who passes the ball across the grid into the second ...

American football vs rugby - best comparison ever seen

The YOG blog compares American Football to Rugby to find out which one has more YOG appeal. This comparison of the two sports covers all angles. For a...

Rugby coaching drills - introducing tackling to under 9s

Under the New Rules of Play, tackling is the only new skill to coach to under 9s. This should really help their development, given they don't have to ...

Visions: teachers tackle rugby

Teachers tackle the finer points of rugby sevens in the latest episode of Visions. We go behind the scenes of a new project from the Melbourne Graduat...

Rugby coaching drill: defence- seven-sided tackle drill

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Rugby coaching - scrummage

Back Row Attack Right Overview: This activity is perfect for practising speed of disengagement from the scrummage and support when attacking from the ...

Usa 7's rugby: full-on tackling with deejay city & mike jackson

City from Power 107 deejay City and USA 7's Rugby Tournament Director Dan Lyle talk to NBC 4's Mike Jackson about Friday's tourney start.

Rugby coaching - lineout

Compass Trilogy Overview: This practice is great for reinforcing the switch pass. Organisation: Groups of 5 players are positioned with 1 player in th...

Coaching the Tackle for U9s who are 'frightened'