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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...

Half Rugby Pitch

category: Coaching-tool

Coaching tool Drill Thumbnail View this drill. Coaching tool. Rugby Blank Drill Thumbnail View this drill. Rugby Blank. Keep Ball Drill Thumbnail Vie...

Scrum Half - Shotgun Alley

category: Sevens

Rugby Scrum Half - Shotgun Alley Sevens Explain to thescrum halfs that they are to attempt to pass the ball at the attackers and attempt to hit them ...

Scrum Half Pass

category: zPassing

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Fly-Half Drill

category: Agility-Running-Skills

Rugby Fly-Half Drill Agility & Running Skills Either from standing start or from receiving pass the player should look to fake, side-step or dummy Af...

Scrum Half Pole Position

category: Sevens

Rugby Scrum Half Pole Position Sevens Tell the players the following..... Each player has four poles and six balls, the winner is the player that hit...

Scrum Half'S Drill

category: Agility-Running-Skills

Rugby Scrum Half's Drill Agility & Running Skills Player, with the ball, should make a fake pass. After the dummy pass their objective should be to c...

Quick Hands - Warm Up

category: Warm-Up

Rugby Quick Hands - Warm Up Warm Up Within a group there are two groups of 4 attackers and one chaser/scrum half. At the middle point, marked by a co...

1 Vs 1 Colour Cones

category: Agility-Running-Skills

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 bal...

3 Touch Kick

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...

3 Vs 2 - Sprint To Support

category: Decision-making

15m x 35m Grid.

1 Attacker starts on the half way line of the grid, with the other two outside of the grid back to back with two defenders. ...

Drill to practice team shapes or backs moves against a defence with less numbers than the attack.

Set up a "ruck" with a scrum half...

5 Vs 5 Touch Rugby

category: Match-Related

Touch Rugby in teams of 5

3 Touches and change possession.

When a player with the ball is touched, tackler stays in passive contact...

6 Vs 6 Uncontested Scrums

category: Scrum

Ensure that players:-

Bind correctly.

Keep the scrum square.

Keep correct body position.

Hooker to strike for the ball ...

Alignment - Running As A Group

category: Agility-Running-Skills

Working in groups of up to 4, players spaced approximately 4-5 metres apart.

Players jog to the 1st cone then jog backwards to the start line...

Another Defender Bites The Dust

category: Warm-Up

• Normal laws of rugby apply; a knock on etc. results in a turn over.
• The attacking team gets unlimited touches.
• A player is ...

Attack The Space

category: Tag-Rugby

The pitch is divided into two halves

The defenders must start at opposite corners of the pitch

The attacker must have at least one pl...

Attacking Kick On The Move

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...

Baseball

category: Kicking

Set up a pitch area (green cones) based on the age of the players (depending on how far they can kick) with fielders spread out around the pitch. (...

Box Back

category: Sevens

Tell your players the following.....

1. Pass the ball around, clockwise.
2. After each circuit of the ball, take one half step back...

Breakdown Touch

category: Contact-Skills

• 2 teams.
• Half pitch
• Ball

- A normal game of touch, however with conditions.

- When a...

Building The Pass Out Of The Tackle

category: Passing

Tell your players the following......

1. One player will be a ball carrier.
2. The player directly opposite will make a half tackle...

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...

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/tagg...

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/tagg...

Catching And Kicking Tennis

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...

Chain Reaction

category: Tag-Rugby

Divide the 20m x 20m grid in half. 1 Ball per group

Players 1 starts standing with the ball. Player 2 starts on one knee. Player 3 starts o...

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...

Choke Tackle Progression

category: Contact-Skills

• 5 stage progression session.
• Bibs.
• Balls
• Cones.

1. Warm up - Wrestle

Choke Tackle Progression

category: Tackling

• 5 stage progression session.
• Bibs.
• Balls
• Cones.

1. Warm up - Wrestle

Conditioned Game - Breakdown Technique.

category: Contact-Skills

• 30 + players - Teams of 10/13
• Bibs
• Balls

1. Shoulders on - low intensity

Should...

Contest Line Outs

category: Lineout

One player throws the ball in to 5 players standing side by side. One player to stand in the scrum half position so as to be ready to receive a pas...

Contest The Tackle

category: Tackling

• Groups of three, the aim of the exercise is for the second defender to contest the tackle.
• One player starts with the ball, standing s...

Defense Vs Attack Drill

category: School

• The aim is to the defensive situation to keep changing the defence gets used to drifting or pressing.
• The aim of the attack i...

Defense, Drift And Blitz 2

category: School

• Only let the scrum-half password defense is ready. Defense should work with 90 seconds before changing. You can develop into full contact.

Defense, Drift And Blitz

category: School

• Excellent drill to put defenders in game situations and having to make decisions.
• Defenders go from defending one side into t...

Defensive Touch

category: Defensive-Patterns

• 2 Teams.
• Half Pitch.

Touch Game with conditions;

Attacker once touched must go down, bounce b...

Defensive Touch

category: Match-Related

• 2 Teams.
• Half Pitch.

Touch Game with conditions;

Attacker once touched must go down, bounce b...

Defensive Touch

category: Warm-Up

• 2 Teams.
• Half Pitch.

Touch Game with conditions;

Attacker once touched must go down, bounce b...

Developing The Spin

category: Passing

1. Using just one hand they should pass the ball to each other, spinning the ball.
2. They should make 10 passes on one hand, and then 10 ...

Fan Out And Pass

category: Passing

Keep your player briefing, brief! You may decide to have a demonstration grid.

• On your call, all players fan out to receive a pass.

Flick And Back Pass Insanity

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...

Flip It

category: Warm-Up

• Be brief when telling the players the laws of this game, it's important to ge...

Four Handed Touch

category: Warm-Up

The following are the laws for this game:

• Equal number of defenders and attackers. Use bibs to identify both teams.
• Normal l...

Game - 6 Vs 4

category: Tag-Rugby

Pitch is 20m x 20m. All players wearing Tag Belts

Start the game with a free pass, defenders must start behind the half way line

Atta...

Go To Goal Touch

category: Warm-Up

The following are the laws for this game:

• Normal laws of rugby apply; a knock on etc. results in a turn over.
• The attacking t...

Grid Island

category: Practices-for-Juniors

Fun game to practice passes/kicks not being intercepted.

Divide players into two equal teams and set up two grids (one small and one big - se...

Hit And Drive Ruck Clearout

category: Ruck-Clear-Out

• A drill to be completed in pairs.
• One player holding a tackle bag stands in a low, strong position with knees bent.
• The player...

It'S All Rip And Roll To Me!

category: Warm-Up

You may consider these two points when looking to challenge or build confidence.

• Keep your player briefing, brief! It's best not to ha...

Jackal Progression Drill

category: Contact-Skills

1. Bounce

Race to get off the floor. CHest to bag then bag to feet.

2. Bounce with sausage

Jog - Lock And Load

category: Passing

Tell your players the following:

1. Using just one hand they should pass the ball to each other, spinning the ball.
2. They will co...

Kamikaze Passing

category: Passing

Passing drill under pressure.

Set up a grid roughly 20m x 15m, with lines of 4 players facing each other across the grid. Each line of 4 need...

Kick Tennis

category: Kicking

Two team of 4.

40m x 20m area.

The aim of the game is to kick / punt the ball into the oppositions half. If the ball bounces on th...

King Pin

category: Kicking

Split the group into two teams.

One player from each team goes to the oppositions end and starts in the end zone.

The aim of the ga...

Lineout Game

category: Lineout

The coach calls out the number of people that required in the lineout, together with a team name to. The hooker throws the ball in for both teams t...

Link Touch

category: Match-Related

• Set up as a standard game of touch rugby, with two teams. The playing area should be wide and not too long.
• Every touch tackle the def...

Living On The Edge

category: Warm-Up

• Split the players into two teams, giving each team their own set of bibs. Two different colours that clearly define the teams.
• Keep ...

Loaded Sevens: Touch

category: Sevens

Tell your players the following......

1. The team with 7 players will be in attack for the first half.
2. Normal 7 rules apply.

M1 12 Under

category: Backs-Moves

1. Note the starting positions of players for this move, it's just a suggestion. However, I suggest your players start that bit flatter, and tha...

Man To Man

category: Defensive-Patterns

3 attackers and 2 defenders.

The scrum half passes to the first receiver of group of 3 attackers.

The 3 attacking players must then p...

Maul Full

category: Maul

If contact cannot be avoided take on own termsTurn and present the ballSupport player rips ball outDrives on if space or passes to scrum half who pass...

Maul Touch

category: Warm-Up

• Be brief when telling the players the laws of this game, it's important to get them moving quickly.
• This is not a...

Move It Wide

category: Tag-Rugby

Groups of 5

The pitch is divided into 2 halves

Both defenders must start at one corner of the pitch. The attackers must have at le...

Offside From Kicker

category: Defensive-Patterns

Drill to practice defensive organisation when the kicker must put their teammates onside.

Set up a grid roughly 30m long and 30m wide.

...

One Touch Ruck

category: Warm-Up

• Be brief when telling the players the laws of this game, it's important to get them moving quickly.
• This is not a contact game.
...

Passing Central

category: Passing

• Keep your player briefing, brief - and get the players moving as quickly as you can. You may consider having a demo group.
• On your g...

Passing Race

category: Handling

• Using just one hand they should pass the ball to each other.
• The pass should come from on, or behind the hip.
• They should m...

Passing Race

category: Passing

• Using just one hand they should pass the ball to each other.
• The pass should come from on, or behind the hip.
• They should m...

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.

Pod-Ruck

category: Ruck

On the shout of "GO" the scrum half passes to the player on the first cone, who attacks the 1st bag. Once the bag is attacked and cleared...

Quick Hands - Warm Up

category: Sevens

• Within a group there are two groups of 4 attackers and one chaser/scrum half.
• At the middle point, marked by a cones, the scrum half...

Quick Positioning, Passing And Support

category: Agility-Running-Skills

4 players start together on their stomachs next to each other.

1. As the coach calls a colour cone, they move into position quickly.
...

Quick Positioning, Passing And Support

category: Passing

4 players start together on their stomachs next to each other.

1. As the coach calls a colour cone, they move into position quickly.
...

Race To Cone - 3 V 2

category: Decision-making

One ball and 6 cones.

15m x 15m.

Setup the practice as shown. The first two players run up to the half way line of the grid and ...

Rapid Rucking

category: Ruck

In this exercise position 3 pad holding units, or 1 or 2 players, five meters in front of 3 rucking units, 1 unit facing each pad. Two players on e...

Regain Possession

category: Handling

The player with the ball rolls the ball out for a player to run onto and collect whilst moving.

They then pass the ball back before replacin...

Releasing The Overlap

category: Decision-making

The scrum half starts with the ball. They pass to the first red player who then passes to the second red player who then passes to red player thr...

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...

Ruck Clear Out Between Two Tackle Bags

category: Ruck-Clear-Out

2 people are on the tackle shields or 2 on each side about 5 metres apart facing each other, there is a ball carrier standing in the middle of the ...

Ruck Clear Out Between Two Tackle Bags

category: Tackling

2 people are on the tackle shields or 2 on each side about 5 metres apart facing each other, there is a ball carrier standing in the middle of the ...

Ruck Defence

category: Ruck

Coach controls defence with calls up and back between cones placed 1 - 2 metres apart.

On the call of "LIVE" the defence stays on offside li...

Ruck, Setup, Steal

category: Ruck

Player 1 runs out with ball but player 2 has stepped up to meet them halfway.

Player 1 drives into player 2 - goes two steps before then go...

Rugby League - Touch Rugby Variation

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 ...

Scoring Zones

category: Warm-Up

• Be brief when telling the players the laws of this game, it's important to get them moving quickly.
• This is not a contact game.
...

Scrum Half - Shotgun Alley

category: Passing

• Explain to thescrum halfs that they are to attempt to pass the ball at the attackers and attempt to hit them below the shoulders.
• It...

Shadowing - Follow The Signs

category: Tackling

The group is split in half.

The coach is positioned behind the defenders and instructs the movement of the attackers, who are holding tackle...

Signalling For The Put In.

category: Contact-Skills

Hooker lets the scrum half know that he is ready for the ball by tapping his left hand on the props back.

Scrum half then puts the ball int...

Simple Drift Defence

category: Defensive-Patterns

3 attacks - 2 defenders

Scrum half passes to first receiver of group of 3

3 attack 2 passing ball down line

Speed Maul - Hands On!

category: Maul

Set up lines of defenders with pads aligned laterally across your working area. You can either have 1 line so the attacking players work once and...

Straight Running And Passing

category: Agility-Running-Skills

3 players line up in a straight line, approximately 10m apart, each standing opposite an agility pole.

1. The ball is passed by a scrumha...

Striking The Ball

category: Scrum

Introducing the skill of 'striking' for the ball.

Hooker against a tackle pad, with the scrum half punting in the ball from the left hand si...

Structure Defence

category: Defensive-Patterns

5 attackers - 10 defenders (or 2 to 1 ratio dependent on numbers)

Start slowly with ruck ball

Defenders cannot steal ball

Supporting The Outside Shoulder

category: School

Players work in groups of 3 around the cone in a single file and must quickly realign to receive a pass each on the outside shoulder.

Once a...

Tackle Tube Clear Out

category: Ruck-Clear-Out

• Each station has two tackle tubes perpendicular to each other in a T shape.
• The tackler tackles the bottom of the T, while there is a ...

Tackler Clear Out Game Play

category: Ruck-Clear-Out

• Two teams of five players each

• One attacking...

Tackling In Grid (Game).

category: Tackling

Working in a grid.

Start both players half way in between the cones of one side of the grid.

When commanded, each player is to run a...

The Team Run

category: Sevens

• Use half or a full pitch for this exercise.
• A full team of 7 will run unopposed.
• Players should use this as a rehearsal of ...

Three Blind Mice - Tag Warm-Up

category: Warm-Up

• Tell the players that one group is the Mice and that mice have tails, their tags. The other group is not happy with the Mice, they are the Fa...

Touch Ruck Game 4 V 4

category: Ruck-Clear-Out

Defenders must use two hands to tag the ball carrier and have the body position as if performing a tackle

Once tagged the ball carrier goes ...

Touchdown Relay

category: Practices-for-Juniors

5 players all with a ball line up along a coned area.

They run out and touch the ball down halfway, leaving the ball on the ground.

T...

Understanding The Spin

category: Passing

• Tell them the following......

1. Using just one hand they should pass the ball to each other, spinning the ball.
2. Th...

Up And Down

category: Passing

• Tell them the following......

1. Each attack will be up and down, up the left and down the right side of the cones.

Warm Up - Bulldog Touch

category: Tag-Rugby

• 2 Catchers.
• Everyone else Runners.

This is a warm up game that is used to raise the heart rates of the children.&nbs...

Warm Up - Bulldog Touch

category: Warm-Up

• 2 Catchers.
• Everyone else Runners.

This is a warm up game that is used to raise the heart rates of the children.&nbs...

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,...

Rugby union - scrum half highlights 2017

Rugby Union highlights / tribute tape of all different the best scrumhalfs / halfbacks in rugby union in 2017 and previous years. (All rites goes to i...

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...

Developing Kicking Skills - the Punt Kick

Make sure all of your players can kick the perfect Punt, with this kicking skills session

Sevens - Options in the Attack

3 simple options to improve your players' decision-making in the attack and get them past opponents gain line!

Kicking Confidence: Drop Goal Drills

Give all your players confidence to use their feet with this kicking session. Use the drop kick to score a goal or hoist the ball behind their defence...

Conditioning for Attacking Patterns of Play

Keep this session up your sleeve - Get things going with a half hour conditioning introduction and then progress onto Attacking Patterns!

Sevens Rugby: Options in the Attack - Greater Pace

Give your players three simple options to improve their decision-making in the attack and get them past the opposition's gain line!

forwards positions in open play

Perfecting attack structure

Advice on playing flyhalf

What words would you say to your players?

conditions must be met when throwing the ball into a scrum?

Scrum half kicking in U13s rugby

England and Wales - U10 rule 6.o

Fly half training pre season

My son will not run with the ball

U13s rules explained

Touch, Roll, Dummy half, Familiarize with player roles

Focus on smooth transition , fast action, after being touched by opponent. Focus. Yellow ball carrier Blue - Dummy halfGreen - 1st rece...

Pick and go, pass,

Attacker brings ball into contact choosing to either stay up or go to ground.2 support players react to the situation, ie mauling and driving, picking...

Autosave 78251936

Fly half (playing in blue) must kick from behind a mark (indicated by ladders) into 5 target areas, the players in red are obsticles to avoid but can ...

Tackle Channel

Channel 5m x 5mPlayers start on outside edge of channel but at half way.Run round the cone and into channel.Attakcer goes to the direction indicated b...

24

This play is called "24" because it's a skip "2 (12)," 2 loop "4 (14)." Flyhalf skips the inside centre, who takes...

Igloo

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...

Unit Skills

1. Ruck Clean Out for Ball Retention:*3 Players to hit tackle shield.*Scrumhalf passes to 2nd pod, hit group 2 tackle shields.

Set it up / Secure safely

1 man Go to ground and present.2 man clear / secure - depending on opp. is the shield there or not. Decission making.Don't wait. Make it flo...

Double

The flyhalf begins with the ball and immediately takes off across the field (this is the ONLY time you have permission to do this :) ). The 12 a...

Onesies Twosies (1 Loop 2)

The flyhalf pushes the ball to the inside centre, then loops on her outside. The inside centre pops the ball back to the flyhalf. The flyh...