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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...

Catching Drills

Catching is how the player takes control of the ball with their hands from a pass, kick or lineout. The catching videos and drills below will boost yo...

Handling Drills

Handling in rugby covers how your player holds, catches and runs with the ball. Good ball carrying technique should include your player's fingers bein...

Ruck Drills

A ruck occurs when the ball carrier is tackled and players from each side make contact over the ball which is on the ground (it differs from a maul wh...

Sevens Drills

The Sevens drills below to sharpen your players' rugby skills such as quick hands, speed evasion and passing under pressure before moving on to develo...

Quick Hands

category: Passing

Rugby Quick Hands Passing Tell your players the following..... The first player runs out with the ball to the first set of cones and passes the ball ...

Quick Hands Race

category: Sevens

Rugby Quick Hands Race Sevens Tell your players the following...... The two bottom players will be the feeders, they will be positioned by the cones ...

Fast Hands

category: Passing

Rugby Fast Hands Passing Drill to practice fast, accurate passing. Set up a T shape with 3 cones roughly 5m away from the central cone (see diagram) ...

Kick From Hands

category: Kicking

Rugby Kick From Hands Kicking Kicking from hands requires the player to kick the ball before it bounces, unlike a drop kick. 1 ball, cones to give ar...

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...

2 Hand Passing Hip Drive

category: Passing

Coaching points · Start with the ball sitting on the outside of the hip · No backward movement before you pass. · Push out from the hit. · Hands ...

Many Hands

category: Passing

Rugby Many hands Passing Tell your players the following...... Each group of two players should have their own ball. While they have a partner, they ...

Quick Hands Targets

category: Sevens

Rugby Quick Hands Targets Sevens Tell your players the following. They just need to pace the ball down the line, each player will get the ball. A col...

Soft Hands

category: Passing

Rugby Soft Hands Passing The aim of the drill is to develop players awareness and passing.

Kicking Out Of Hands

category: Practices-for-Juniors

Coaching points. 1 player with a ball. Ball to be held correctly with the end of the ball pointing in the direction it is to be kicked. Keep eyes on ...

A Cheeky Little Number

category: Passing

Give each training area one ball and tell the players the following......

1. Let's just get the ball moving down the line. Give the playe...

A Cheeky Little Number

category: Sevens

Give each training area one ball and tell the players the following......

1. Let's just get the ball moving down the line. Give the playe...

Agility Slalom

category: Agility-Running-Skills

The first player runs around the red cone and back down to the start of the slalom. There the player zig-zags up the slalom, then back down before ...

Double Trouble

category: Sevens

Tell your players the following.....

1. The first attacking until enters through the top of the first channel, the defender there can the...

Fast Up

category: Sevens

Tell your players the following.....

1. One player will be the bag man, they will put the bags that have been hit back up again.

Footwork And Handoff

category: School

• Vital skills to beat a defender and get the football.
• Ball is needed. Players must do it at full speed. Key players low and t...

Ladder Pass

category: Warm-Up

• Have four players stand at the four cones, the other players, in their own running groups of four should, be behind them - ready to go when t...

Realignment And Passing

category: Match-Related

Out in 4s - simple hands - When players reach the end they should turn left.

Group realigns around the cone and then use simple hands to fin...

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 ...

Tackle Technique - Foot Position 1/5

category: Tackling

• Groups of 2
• Tackle bag

An attacker holds a bag 2m away from a defender.

Defender hold hands behind his b...

Introduction to Handling and Unit Plays

Set out the targets for the season and develop your players handling skills after an intense physical pre-season. Put the final touches to your game w...

Attacking Flair - Kicking and Catching

Attack with flair! Improve your player's kicking with this kicking and catching session

Handling and Passing - working under pressure

Fast hands and a cool head will be needed in this physically testing pressure passing session - are your players up to the challenge?

Dynamic Passing and Movement

Improve your player's confidence in a pressure-free environment, with this passing and moving session!

Attacking Principle: Improving Decision Making and Support Play

Develop an understanding between players of where the support is and what the benefits are of providing it.

Kicking fun for beginners - Perfecting the Kick

Bring back fun to your training! Teach your U10-U14s to kick intelligently from the hand. With fun games that work on your players' grubber, punt and ...

Handling Refresher

Are you ready to handle the new season? - Improving their passing, catching and ball carrying skills

Fitness and Handling Skills - Refresher Session

Work on their speed and stamina in this passing and receiving recap session - designed to get your players spreading their fingers for maximum passing...

Sevens Rugby: Attacking the Space - Pass, Follow and Support

Get your players to use the width of the pitch and play intelligently, offering wide support options in this sevens rugby session.

Offloading - Keeping the ball alive

Cross the gain line and Improve how your players handle the pressure with this quick rugby session - designed to improve passing/offloading during and...

skills or training session for high-ball receiver

Quick Hands and Handling

Spin pass for a 14-year old boy?

Basic Game Plan - U9

Sealing not bridging the ruck

Getting 9-10 year olds to spread the ball out wide

Warm up ideas before a game

U14's girls teamwork

Teaching Touch Rugby to Beginners - Help

Playing against much bigger players.

Tag Team

Players each have a ball and start in the inner square. BOTH HANDS hold the ball.2 chasers outside of the inner square, stand on the line of the outer...

Warm-up - Passing

4 Players on a side that needs to pass the ball quickly and avoid the yellow poles in the middle that acts as defenders.They have to communicate the c...

Hip Head Hands Duck Duck Goose - 2 balls

2 lines of players - 2m apart, on cones.Ball carrier walks up the centre - Hip, Head, hands - preparing to pass. When they pass the receiver must run ...

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Simple hands to get it out wide10 passes to 12 12 passes 1313 passes to either 15/11

Back and Forth

Aim is to saturate the middle runner with passes so they are moving the ball across their body.When they reach the end the other group does the same b...

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defenders are only allowed to move from left to right, defending by tap on hips with two hands

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Basic hands - Passing down the line, 3-6 players in the line. Pass ball from both sides. Progress to down and back up the line (focus players on getti...

Individual/Team Skills

- Attacking Space Grid*Divide equal*Set out tackle Shields*Players to shift ball into Space- Run inners and evade to the outside space- Effective Comm...

Back Playbook (Hands)

From ruck, 9 passes to 10, 10 passes to 12, 12 passes to 13, 13 passes to 14/11

Covid Hands