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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...

Off Loads Drills

An off load is when a tackled player passes the ball to a teammate before the tackle is completed. Use the 2v1 and tackle bag off load drills and vide...

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...

Lineout Drills

A lineout is used to restart play, when the ball has left the field of play. Unless your team has "kicked for touch" when awarded a penalty the "throw...

Maul Drills

A maul is similar to a ruck but occurs when the ball is held up off the floor (in a player's hand). The maul drills, videos and mini games below will ...

Practices for Juniors

The junior videos and drills are designed to introduce and teach youth players to the correct techniques and skills they will in rugby, in a safe and ...

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...

Scrum Drills

A scrum involves eight players from each side locking heads with the opposition. It is a way of restarting play after the ball has gone out to touch, ...

Tackling Drills

All players need to be able to tackle. Tackling is how a player physically stops an opponent from moving forward with the ball. It's a vital aspect of...

Warm Up Drills

Warm up drills in rugby are important because they get your players' muscles ready for exercise and help to reduce the risk of injury. They're also a ...

1V1 Evasion

category: Agility-Running-Skills

2 players start on opposite end of a 5x5m block

1. On the whistle they run down the line, turn the corner,
2. The player with the b...

2 X Hit Then Pass

category: Contact-Skills

Set up the practice as shown inside a 30m x 30m Grid.

6 Shields and 1 Ball.

Player 1 carries the ball before passing the ball to play...

2 X Hit Then Pass

category: Off-Loads

Set up the practice as shown inside a 30m x 30m Grid.

6 Shields and 1 Ball.

Player 1 carries the ball before passing the ball to play...

3 Second Touch - Touch Rugby Variation

category: Warm-Up

3 V Tackle Bag And Body Suit

category: Off-Loads

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 s...

3 V Tackle Bag And Body Suit

category: Passing

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 s...

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 s...

7'S Fitness Handling

category: Sevens

Tell them the following......

1. The ball carrier will run forward with the ball, their partner will go with them in support.
2. Th...

Attack/Defend

category: Sevens

Tell your players the following......

1. Players will standing at the midway point of the playing area.
2. Tell each team which dir...

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...

Dizzy

category: Passing

1. There will be one ball carrier at any one time.
2. They will run around the circle, passing the ball.
3. The ball must be handled...

Find The Space

category: Handling

Players run in any direction in the grid trying to avoid contact by running into space. When the teacher calls stop, all players must be at least ...

Going To Ground And Rucking

category: Ruck

Two players from the same side run with the ball towards a single defender. When the ball carrier is in front of the defender they should go to the...

Keep The Ball Game

category: Passing

Tell your players the following:

1. One group of two players will be defenders, you might want to give them bibs.
2. The attackers ...

Keep The Ball Game

category: Sevens

Tell your players the following:

1. One group of two players will be defenders, you might want to give them bibs.
2. The attackers ...

Many Hands

category: Passing

Tell your players the following......

1. Each group of two players should have their own ball.
2. While they have a partner, they c...

Many Hands

category: Scrum

Tell your players the following......

1. Each group of two players should have their own ball.
2. While they have a partner, they c...

Number Cruncher

category: Passing

• Keep your player briefing, brief! If necessary you might considering having one group quickly demonstrate the exercise to the other players.<...

Off-Loading Box

category: Sevens

Tell your players the following......

1. The defender must make a tackle.
2. The primary ball carrier must take the ball into conta...

Pass And Control

category: Passing

• Keep you player briefing, brief. Get the players moving and training as soon as possible.
• If you feel it would help, have one group ...

Passing Along The Line

category: Passing

Simple hand drill that can be progressed onto many simple backline movements.

1 ball, 4 players, area of 20-30m by 20m

1st player st...

Passing By Numbers

category: Passing

• Keep your player briefing, brief! If necessary you might considering having one group quickly demonstrate the exercise to the other players.<...

Pressure Ball

category: Warm-Up

Make sure your warm-up area is marked out before the players arrive.

• Depending on the number of players you have at training, mark out...

Relay Passing Race

category: Warm-Up

• With each new instruction to players you'll be having a race, lets see which group is the fastest - no cheating!
• Don't spend too muc...

Round The Circle Passing

category: Passing

Each group forms a circle with players about 1m apart. First practise passing and catch around the circle. Next, the first player to pass runs ar...

Standing And Passing - Variation

category: Passing

• Keep your player briefing, brief!
• Tell your players the folloiwng.........
  1. Players should be moving, staying around 5 meters...

Standing And Passing

category: Passing

• Keep your player briefing, brief!
• Tell your players the folloiwng.........

1. Players should be 5m apart.
2. ...

Support Gauntlet

category: Decision-making

Drill to practice decision making.

Set up a grid 10m wide and 35m long with cones at the start (yellow), 5m (orange), 15m (blue), 30m (red) a...

Ten Passes Then...

category: Handling

• Keep your player briefing, brief!
• Tell your players the folloiwng.........
  1. Players should be moving, staying around 5 meters...

Ten Passes Then...

category: Passing

• Keep your player briefing, brief!
• Tell your players the folloiwng.........
  1. Players should be moving, staying around 5 meters...

Touch The Runner

category: Sevens

• Put a group of 7 inside inside one of your grids. Tell them the following laws: The player not wearing a bib (the runner) is trying stay away...

Touch The Runner

category: Warm-Up

• Put a group of 7 inside inside one of your grids. Tell them the following laws: The player not wearing a bib (the runner) is trying stay away...

Two Man Piggy In The Middle

category: Passing

• Tell your players the following......

1. Two players will be defenders, it's their job to try and intercept the ball.
<...

Union Jack

category: Agility-Running-Skills

Divide the players so that they are spread equally between 8 points (4 corners of a square, and 4 more at the midpoints. Each ball carrier runs acr...

Vision

category: Sevens

• The two players in the middle of the circle will be defenders, it is their job to try and intercept the ball that is being passed, or to bloc...

Waterfall Attack

category: Match-Related

The drill starts with 2 attackers in blue, standing behind one another, 5m from the 1st defender/attacker in red.

1. The blue players att...

Rugby - nike - keep the ball alive

Rugby - Nike - Keep The Ball Alive.

Keep the ball alive - university of leeds rugby union

Promotional Video for University of Leeds Rugby Union Team, Part of our entry to the 2012 RBS Essa competition.

Nike rugby ad

A Nike Rugby Ad.

Keep rugby clean with sean maloney!

Sean Maloney goes behind the scenes with Anti-Doping to find out just what is involved on a match day in order to Keep Rugby Clean. Find out more abou...

Year 9 boys rugby continuity training - king edward vi school, bury st edmunds

A series of clips which highlight specific areas of focus for the boys during the summer weeks. An emphasis on fitness, creativity, experimentation an...

Keep the ball alive parody (rugby video shs)

SHS announcements video for rugby club.

Rugby ball keep up challenge

See the coaches take on the rugby keep up challenge. Check out our channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEJ5...

Basic rugby skills - the front on tackle

Basic Rugby Drills - this is the Front on Tackle. The tackler must keep their eye on the ball carrier. As the ball carrier reaches the tackler, the ta...

How to rugby - 4x4 keep away game

How To Rugby - 4x4 Keep Away Game.

Crazy rugby pass on basketball court! keep watching the ball

Just mucking around at the local primary school testing out my new mic for my camera and then BAM! That mysterious rugby ball in the hands of a Niuen!

Rugby iq drill #1 www.rugbyiq.com

Aim: To develop rugby specific fitness and ball skills. Description: Place 1 tackle bag on each corner of the channel and a contact shield 10m down th...

Rugby stars 'keep rugby clean'

Sam Warburton, Cecil Afrika and Heather Moyse talk about the IRB's Keep Rugby Clean programme.

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Phase Play and Continuity

Continue your play and get your team working as an unit, with this session!

Maintaining Possession

Maintain possession and go forward with confidence, with this attacking session

Improving Attacking Kicking, Catching and Chasing

Improve your team's ability to attack from a kick with this kicking and catching games session - covering 3 key areas of your team's game

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...

Back right

Kick the ball into the back right coner and keep the ball inside.

2 v 1 Offload Drill

Small square,~2m x 2mTwo "attackers" try to keep the ball away from the defenderDefender wrestles or tackles each ball carrierCarrier works ...

Contact Warm Up2 x Hit then pass

Set up the practice as shown inside a 30m x 30m Grid.6 Shields and 1 Ball.Player 1 carries the ball before passing the ball to player 2 who bursts thr...

Back Left

Kick the ball into the back left coner and keep the ball inside.

Heat ball

Divide the team into two groups.The team that starts with the ball have to make the highest number of passes without being intercepted by opponents.Wh...

Autosave 72594735

One player must keep on the outside touch line at all times, players can be switched so each player is getting a turn. The bal lmust touch everyoine a...

Basic Passing Drills

Short Passing: Players will get into pairs and stand 4 meters apart facing each other. They will pass to each other making sure that they are using th...

DES GAME 1

End BallThis game is a fun all inclusive multi directional activity. The object of the game is to carry the ball accross the coned goal area were the ...

2 Vs 1

Create a 10m x 20m grid.Have the player line up in 2 line in the middle of the long side of the grid.Make 1 line the attackers and give them a ball, a...

Simple passing warm up

Lines of 4 Passing the ball down the line whilst on the moveOnce the ball reaches the end pass it back down Repat for the whole length of th...