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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...

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...

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...

Ruck Clear Out Drills

A ruck clear out involves players removing their opposition from the ruck to allow a quick pass to be made and avoid turnovers. The ruck and clear out...

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, ...

Agility & Running Skills Drills

Agility is how quickly your players can move while staying balanced and flexible. Running to evade the tackle, move into space for a pass and change d...

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...

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...

Presenting The Ball Using Tackle Bags

category: Ball-Presentation

Good for younger rugby players to learn how to go into contact and set up the ball at pace, you can use it as a competition between the team with a li...

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...

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 shou...

Off-Loading Box

category: Sevens

Tell your players the following...... The defender must make a tackle. The primary ball carrier must take the ball into contact and try to off-load t...

One Touch Off-Load

category: Warm-Up

Keep your player briefing; brief, and get them working as soon as possible.I can't stress this enough, it's not a debating society - players want to ...

2 Vs 1 - With Running Support

category: Off-Loads

The lead attacker runs straight at the defender, attacking either the space on the left or the right before taking the tackle and off loading to the s...

2 Vs 1 - With Running Support

category: Off-Loads

The lead attacker runs at straight at defender. Attacks runs into space, either on the left or the right, takes the tackle and then off-loads to the s...

Building The Pass Out Of The Tackle

category: Passing

Tell your players the following...... One player will be a ball carrier. The player directly opposite will make a half tackle, lifting the ball carri...

Passing Right To Left

category: Passing

Strong grip, thumbs are out, hold the ball high with fingers pointing to the sky. Keeping your hips square pass the ball across your body, finishing ...

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 shou...

Passing Right To Left

category: Passing

Strong grip, thumbs are out, hold the ball high with fingers pointing to the sky. Keeping your hips square pass the ball across your body, finishing ...

Building The Loop

category: Passing

Tell your players the following..... One group of 4 players will be in defence. The other two groups of 4 will be in attack, they will attack one gro...

Line Speed

category: Sevens

Tell the players the following.... Players will advance as a line, and as one hit the pads. The pads can also advance as a line. If the pads do advan...

Building The Switch Pass

category: Passing

Keep your player briefing short and tell your players the following.... 3 attackers line up on the first three cones, the rest fall in behind. One at...

More Loop

category: Passing

Tell your players the following...... The ball carrier (A) runs straight in a line and makes a normal lateral pass to the supporting player (B) After...

Line Speed

category: Sevens

Tell the players the following.... Players will advance as a line, and as one hit the pads. The pads can also advance as a line. If the pads do advan...

Building The Loop

category: Passing

Tell your players the following..... One group of 4 players will be in defence. The other two groups of 4 will be in attack, they will attack one gro...

Building The Switch Pass

category: Passing

Keep your player briefing short and tell your players the following.... 3 attackers line up on the first three cones, the rest fall in behind. One at...

Miss Me Baby, One More Time!

category: Passing

We will begin with laterial passing down the line, just to get going. On your call we will start to miss the player in the middle, and pass to the ne...

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 demonstrate. Tell...

How to play rugby: offloading in the tackle

Bristol Ladies Rugby demonstrate the technique of offloading out of a tackle. With Bristol and England Elite and U20s players, Izzy Noel-Smith, Nic Ho...

Powerade better your best - 'offloading' rugby training drill

Playing the ball out of the tackle.

Offload through tackle 1v2 - basic rugby drill

Basic Rugby Drill - Offload through the tackle. For more rugby drills visit: ...

Warm up rugby - tackle with off load pass

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Offload during tackle 1v1 basic rugby skills

This is a basic rugby drill designed to improve tackling skills. This is a rugby drill where the player being tackled offloads the ball before they go...

The basic rugby tackle

Bristol Ladies Rugby demonstrate the basics of the tackle in rugby. With England international Cath Spencer, and Irish internationals Claire Molloy an...

Offload through tackle - progression

This is a basic rugby drill progressing through techniques of offloading the ball. In this Rugby Drill the ball carrier should carry the ball in two h...

Seahawks head coach pete carroll teaches rugby tackling youtube

Seahawks Head Coach Pete Carroll teaches rugby tackling YouTube Seahawks Head Coach Pete Carroll teaches rugby tackling YouTube All Credit Goes To ...

Rugby coaching drills - double-tackle

To counter a quick offload game, defenders can execute double-tackles, with one player stopping momentum, and other wrapping up the ball. The techniqu...

Rugby drills - shoulder hit for front tackle

This is the front hit for shoulder tackle. For more rugby drills visit: ...

Over confident players not offloading

What is an umberella defensive system? also I would?

First time coaching the U13s next season - any tips greatly appreciated!

Scanning Session - Scanning in the Tackle

Do you players pick the right pass when offloading or running towards the opposition? Find out with this Session and increase the success rate of your...

3. Continuity Skills

Off load before or out of the tackle - build this All Blacks technique into your team's game!

Scanning Session - Scanning in the Tackle

Use this plan to Improve your players' pass selection and completion - helping them to pick the right pass

Developing offloading and 2nd wave defence

Here's a bumper session that covers two crucial elements of the game - it's not one to be missed. Click through below and try it with your squad tonig...

Improving lines of running from supporting players

Just like an elastic band the further you can stretch your opposition's defence, the weaker it becomes.