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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...

Decision making Drills

Decision making determines what pass, run or tackle your player makes on the field. Making the right decision can be the difference between a try 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...

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...

Regain Possession

category: Ball-handling

Rugby League Regain possession Ball handling The player with the ball rolls the ball out for a player to run onto and collect whilst moving. They the...

Regain Possession

category: Handling

Rugby Regain possession Handling The player with the ball rolls the ball out for a player to run onto and collect whilst moving. They then pass the b...

Rugby Netball

category: Agility-Running-Skills

Rugby Rugby Netball Agility & Running Skills Drill to practice skills and creating space. Set up a pitch (roughly 25m x 20m depending on age and numb...

Touch The Runner

category: Agility-and-running-skills

Rugby League Touch the runner Agility and running skills 2 groups of 3 Players 1 ball in side a very small grid. the team in possession has to pass t...

1 On 1 Breakdown Skills

category: Ruck

• Fun game 1 v 1 game to improve skills on both sides of the breakdown.
• One player lies face down either side of a tackle tube (players ...

3D Touch Rugby

category: School

Players can run with the ball and pass in all directions. If a player is touched while in possession of the ball, it is an immediate turnover (ball...

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...

7'S Colour Touch

category: Sevens

Tell your players the following.....

1. The attack will remain in attack for 5 minutes, you'll then switch over.
2. Normal rules of...

Ball Presentation And Handling

category: Ball-Presentation

This drill is designed to get your players in good habits when presenting the bal...

Ball Presentation And Handling

category: Handling

This drill is designed to get your players in good habits when presenting the bal...

Ball Presentation And Handling

category: Warm-Up

This drill is designed to get your players in good habits when presenting the bal...

Box Kick

category: Kicking

The box kick is a very dangerous tactic for attack and defense.

When attacking it can apply immense pressure on a team by putting the ball b...

Box Kick

category: Practices-for-Juniors

The box kick is a very dangerous tactic for attack and defense.

When attacking it can apply immense pressure on a team by putting the ball b...

Breakdown Touch Game

category: Match-Related

• Set up an area for a normal game of touch, with teams split evenly
• Play goes as normal, but when there is a touch, the ball carrier go...

Counter Ruck

category: Ruck

Condition the drill in favour of 1 team, in this case the blue team.

All players lay on their fronts behind the tackle bags. On the coaches...

Dislodge The Ball 2V1

category: Ruck-Clear-Out

Set Up

3 players, 1 ball

2 v 1 one player with ball tries to retain possession whilst other 2 work to disl...

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...

Grip Game For Offloads

category: Off-Loads

• This is a fun warm up game for the whole team to be involved in
• Players are separated into two teams, one team wearing bibs
• Ev...

Introduction To Ruck

category: Ruck

In small teams, play a modified game where if the ball carrier is touched on the shorts with both hands of a defender, the ball carrier must go to ...

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.

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...

Mini Game - Skills Game

category: Handling

In this game players try to keep possession and carry the ball over their opponent's line to score a try.

Mini Game - Skills Game

category: Match-Related

In this game players try to keep possession and carry the ball over their opponent's line to score a try.

Movement Warm Up

category: Passing

• Passing warm up game
• Two teams
• No moving with the ball (similar to netball)
• Aim is to complete 10 passes
• If a ...

Movement Warm Up

category: Warm-Up

• Passing warm up game
• Two teams
• No moving with the ball (similar to netball)
• Aim is to complete 10 passes
• If a ...

One On One Race

category: Agility-Running-Skills

Tell the players: The player in possession of the ball when the coach blows their whistle has to run around the cone at the end of the grid to try ...

One On One Race

category: Sevens

Tell the players: The player in possession of the ball when the coach blows their whistle has to run around the cone at the end of the grid to try ...

One On One Race

category: Warm-Up

Tell the players: The player in possession of the ball when the coach blows their whistle has to run around the cone at the end of the grid to try ...

Organisation

category: Decision-making

Groups of three

1 ball per group

Defender can choose any line as a start point.

On the word GO, 2 attackers attempt to sco...

Quick Ball/ Offload Touch

category: Ball-Presentation

Once an attacker is touched they must offload within one second.

You can start the game so that players have to pass the ball in front of de...

Quick Ball/ Offload Touch

category: Tag-Rugby

Once an attacker is touched they must offload within one second.

You can start the game so that players have to pass the ball in front of de...

Touch Rugby With Mini-Maul

category: Match-Related

Touch rugby in teams of 5. Once a team has been touched three times change possession.

When a player is touched, the tackler stays in passiv...

Maintaining possession rwc final 2015 film

This film looks at the differing styles of breakdown work employed by New Zealand and Australia in the 2015 Rugby World Cup Final. It is not a critiqu...

Pitch demo: brian o'driscoll breakdown masterclass | rugby tonight

Our latest team member Brian O'Driscoll talks us though defending the breakdown from the midfield with Austin Healey. Subscribe: ... Twitter: ...

Maintaining Possession

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

Defensive Skills: Contest Possession

Pile the pressure on the oppositions attack with this defensive skills session. Get them scanning the attack to put pressure on the ball carrier and a...

Releasing the Overlap - Attacking Possession

Once the overlap's been created, what do we do with it? In this session we look at ways to continue the attack by releasing the ball at the right time...

Understanding the importance of effective offloading to secure possession

Develop your team's decision making ability to recognise how and when to set up an offload to unlock the defence.

Developing Kicking Skills - the Punt Kick

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

Developing Invasive Attacking Skills

Think quickly and get past the opposition, with this attacking skills session!

Quick Ruck for Quick Ball

Quick rucking that produces quick ball is the first step towards a dangerous attacking side. Use this session to get your team rucking quickly, effici...

Ruck through the Gate

Teach your team to ruck safely, effectively and quickly. By going 'through the gate' you'll avoid giving away penalties and encourage better binding

Improving your Passing Skills

Get your players passing accurately and with variety in this session

Edge play and Defence Organisation

Get your defence organised with this session, making sure your players are communicating with one another

Developing fluid passing and movement skills to beat the defence

A session for beginners, work on their basics to develop the correct technique so that when it comes to game play, your beginners will soon look compo...

Perform and use possession from a 2v1 scrum?

Perfecting attack structure

Rules of play for Under 15 girls

When a scrum is awarded following an unsuccessful end to a maul

U11 kick off/ knock on.

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

Rugby sessions plan?

What is the best way to share playing vocab at this site...

Interpretation of the maul - for U10s?

Random deffensive drill

4 players in a grid perform random passing and introduce one defender. The defender is allowed to knock the ball to the ground but must not move close...

Elimination drill

The players are divided into 2 equal team. One of the teams has possession and attempts to touch the ball on the other team without dropping the ball....

Warm up

Touch the runner2 groups of 3 players 1 ball in side a very small grid.The team in possession has to pass the ball to each other to try and touch the ...

Possession ball

One team will start with the ball whilst the other team has to stop them passing the ball around The players must stay inside the cones and once ...

5 pass game

5-8 asideFirst team to complete 5 passes get a point. Team in possession must touch the ball on the ground before passing to another team mate. Player...

Tackle and ruck support drill

2 V 2 Tackle & Ruck support drillCreate a 6m x 8m grid.Red player with the ball is tackled inside the grid by the Blue defender at the opposite si...

possession game

Possession game with gates

Possession warm up

red teamblue teamno tacklingcan throw in any direction

Backs in the ruck

When backs end up in the ruck the ultimate goal should be to get them out and recycled back into the back line. This means we can go to the forw...