
Contact Skills Drills
A major part of rugby involves two or more players making physical contact with each other. Contact normally takes place during a tackle, lineout, scr...
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A major part of rugby involves two or more players making physical contact with each other. Contact normally takes place during a tackle, lineout, scr...
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...
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, ...
Use the tag rugby drills and games (also referred to as touch rugby) to boost your junior players' passing, off-loading, and decision making ability. ...
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 ...
category: Tackling
Rugby Tackle from behind Tackling Drill to practice chasing and tackling someone. Roughly 5m x 10m channel. Players lined up in two lines behind red ...
category: Passing
Rugby Passing circle Passing Tell your players the following..... There will be 4 players on the outside of the circle, starting at 12, 3, 6, and 9 o...
category: Tackling
Rugby Choke Tackle Progression Tackling 5 stage progression session. Bibs. Balls Cones. 1. Warm up - Wrestle One player with the ball trys to fight t...
category: Warm-Up
Rugby Alcatraz: Jail Break Warm Up This is a great warm-up for defensive and evasion sessions, or it might even be a warm-up that helps you reinforce...
category: Tackling
Rugby Track and Tackle 1v1 Tackling In a grid an attacker is positioned on one end and a defender at the other end. Defender passes to the attacker w...
category: Tackling
Rugby Confidence in the tackle Tackling Groups of 3. Progression. 1. Wrestling Players link up, one arm under & one arm over each shoulder. Players t...
category: Tackling
Rugby 2v2 track and tackle Tackling 10m wide channel, 2 attackers start with the ball while 2 defenders atart at the other end. when instructed the a...
category: Tackling
Rugby Tackle technique 4/5 -boxer hands Tackling Groups of 2 Ball Hands and arms are introduced. The attacker holds hands behind his back with the ba...
category: Contact-Skills
Rugby Contact Skills Circuit Contact Skills Groups of 2 Bags Balls Contact conditioning 1. Body height clear out work In there groups, do contact hit...
category: Warm-Up
Rugby Three Blind Mice - Tag Warm-Up Warm Up Tell the players that one group is the Mice and that mice have tails, their tags. The other group is not...
category: Decision-making
Drill to improve short space and wide space overlap play.
Set up a grid 15m wide, split into a 5m channel and a 10m channel, and 10m long (se...
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 th...
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-load...
category: School
category: Decision-making
This is a basic 2 v 2 drill to allow players to progress from a simple 2 v 1.
In a channel no wider than 10m, 2 attackers have 5 attempts t...
category: Decision-making
This is a basic 2 v 2 drill to allow players to progress from a simple 2 v 1. In a channel no wider than 10m, 2 attackers have 5 attempts to score...
category: Defensive-Patterns
Get all players ot get into teams of 3.
Select one of the...
category: Tackling
Get all players ot get into teams of 3.
Select one of the...
category: Sevens
Tell your players the following.....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
category: Tag-Rugby
Pitch 20m x 20m. All players wearing tag belts
Start the game with a free pass, defenders must be 7m back at the start
Attacking play...
category: Sevens
Tell your players the following.....
category: Sevens
Tell your players the following...
category: Warm-Up
The following are the laws for this game:
category: School
Grid size is around 5x5m. You can keep changing the size of the grid.
The defender must shadow the attacker as they run towards a con...
category: Practices-for-Juniors
5 players and 1 ball.
4 players in a staggered line in a coned area with 1 player in the middle as the tackler.
category: Warm-Up
Player sit on the ground, bring their knees towards their chest and put their arms around their legs.
Once in this position they should rock...
category: Agility-Running-Skills
The player either starts lying on their front or must perform 10 squat thrusts as fast as possible before then jogging forwards towards the coach.<...
category: Agility-Running-Skills
category: Warm-Up
category: Contact-Skills
Place 2 sausages perpendicular from eachother in a T shape.
Have one player line up a couple mete...
category: Ruck
Place 2 sausages perpendicular from eachother in a T shape.
Have one player line up a couple mete...
category: Ruck-Clear-Out
Place 2 sausages perpendicular from eachother in a T shape.
Have one player line up a couple mete...
category: Contact-Skills
category: Passing
Tell your players the following.....
category: Tag-Rugby
Large Grid 30m x 30m. Start with 5 defenders in the middle, everybody else stands at one end of the grid wearing tags.
On the coach's call a...
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...
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...
category: Agility-Running-Skills
Players stand back to back and await the coach's call. Whichever colour the coach shouts out are the mice (in the animation the coach shouts 'Blue'...
category: Passing
Passing in partners.
One player brings their hands up to in front of their face. The other player passes hard to their hands. This is to catc...
category: Catching
Call for the ball!
Head and eyes up looking at the ball, get in line with the ball.
Quickly move to the ball's 'drop zone'
Adj...
category: Practices-for-Juniors
2 players and 1 ball.
Player A throws or kicks a high ball for player B to catch by taking steps to meet the ball.
category: Practices-for-Juniors
2 players. 1 ball.
Player A throws or kicks a high ball for player B to catch in a stationary position.
Player B stands side on to ta...
category: Contact-Skills
category: Tackling
This game is designed to teach the players about retiring to an onside position when a tackle is made.
category: Handling
1. Chanel Fix
5 players Attack Defenders lined...
category: Passing
Keep your player briefing short, and get the ball moving around the circle as quickly as possible.
category: Contact-Skills
1. Warm up - Wrestle
category: Contact-Skills
2 player starts on his chest infront of the sausage, another player lines up ...
category: Ruck
2 player starts on his chest infront of the sausage, another player lines up ...
category: Ruck-Clear-Out
2 player starts on his chest infront of the sausage, another player lines up ...
category: Contact-Skills
1. Shoulders on - low intensity
Should...
category: Ruck
1. Body height clear out work
In ...
category: Ruck-Clear-Out
1. Body height clear out work
In ...
category: Tackling
Set up 4 grids of about 8-10m by 5m.
3 players start on the first grid, working from one end to the other, covering the 5m distance.
category: Defensive-Patterns
Set up 4 grids of about 8-10m by 5m.
3 players start on the first grid, working from one end to the other, covering the 5m distance.
Set up 4 grids of about 8-10m by 5m.
3 players start on the first grid, working from one end to the other, covering the 5m distance.
category: School
category: School
category: Defensive-Patterns
1. Defensive Organisation
4 Defenders line up on the the cones.
When coach goes to pass the ball, when han...
category: Warm-Up
category: Passing
category: Tackling
1. 1 v 2 - Shoulders on
1 attacker must run in ...
category: Sevens
Tell your players the following.....
category: Match-Related
During a game of touch in a grid sized 30 x 30 metres the coach can choose to call blitz, drift or cover at any breakdow...
category: Kicking
Can be practiced with all players but specifically for the kickers of the team for start off kicking and tactical point scoring.
1 ball, con...
category: Warm-Up
category: Warm-Up
category: Sevens
Tell your players the following.....
category: Defensive-Patterns
Players line up together along the line of the 1st set of cones.
On the signal of the coach all the players advance to the 3rd set of cones ...
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...
category: Warm-Up
category: Tag-Rugby
Start the game with a free pass, defenders must start behind the half way line
Atta...
category: Tackling
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In groups of 5 tie a bit of tape or s...
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In groups of 5 tie a bit of tape or string around the two posts app...
category: Off-Loads
category: Agility-Running-Skills
category: Catching
Drill to practice catching high kicks.
Set up a grid roughly 15m long and 10m wide.
Get a line of players on one side of the grid, and ...
category: Defensive-Patterns
1. With bags
3 Attckers with b...
category: Tackling
1. With bags
3 Attckers with b...
category: Warm-Up
You may consider these two points when looking to challenge or build confidence.
category: Practices-for-Juniors
1 player with a ball.
Player kicks the ball in the air and catches.
Continue working the drill for 2 minutes.
Player to count ...
category: Kicking
Kicking from hands requires the player to kick the ball before it bounces, unlike a drop kick. 1 ball, cones to give areas for scoring games etc.
category: Practices-for-Juniors
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 the ball, head dow...
category: Passing
category: Warm-Up
category: Defensive-Patterns
A drill to practice defending in wide channels.
Set up a grid that is 40m wide and 20m long, with the 40m divided into a 25m channel (red to ...
category: Passing
Tell your players the following.....
category: Passing
Look at the ball carrier Get hands up to make a target Call and catch the ball with both hands and bring it in front of the body Look ahead for gaps o...
category: Agility-Running-Skills
category: Warm-Up
category: Lineout
Players will need to ensure their throw is accurate and timed right to ensure success.
category: Lineout
Players will need to ensure their throw is accurate and timed right to ensure success.
category: Match-Related
category: Warm-Up
category: Maul
This is good for upper body strength.
Defenders must stand in a circle about 2 metres a...
category: Practices-for-Juniors
This is good for upper body strength.
Defenders must stand in a circle about 2 metres a...
category: Warm-Up
category: Decision-making
There are 4 cones in a rectangle , 2 red and 2 blue. The 2 defenders stand within the square, and on the coach's call, they must go and touch the c...
category: Backs-Moves
Working on basic hands this play sees your line passing the ball, missing out 11 and passing to 15 as they join to support the line.
So pass...
category: yBacks-Moves
Working on basic hands this play sees your line passing the ball, missing out 11 and passing to 15 as they join to support the line.
So pass...
category: Passing
Keep your player briefing, brief! It's important to get your players working as quickly as possible.
category: Warm-Up
Split your players into two teams, giving one group o...
category: Passing
Tell your players the following......
category: Off-Loads
Once the coach has kicked the ball in to start players play a normal rules game of touch rugby.
The only difference is with the scoring:
...category: Tag-Rugby
Once the coach has kicked the ball in to start players play a normal rules game of touch rugby.
The only difference is with the scoring:
...category: Agility-Running-Skills
category: Tag-Rugby
The aim of the game is for teams with unequal number of players to defend and attack. Possesion is changed if one of the follo...
category: Passing
category: Passing
Tell your players the following......
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
category: Warm-Up
category: Agility-Running-Skills
Tell the players the following....
category: Passing
Tell the players the following....
category: Passing
Give each training area one ball and tell the players the following......
category: Sevens
Give each training area one ball and tell the players the following......
category: Passing
Good for warm ups and co-ordination, getting used to keeping your body straight on and handling the ball and practicing using your arms to pass the...
category: Passing
Tell the players the following.....
category: Passing
category: Passing
category: Warm-Up
In this example we will play one touch offload, but remember you can change the version of touch to suit your training goals, applying the same mis...
category: Ruck
4 players stand on the corners of a 5x5m grid, and one player in the middle (the piggy).
They play piggy in the middle until the whistle goe...
category: Warm-Up
4 players stand on the corners of a 5x5m grid, and one player in the middle (the piggy).
They play piggy in the middle until the whistle goe...
category: Warm-Up
Make sure that your players are holding their tackle shields correctly!
category: Lineout
The ball starts with one pod. As they are lifted the jumper is held in the air until the next pod is lifted. When the next pod reaches the top of t...
category: Agility-Running-Skills
5 players in a group line up within touching distance of one another, and stand facing the coach who has a ball in his hand.
The coach then ...
category: Passing
5 players in a group line up within touching distance of one another, and stand facing the coach who has a ball in his hand.
The coach then ...
category: Contact-Skills
category: Warm-Up
category: Defensive-Patterns
1. 1v1 in 5mx5m Grid.
Play...
category: Ruck
In groups of four, the ball carrier runs out, turns and passes the ball to the second player. The first player then becomes a defender. Player 2...
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...
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...
category: Passing
category: Maul
This game is designed to teach the players to work together to drive a maul forward and keep control of the ball.
category: Decision-making
Players should pass in a line on the whistle.
The 2 players closest to the ball go out to the line and as soon as they turn the 3 remaining ...
category: Lineout
The aim of the exercise is to develop unit work, communication and reaction to the lineout lift. Including the Process and good Technique.<...
category: Agility-Running-Skills
1) Run out to line - score a try - run back.(1b) Same - but forward roll on way out!)
2) Run out to line - score try - on way back pass ball...
category: Ruck
Set up two defenders holding hit shields opposite two even lines of players.
The ball starts with the first man in one of the lines, he runs ...
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 ...
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 ...
category: Contact-Skills
Place 2 sausages perpendicular from eachother in a T shape.
Have one player line up a couple mete...
category: Ruck
Place 2 sausages perpendicular from eachother in a T shape.
Have one player line up a couple mete...
category: Ruck-Clear-Out
Place 2 sausages perpendicular from eachother in a T shape.
Have one player line up a couple mete...
category: Ruck-Clear-Out
category: School
category: Ruck
Set up a rectangle (roughly 5m x 2m) with three attackers (blue) and three defenders (red) on opposite sides.
The attacker in the middle has ...
category: Ruck
Groups of 4 and two groups of defenders with contact pads. 1 ball per group.
category: Ruck
Set up a square (roughly 2m x 2m) with 4 different colour cones.
1 player starts on the floor with the ball with another player lying on top ...
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 ...
category: Agility-Running-Skills
Drill to practice skills and creating space.
Set up a pitch (roughly 25m x 20m depending on age and number of players) with two scoring zones...
category: Agility-Running-Skills
No of players: 4 per grid, max. 20.
Balls per group: 1.
Markers: 4
Grid size: 10x10.
4 players line up behind each other. Front play...
category: Tackling
Starting with their backs to one another, two players stand 5 metres apart and run off in opposite directions along one side of the 20 metre grid.<...
category: Warm-Up
Tell players the following....
category: Warm-Up
category: Tackling
2 attackers start with the ball the complete a simple 2v1 catch and pass.
The fi...
category: Scrum
category: Warm-Up
category: Scrum
- 1 player is active, 2 players are resisiting.
- Active player gets into scrumage position between...
category: Warm-Up
- 1 player is active, 2 players are resisiting.
- Active player gets into scrumage position between...
category: Scrum
- 2 players get into the T.O.P positon next to eachother.
- Another player on all 4 knees on thier ...
category: Warm-Up
- 2 players get into the T.O.P positon next to eachother.
- Another player on all 4 knees on thier ...
category: Scrum
The aim of the drill is to develop front row scrum set up and engagement with good positive profiling.
category: Scrum
- The bear crawl is a movement that strengthens your core and adds stabillity to your spine.
- 2 things that need to be very strong while sc...
category: Warm-Up
- The bear crawl is a movement that strengthens your core and adds stabillity to your spine.
- 2 things that need to be very strong while sc...
category: Scrum
-Players stand no more than 1m away from eachother.
- Working player must get into st...
category: Scrum
- 2 players get into a strong T.O.P position.
- Another player starts to to standing press ups on to the ...
category: Warm-Up
- 2 players get into a strong T.O.P position.
- Another player starts to to standing press ups on to the ...
category: Passing
category: Agility-Running-Skills
category: Agility-Running-Skills
category: Kicking
category: Passing
category: Off-Loads
Set Up
3 sets of 2 defenders each with 2 tackle bags placed 10m apart down 15m x 30m channel - 3 attackers
Attacker with ball in cen...
category: School
category: Passing
category: Backs-Moves
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...
category: Tag-Rugby
You can play any version of touch you like, I'm going to suggest One Touch Off-Load - but you can change this to suit your training goals for the s...
category: Contact-Skills
1. Tackle Bag conditioning.
<...category: Tackling
1. Tackle Bag conditioning.
<...category: Ruck-Clear-Out
Players work in groups of four against two defenders (holding tackle bags) who are stood inside the channel.
The attackers run around the fu...
category: Tackling
1. Warm up light contact
Players line up opposite...
category: Tackling
1. Tracking
Create a V shaoped conned area.
Defender at one end, attacker at the other end.
At...
category: Tackling
Hands and arms are introduced.
The attacker holds hands behind his back with the ...
category: Tackling
Players get in partners and stand opposite eahcother.
They use footwork to get within eahcother ...
category: Contact-Skills
After you have completed the bounce motion, you can bounce and fire.
Fire - is by any mean...
category: Ruck
After you have completed the bounce motion, you can bounce and fire.
Fire - is by any mean...
category: Contact-Skills
Cones laid out on 5m chanel other 10 chanel.
3 Players line ...
category: Ruck
Cones laid out on 5m chanel other 10 chanel.
3 Players line ...
category: Tackling
category: Kicking
Attacking team starts with a ball.
Aim of the game is for the attac...
category: Kicking
Players dropkick the ball, aiming to land the ball inside the area and then follow their kick. They then pick up the ball, run around the cone and ...
category: Ruck-Clear-Out
category: Sevens
category: Passing
category: Sevens
category: Ruck
category: Sevens
category: Warm-Up
category: Passing
category: Sevens
Tell the players the following......
category: Passing
5 players in a group, line up within touching distance of one another, facing the coach who has a ball in his hand.
The coach then calls &quo...
category: Passing
Tell your players the following...
category: Tackling
The player with the ball walks slowly in front of the other player.
As the ball carrier is walking the defender should time their move so th...
category: Catching
This game you can pass and run with the ball in any direction.
The coach will pick a direction f...
category: Passing
This game you can pass and run with the ball in any direction.
The coach will pick a direction f...
category: Warm-Up
This game you can pass and run with the ball in any direction.
The coach will pick a direction f...
category: Contact-Skills
One Player lies in a Long placement on the floor.
Another player (Jackaler) comes over ...
category: Warm-Up
One Player lies in a Long placement on the floor.
Another player (Jackaler) comes over ...
category: Passing
category: Warm-Up
category: Sevens
category: Kicking
Hold ball nearly vertical with bottom hand, with top hand steadying rather than holding Keep head over the ball during run upDrop the ball, do not th...
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A player needs to make hundreds of decisions on the pitch. Get them making the right ones when in attack to utilise the support to sustain attacking p...
Work on your players composure when going into contact to be able to provide the offload to create scoring chances even when under pressure.
Use this plan to get your players attacking with depth and hitting the ball with pace to improve your side's running lines!
Focus on technique to ensure your players tackle safely and powerfully, as well as looking at the progression from a 1-to-1 'fit' tackle to a positive...
After a long off season period it's important to carefully ease your players back into contact - use this session to get your players tackling again i...
Get the team excited to be back together again. Pre-season?s going to be a battle, but go and make it fun with this burner!
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...
Burst through defensive lines with this attacking passing and handling plan - designed to sharpen your players' support running in the attack
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Eenvoudige sprint-estafette.start over een hekjeplaats bal op/bij eerste pionsprint naar einde kanaal, spring over hekjevolgende speler gaat als vorig...
(a)Both teams start onTeam w/ ball player straddles tackle bag and defends ballOther player in and clears player out Clear out w/Roll(B)Use tackl...
Focus on smooth transition , fast action, after being touched by opponent. Focus. Yellow ball carrier Blue - Dummy halfGreen - 1st rece...
Form two circles, one inside the other, with two balls on opposite sides of the outer ring. Start both circles running in opposite directions (inside ...
2 teamseach team has an ingoalthe aim of the game is score as many tires on the opponents ingoalThere is no defending involve so you are not allow to ...
Split players into two teamsone team will be defenders and the other will be attackerson the coach's call one defender and one attacker run up and...
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...
Idee: Reinlauf, Direktabschluss
Players are lined up in a "line of defense" spread evenly apart. They will follow the ball sliding left to right, backpedaling and running d...
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