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Rugby Netball

category: Warm-Up

Rugby Rugby Netball Warm Up Break your players into two teams. One team goes to attack, and one to defence. There is no kicking in this game. Normal ...

Grids

category: Handling

Rugby Grids Handling 1) Run out (2 steps) turn and pop ball to a support player. 2) Run out (2 steps) turn and let support player take it out of your...

Rucking

category: Ruck

Rugby Rucking Ruck Groups of 4 and two groups of defenders with contact pads. 1 ball per group. The ball carrier drives into the contact pads and pre...

Space Invaders

category: Warm-Up

Rugby Space Invaders Warm Up Keep your playing briefing, brief and tell the players the following laws. Both teams are in attack and both teams are i...

Bank Robbers

category: Warm-Up

Rugby Bank Robbers Warm Up Keep your player briefing, brief! Tell the players the following laws for this exercise..... Players must start the game b...

Punt Kicks

category: Kicking

Rugby Punt Kicks Kicking • The aim of the drill is to develop kickers through the gate and keeping square onto the kick.

3 Second Touch - Touch Rugby Variation

category: Warm-Up

3 Touch Kick

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...

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 Person Scrum (Mini Rugby)

category: Contact-Skills

Let the front row bind together first.

Second row binds together between their hips and shoulders, making sure that their hips are tight tog...

5 Person Scrum (Mini Rugby)

category: Scrum

Let the front row bind together first.

Second row binds together between their hips and shoulders, making sure that their hips are tight tog...

5 V 5 Tag Rugby

category: Practices-for-Juniors

2 teams. 5 players on each team in a large coned area. Area size depends on age, ability, and number of players in each team.

Team with the ...

5 Vs 5

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...

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...

Alcatraz: Jail Break

category: 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 coaching points made during a pr...

All In Touch

category: Warm-Up

The following are the laws for this game:

• Equal number of defenders and attackers.
• Use bibs to identify both teams.

Another Defender Bites The Dust

category: Warm-Up

• Normal laws of rugby apply; a knock on etc. results in a turn over.
• The attacking team gets unlimited touches.
• A player is ...

Attacking Skills Version 2

category: Sevens

Tell your players the following......

1. Players will attack in teams of 3, each attacking unit will have their own ball.
2. At the...

Ball Tag

category: Warm-Up

Make sure that you have your warm-up area marked out before your players arrive, it's important that you get them working right away.

• ...

Bunch

category: Decision-making

Groups of 6

1 ball per group

4 attackers v 2 defenders holding a tag belt and working laterally.

Channel Ball

category: Tackling

This game is designed to teach the players about retiring to an onside position when a tackle is made.

• Set-up a field approximately 10...

Choke Tackle Progression

category: Contact-Skills

• 5 stage progression session.
• Bibs.
• Balls
• Cones.

1. Warm up - Wrestle

Choke Tackle Progression

category: Tackling

• 5 stage progression session.
• Bibs.
• Balls
• Cones.

1. Warm up - Wrestle

Clapping Game

category: Passing

Tell your players the following.

1. Lets just get the ball moving clockwise for a while, just to get the ball moving through the hands.

Coaching Tool

category: Coaching-tool

Denfence Down

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 contact game.
...

Depth, Fitness, Warming Up

category: Warm-Up

This exercise is all about getting deep lines of support, speed onto the ball, warming up the entire body, and getting fit for rugby - in this one ...

Double Tag Rugby

category: Tackling

Tackler must remove both tags simultaneously

Drop Out Touch.

category: Match-Related

• 2 Teams
• Attackign and defensive focus.

Normal game of touch rugby, however whenever the defender touches an attacker...

Drop Out Touch.

category: Warm-Up

• 2 Teams
• Attackign and defensive focus.

Normal game of touch rugby, however whenever the defender touches an attacker...

Everyone Gets A Second Chance ? Touch Variation

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...

Flick And Back Pass Insanity

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...

Flip It

category: Warm-Up

• Be brief when telling the players the laws of this game, it's important to ge...

Four Handed Touch

category: Warm-Up

The following are the laws for this game:

• Equal number of defenders and attackers. Use bibs to identify both teams.
• Normal l...

Full Rugby Pitch

category: Coaching-tool

Game To Coach Depth

category: Match-Related

• Four attackers, two defenders in quite a small playing area - trying to find space.
• The aim is for each team of four to try to score a...

Game To Coach Depth

category: Sevens

• Four attackers, two defenders in quite a small playing area - trying to find space.
• The aim is for each team of four to try to score a...

Go To Goal Touch

category: Warm-Up

The following are the laws for this game:

• Normal laws of rugby apply; a knock on etc. results in a turn over.
• The attacking t...

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...

Half Rugby Pitch

category: Coaching-tool

Hands Up / Hands Down

category: Passing

• Lets just get the ball moving clockwise for a while, just to get the ball moving through the hands.
• After a minute or two, lets swit...

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 ...

It'S All Rip And Roll To Me!

category: Warm-Up

You may consider these two points when looking to challenge or build confidence.

• Keep your player briefing, brief! It's best not to ha...

Kick Tennis - Moving Net

category: Kicking

Split the group into three teams.

One team starts in the middle of the grid along the line. The idea of the game is to kick the ball over...

Kick Tennis

category: Kicking

Two team of 4.

40m x 20m area.

The aim of the game is to kick / punt the ball into the oppositions half. If the ball bounces on th...

Link Touch

category: Match-Related

• Set up as a standard game of touch rugby, with two teams. The playing area should be wide and not too long.
• Every touch tackle the def...

Living On The Edge

category: Warm-Up

• Split the players into two teams, giving each team their own set of bibs. Two different colours that clearly define the teams.
• Keep ...

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...

Mistakes Cost – Touch Variation

category: Warm-Up

Split your players into two teams, giving one group o...

Multi Support Touch

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:

...

Multi Support Touch

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:

...

Netball With A Rugby Ball

category: Warm-Up

Set up an area of about 15 x 15m. Have 2 teams of 5+ players, with 1 one ball.

The players can run anywhere in the area but can't run with th...

Set up an area of about 15 x 15m. Have 2 teams of 5+ players, with 1 one ball.

The players can run anywhere in the area but can't run with th...

Non-Stop Rugby

category: Tag-Rugby

Play 5 v 3.

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...

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 ...

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 ...

One Touch Ruck

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 contact game.
...

Passing In Traffic

category: Passing

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

1. Runners move forward towards the cone opposite to their location.
...

Path Of Least Resistance

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...

Presenting The Ball

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...

Presenting The Ball

category: Tackling

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...

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...

Progression Drift Defence

category: Defensive-Patterns

• groups of 8 +.
• Cones
• Balls.
• Bibs

1. 1v1 in 5mx5m Grid.

Play...

Rugby 5 Pin Bowling

category: Sevens

Using cones and tackle bags, mark out your training area as shown in the diagram. The tackle bags should be stood up, and at a distance away from...

Rugby Ball Overhead

category: Catching

• The aim of the drill is to develop a high ball over head catch

Rugby Ball Underarm

category: Catching

• The aim of the drill is to develop basic high ball catching skills.

Rugby Baseball

category: Passing

Split your team into two teams. One team will be up to bat/kick and the other team will field. The fielding team should take up positions that they...

Rugby Baseball

category: Sevens

Split your team into two teams. One team will be up to bat/kick and the other team will field. The fielding team should take up positions that they...

Rugby Blank

category: Coaching-tool

Rugby Cricket Fielding

category: Passing

Coach stands in the middle of a semi circle of 6-10 players, holding a ball.

One player throws a ball at the coach, who bats it away using th...

Rugby Gaelic Football

category: Sevens

Tell the players the following laws.......

1. One team will be attacking, the ball carrying team. The other will be a defending team.

Rugby League - Touch Rugby Variation

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 ...

Rugby Netball

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...

Rugby Octopus

category: Tag-Rugby

The aim of this game is to increase player defence and decision making.

• Set up a field about 15m long by 10m wide. Keep it narrow to g...

Rugby Pinball

category: Tackling

This game is designed to teach the players about body height in tackling and ruck clean out.

Set up a field about 15m long by 10m wide. Keep...

Rugby Rounders

category: Tag-Rugby

Split group into 2 - Batters and fielders.

Setup as shown above.

Each batsman will either pass or throw the ball into the fielding ...

Rugby Tennis

category: Passing

• Tell you players the following......

1. There will be two players on one side of the middle line of cones, and another group...

Scoring Zones

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 contact game.
...

Seven In Touch

category: Sevens

The following are the laws for this game:

1. Equal number of defenders and attackers.
2. Normal laws of sevens rugby apply; a knock...

Single Tag Rugby

category: Tackling

Start the session with a game of single Tag rugby.

Single Tag Rugby.

category: Contact-Skills

Start the session with a game of single Tag rugby.

Snap, Crackle, And Pop - Touch Variation

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...

Stuck In The Mud - Rugby Style

category: Warm-Up

The 'Hunters' run after the 'Runners', trying to touch them with the rugby ball. If a 'Runner' is touched, then they are 'Stuck in the mud!' and ca...

Support Touch

category: Match-Related

The normal rules of touch rugby, however variation of:

-When there is a touch the player must pass the ball over his head within 2 mete...

Switch Into Space

category: Match-Related

Set your players up so they are in groups of 6, with 3 forwards and 3 backs.

Line up the 3 backs to protect 2 try lines (marked by red cones)...

Tag Maul Game

category: Maul

Groups of 10.

5 v 5 Match.

Players start the game and after each touch the touched player must simulate a MAUL by turning and setti...

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...

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...

Warm-Up Tag

category: Match-Related

Start your session by splitting the players into two teams, one with bibs and the other without.

Once the teams have been decided begin the ...

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Phase Play and Continuity

Continue to build the phases in your play and get your team working as an unit to offer support with this session!

Developing Handling Skills

Get your players handling skills super sharp so that no loose balls are given up. Gradually build up pressure to test their handling ability when conf...

Contact: Rucking technical session

Master the ‘Smash’ and the ‘Roll’ rucking technique so that when the pressure is on and a clear decision needs to be made, clearing the ruck becomes ...

Developing reactions and decision making skills to dominate support play

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...

Attacking - Part 2

Work on your players composure when going into contact to be able to provide the offload to create scoring chances even when under pressure.

Fitness Testing Session

Put some responsibility onto your players and make sure that they’re up to the standard they should be after pre-season. Test their levels with this s...

Attacking part 1

It’s all about points scoring with this session. Encourage your players to continually offer support to develop fine techniques to attack with crisp p...

Improving Kicking Accuracy

Add an extra dimension to your game plus scrub up on the absolutely essential kicking techniques with this kicking session packed of videos and drills...

Developing Invasive Attacking Skills!

Improve your players decision making to help them recognise where the space will develop and how they can maximise their success when they create the ...

Contact Work - Bounce, Jackal, Fire

Contest for every ball and cause a turnover with this session by focussing on both defensive and attacking breakdowns. Work on the jackal and bounce i...

Season Plan - junior rugby

U8 tag rugby team selection

Aims for a 10 year old for the coming season

U8 session plan for 2 hours

First time coaching girls rugby. Any help?

Under 9 rugby tackling

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Rugby league floor work

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show player numbers in animation

Number rugby 4 x 4 grid

Touch rugby

Each team have to pass the ball a minimum of 3 times before they score a try

4 v 2 continuous rugby

4 attackers v 2 defenders. 4 players stand in the middle of the pitch red facing red, blue facing blue. The attackers start with the ball and advance ...

Autosave rugby drill attack vs defense

Off-load and move ball before contact

Play touch-based games with a rule of ball must move at least once or turnover. Play touch based games. Build into contact rugby league game Ball mus...

rugby session 2

Cones need to be 4 meters apart.The first player needs to run fowards with the ball with the second player in line running just behind him so the firs...

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Team Play

Modified Touch Rugby: (10 Min)*Balls under the posts*6 Cones on the try line (1,2,3 Points)*8 Attackers vs 4 Defenders*Attackers has 2 minutes to scor...

Autosave 53511064

conditioned game: this game will be a game of rugby but a two hand touch will be required rather than a tackle. split the teams equity on ability and ...

Tag Rugby Offside

An example of the common situation in tag rugby. A tackle is made and there's a player (or players) offside leading to an illegal intercept of th...