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Offloading & Scanning

category: Handling

Rugby Offloading & Scanning Handling The aim of the exercise is to develop ball control and reaction catching skills.

Blind Catch / Scanning - Reaction Drill

category: Handling

Rugby Blind Catch / Scanning - Reaction Drill Handling The aim of the exercise is to develop ball control and reaction catching skills.

Clapping Game

category: Passing

Rugby Clapping Game Passing Tell your players the following. Lets just get the ball moving clockwise for a while, just to get the ball moving through...

Beat The Defence

category: Handling

Rugby Beat the defence Handling Offensive players (blue), line out in one deep line while the defence (red) line up opposite in a straight line, slig...

Dizzy

category: Passing

Rugby Dizzy Passing There will be one ball carrier at any one time. They will run around the circle, passing the ball. The ball must be handled by al...

Tag: Hounds And Hairs

category: Warm-Up

Rugby Tag: Hounds and Hairs Warm Up The attackers need to get from one end of the grid, a safe zone, to the other end of the grid, another safe zone,...

Find The Space

category: Handling

Rugby Find the space Handling Players run in any direction in the grid trying to avoid contact by running into space. When the teacher calls stop, al...

1 Vs 2

category: Handling

Blind Catch / Scanning - Reaction Drill. Regain possession Drill Thumbnail View this drill. Regain possession. 3 v 2 v 2 Drill Thumbnail View this dr...

10 Pass Game

category: Warm-Up

• 2 teams
• Bibs
• Balls

one team musttry and complete 10 passes in a small grid.

Whne pla...

Building The Contact 2

category: Contact-Skills

Setup:

Set up with 4 players with pads, and four players facing them about five metres away. There should be enough space between the...

Building The Contact

category: Contact-Skills

Setup:

Set up with 4 players with pads, and four players facing them about five metres away. There should be enough space between the...

Conditioned Game - Breakdown Technique.

category: Contact-Skills

• 30 + players - Teams of 10/13
• Bibs
• Balls

1. Shoulders on - low intensity

Should...

Contact Relay

category: Warm-Up

Break your players down into groups of 3.

In each area there should be 1 player with a tackle shield, 1 player with a tackle bag, and one wi...

Defensive Systems - Structure Progression.

category: Defensive-Patterns

1. Defensive Organisation

4 Defenders line up on the the cones.

When coach goes to pass the ball, when han...

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 Defensive Systems

category: Defensive-Patterns

• Groups of 10+
• 3 Bags
• balls
• Cones

1. With bags

3 Attckers with b...

Introduction To Defensive Systems

category: Tackling

• Groups of 10+
• 3 Bags
• balls
• Cones

1. With bags

3 Attckers with b...

Line Speed

category: Sevens

Tell the players the following....

1. Players will advance as a line, and as one hit the pads.
2. The pads can also advance as a li...

Passing Under Pressure

category: Passing

4 players line up next to each other about 5 meters apart. A defender with a shield is standing 10 meters from the 1st man (ball carrier).

Th...

Quick Removal - Beyond The Ruck

category: Ruck

Have a line of two or more ruck shields, a safe distance apart, five meters from the players that will make the hits. Make sure that the pad holder...

Quick Removal - Beyond The Ruck

category: Ruck-Clear-Out

Have a line of two or more ruck shields, a safe distance apart, five meters from the players that will make the hits. Make sure that the pad holder...

Ruck, Ruck, And Ruck Again

category: Sevens

Tell your players the following.....

1. Both the pad and attacking units will jog within the grid, the players in the attacking units don...

Team - Stuck In The Mud

category: Warm-Up

• Groups of 10+
• Balls
• Bibs
• Cones

4 player with a 1 ball must run around trying to to...

Tennis Kicking Game

category: Kicking

• The aim of the drill is to develop reactive scanning kicking game.

Track

category: Sevens

• One of the players in a group of 4 should be an attacker, and should take the pad.
• The other 3 players will be defenders.
• T...

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...

Rugby cla – how to do scanning in horizontal position

Rugby CLA – How to do scanning in horizontal position.

England rugby game changers - scan touch

Rugby cla – how to do scan catching

Rugby CLA – How to do scan catching.

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...

Heads up Rugby - Think fast

Attack the space! Develop your players' speed, reaction and decision making to improve their ability to get through holes in defences.

Backline Scanning - Reacting to the unknown!

Don't let your team succumb to static rugby - instead teach them to look up and play against what's in front of them

Scanning Session - Scanning in the Tackle

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

Spatial Awareness and Attacking the Space

Change channel to find space with this week's using the full width of the pitch scanning and heads up attacking session

Quick Hands and Handling

Jackel at breakdown and ruck

First time coaching U9 and U10s - anyone got any backline coaching tips?

Improving game awareness. How can I improve players?

Does anyone have a really good drill to encourage backs to stay steep?

I coach Under 11's I have two players that do all the right things in training but when the game starts they will not pass. They do score tries but I think we could score more if they passed. What can I do? Gary SWales

Taking the ball into contact

low impact front on tackle technique

Space cones three meters apart.red layer advances the ball towards the advancing blue defender.the defender advances shuffling, scanning with hips squ...

Defensive Scanning

Divide into two teams on either side of lineOne team are attackers one team are defendersRed team are facing line but blue team have eyes closed facin...

Peripheral Vision Drill

To encourage your scrum half to keep their head up and constantly scanning.This rugby drill challenges the scrum half to keep two players in his eye-l...

Sharks and Fishes aka Bulldogs

Start with one catcher, catcher makes two handed touch or takes tag/bib.Attackers carry balls and try to run to other side without being caughtIf caug...

Scoring Circle

The aim is to pass the ball within the circle to you teamates. To score a point you have to touch the ball down on your own colour cone (blues at...

Cross Handling

Both sets of players pass the ball down the line whilst moving across the grid avoiding drop balls and contact with other players coming across the ot...

Individual Tackle and Scanning.

Aim: To improve the players individual Head -on Tackle.Secondary: Scanning the field for the next attack.Attacking group start with ball carrier moves...

PLAYER ON PLAYER TACKLING

Aim: Identifying the attacking line through scanning and getting into a strong position to execute a dominant tackle.Description: Attacker a...

Beat defender with Pass - Warm up - Hungry Dragon

Set up 5m grids to work inGroups of 4 in each grid with 1 ball3 attackers, 1 defenderDefender tries to intercept ball (No contact)If defender intercep...

Bongo

A drill made for decision making, the defence has 2 options, 1 a spread set up or 2 a tight setup, the attack comes around the corner, sets in your cl...