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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...

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...

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...

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...

Mid-Space Attack

category: Decision-making

With a wealth of experience and as part of New Zealand's World Cup winning coaching team, Marg is ready to pass on her knowledge to answer your coach...

Pass To Space

category: zPassing

React to space and attack. Join now for free. search our library of 1100+ rugby drills; create your own professional coaching plans; or access our tr...

Quick Passing To Space

category: Passing

Rugby: Quick Passing To Space · Description. Give each training area one ball and tell the players the following...... · Coaching points. Don't fee...

Find The Space

category: Tag-Rugby

With a wealth of experience and as part of New Zealand's World Cup winning coaching team, Marg is ready to pass on her knowledge to answer your coach...

React To Space And Attack

category: Backs-Moves

With a wealth of experience and as part of New Zealand's World Cup winning coaching team, Marg is ready to pass on her knowledge to answer your coach...

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...

Tackle Plus One Space

category: Contact-Skills

The aim of the drill is to encouragement the tackler and a supporting player (+1) challenge for the space on the tackle. Coaching points. The emphasi...

Attack The Space

category: Tag-Rugby

With a wealth of experience and as part of New Zealand's World Cup winning coaching team, Marg is ready to pass on her knowledge to answer your coach...

Tackle Space

category: Contact-Skills

The aim of the drill is to encourage the tackler to challenge for the space over the ball after the tackle. Coaching points. The emphasis of the tack...

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...

Contest Line Outs

category: Lineout

One player throws the ball in to 5 players standing side by side. One player to stand in the scrum half position so as to be ready to receive a pas...

Continuous Attacking

category: Agility-Running-Skills

Groups of four, 1 attacker and three defenders

Coach calls out the number of a defender as the attacker retreats to allow that defender an...

Defender - Round And Realign

category: Passing

Tell your players the following......

1. There will be one ball to each group, any player can be the ball carrier.
2. Each group wi...

Driving Maul

category: Maul

3 attackers against two defenders with contact pads.

Ball carrier takes ball into contact turning before hitting pads and presenting the ball...

Lateral Pass

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...

More Loop

category: Passing

Tell your players the following......

1. The ball carrier (A) runs straight in a line and makes a normal lateral pass to the supporting p...

Standing And Passing - Variation

category: Passing

• Keep your player briefing, brief!
• Tell your players the folloiwng.........
  1. Players should be moving, staying around 5 meters...

Wrestle The Ball

category: Ball-Presentation

In pairs, in a 5 x 5 m grid

Pupils roll the ball to their partner who gathers it up. The first pupil runs and tries to take the ball from...

Demo: how leinster work off the ball to create space | rugby tonight

Brian O'Driscoll gives a fascinating work Leinster players are instructed to do in order to free up space when creating attacks. Watch Rugby Tonight l...

Simple rugby attack space drill

Here is a basic drill we have put together to coach players to run and attack space. These players are very novice and some are getting it right and s...

Rugby coaching: blocking to create space

Rugby Coaching: In this rugby video, I take a brief look at how blocking can be an important part of breaking down organized defences. Also, you can r...

The Zones Game

Use this fantastic drill in your next coaching session today and get ready to work your players hard

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 ...

Rugby Fitness Drills and Games

Fitness is a vital part of getting to the line for the full 80. Work on your teams skills and technique whilst putting them under fatigue with a gruel...

Maintaining Possession

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

Dynamic Passing and Movement

Improve your player's confidence in a pressure-free environment, with this passing and moving session!

Establishing Depth and Pace

Use this plan to get your players attacking with depth and hitting the ball with pace to improve your side's running lines!

Tackling Success - 1 to 1 and Double Tackling

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...

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...

Attacking Principal: Developing Passing and Support Play

Develop your team's attacking abilities with this session, working on their passing and support for their team-mates

How can I improve my tackling?

Successive quick tap penalties - at referee's discretion ??

Looking to open a bit of a debate. I was running a?

Hi Guys Though we all fully enjoyed it, We have just?

Scoring tries - habit?

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

How can I stop kids bunching in games of tag?

Trouble gettng the ball to our winger from first phase ball

Kicking for space drill

U8s staying on side and use of space

1 v 1 Space Invaders drill

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Forwards and Backs work to get into optimal space for kick clear to compete.

Attacking 3 on 2 on 2

3 attackers just need to score.2 defencders, can only move sidewards and have "bosh bags".Attackers can beat the defender with a pass (to th...

Individual/Team Skills

- Attacking Space Grid*Divide equal*Set out tackle Shields*Players to shift ball into Space- Run inners and evade to the outside space- Effective Comm...

Double

The flyhalf begins with the ball and immediately takes off across the field (this is the ONLY time you have permission to do this :) ). The 12 a...

Z Run

Designed to create space when defenders don‘t shift quickly enough. Works best when they are scrambling so try to accomplish a quick ball out of...

Skinny

9 hits 10. 10 takes to the line and floats the pace to the space, 12 short, winger out the back of 12

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...

Diamond Decision Making in the Loose

Open play pattern:Provides multiple options for first receiver. All positions can be interchaneable.Idea is to create spaceImportant to keep our ...

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1) First I will split the players in half, and then I will get them to play two vs 1, this small drill will hopefully encourage them to start fixing t...