Search: Tackle Grid

Crash Through 2 Tackle Bags

category: Tackling

Basic but good warm up drill for matches. 4 cones set up a grid of about 5-10m by 5-10m. 2 defenders with tackle shields start in the centre. Attacker...

Tackle Box

category: Sevens

The exercise is simple, the attacker has 2 minutes to score as many tries as they can. They do this by attacking the space between 2 sets of cones, b...

Rucking Grid, No Pass

category: School

Grid size is 10 m x 10 m.  3 pads  3 attackers.  No passing allowed.  Attackers try to get across the grid wit...

Capture And Escape - Evasion And Tackling Game

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/tagged ...

Running Side Tackle

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. At ...

3 V Tackle Bag And Body Suit

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 shou...

Realign

category: Tackling

The first player moves forwards, makes contact with the tackle bag and retreats diagonally to the line of cones. The next player joins the line and bo...

Bulldog On Knees

category: Tackling

Simple game for teaching tackling when on your knees. Starting with initially two tacklers and the rest as attackers, players must try to go from one ...

Contact Zones

category: Ruck-Clear-Out

Set up: 8 defending players Tackle Suits,  one ball carrier and four support players. The drill: Ball carrier enters grid 1 via gate follow...

Tackle Practice

category: Tackling

Teams of 3 one team with ball.Start with both teams on their own goal line. Team with ball attempts to scoreDefending team allowed 1 on 1 tackles.When...

2 Vs 1 + 1 In 2 Grids

category: Ball-Presentation

2 attackers with a half back attack a defender The support player should be able to read the situation and apply the best techniques for ball security...

Ruck Clear Out Between Two Tackle Bags

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 two...

Tackle Approach

category: Tackling

Players 3m apart – slightly crouched One of pair nominated as tackler On balls of feet, with feet shoulder width apart the coach calls either Right or...

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 it narrow...

Tackle Practice - 1V1

category: Tackling

Close down the space quickly, make yourself big. Keep moving forward with short steps, stay balanced, take contact, grip tight.

Tackle, Push Conditioning Relay.

category: Warm-up

in groups of 3. 1 player with a pad 1 player with a tackle bag and one with nothing. Player with nothing runs to the player with the pad and drives th...

Tackle, Push Conditioning Relay.

category: Tackling

in groups of 3. 1 player with a pad 1 player with a tackle bag and one with nothing. Player with nothing runs to the player with the pad and drives th...

Tackle Challenge

category: Sevens

The exercise stand clockwise, with the first player going from the bottom left cone. The defender must tackle that player to the ground. As soon as t...

Building The Pass Out Of The Tackle

category: Passing

Tell your players the following...... One player will be a ball carrier. The player directly opposite will make a half tackle, lifting the ball carri...

Ball Presentation On Tackle Pop

category: Ball-Presentation

If tackle cannot be avoided take on own terms Hold onto the ball with ball in two hands Hit the ground with hips then shoulders, rolling onto back Loo...

Crash Through 2 Tackle Bags

category: Warm-up

Basic but good warm up drill for matches. 4 cones set up a grid of about 5-10m by 5-10m. 2 defenders with tackle shields start in the centre. Attacker...

Tight & Wide

category: Passing

Tell the players the following: On your whistle the ball carrier and the support player come forward off their cones. The ball carrier passes the bal...

Contact Pop Pass Contact

category: Warm-Up

Ball carrier goes forward, hitting in on the shield, turning to pop the call to a support player who passes the ball across the grid into the second ...

Running Side Tackle

category: Agility-and-running-skills

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. At ...

Offload Central

category: Off-loads

Set Up Small 10 x 10m grid - 1/3rd of group on knees - 1/3rd with ball - 1/3rd supporting Players move around grid - take tackle and off load to supp...

The Trinity

category: Sevens

The exercise starts with the first attacking unit running around the bottom of the grid, as they do the first defending unit run around the top of th...

American football vs rugby - best comparison ever seen

The YOG blog compares American Football to Rugby to find out which one has more YOG appeal. This comparison of the two sports covers all angles. For a...

Rugby coaching drill: defence- seven-sided tackle drill

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Visions: teachers tackle rugby

Teachers tackle the finer points of rugby sevens in the latest episode of Visions. We go behind the scenes of a new project from the Melbourne Graduat...

Total rugby - forward pass

What is a forward pass? Total Rugby has investigated and we have the definitive explanation of what does and doesn't constitute a forward pass. Don't ...

Sports science rugby vs american football

sports science rugby vs american football.

Rugby coaching - lineout

Compass Trilogy Overview: This practice is great for reinforcing the switch pass. Organisation: Groups of 5 players are positioned with 1 player in th...

Rugby laws explained - the high tackle

Coaching the Tackle for U9s who are 'frightened'

Under 9`s rugby, fear of tackling!

Training Set-up 1

Training Set up and Drills 0: Dynamic Stretch- Use the end goal and space out so you can pass each other.1: Four corners (Min 3 per corner)- Meet...