Phase 1: 30 seconds to score as many tries as possible. Can chose any defender to contest. As soon as you put the ball down get back to the middle and go again.
Phase 2: THe gauntlet. Here we are running a continous passing game. 3 denfenders cannot go past their box. the attack must make it from the start to the end being smart with ball movement. Switch out the defenders after everyone goes through twice. Then we increase the depth of the denfenders channel.
Keep message simple:
In this drill we are focusing on
2 Principles of Attack: Going Forward and Support
The objective: by the time were done with these phases is that every feels very confident in a 2 on 1.
Focus on 2 key points: Where is the defender and where is your support
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