Use 2 coaches to deliver this drill
Use a 20m wide by 15m long grid
Score as many tries as you can with 10 mins
As soon as pad is touched then long present with ruck simulation
Use 3 blocker runners for the Hammer 2 dummy
The blocker runners then become 10's next arrow
Have 10 dictating the distance of passing from 9 and distance of Arrow Head.
Explain why we are needing to attack wider (Caerphilly so strong around fringes of rucks and not really breaking the gain line)
Coaches to use a coloured pad for 10 to aim at. Simulating a gap in defence.
9 to instruct blocker runners
10 to pull next available group into position.
Put emphasis on the key skills of taking the ball at pace.
Put emphasis on sympathetic hands
in more ways than one
in more ways than one
"It is not only useful for staff who are experienced but a valuable tool for those subject staff who have to take teams."
The variety of sessions across sports - sometimes we steal session ideas from one sport and use them with another.
As we enter the business end of the competition, we take a look at the remaining eight teams and the key talking points surrounding each side.