Two teams split evenly one attacking one defending, the attacking team has a ball. The attackers can run and pass with ball in hand in any direction. Players must make it up the pitch to score a try, if an attacker gets tagged with ball in hand they must dab the ball on the floor and passes the ball out before re-attaching their tag.
Team work:
- Communication
- Moving into space
Catch and Pass:
Focus on pass/catch technique:
- wide spread fingers across the ball 2 hands
- high elbows
- pistols: poiting your pistols to the catchers targets
- Hands up ready to catch forming a W's for Wales or Winners
in more ways than one
in more ways than one
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