EXPERT SESSIONS AND ADVICE FROM QUALIFIED AND EXPERIENCED GRASSROOTS RUGBY COACHES
12/17/2018 | Tips
There’s nothing like a new year to provide a fresh impetus to your coaching career. Here are five suggestions as to how to improve your sessions over the next 12 months… MORE
12/16/2018 | Rugby drills
Here is a safe drill, best practised mid-week, which gives the defenders match-like conditions to work on side and front-on low tackles. It focuses on balance, concentration and technique. It's suitable for all abilities. It's ideal for large numbers of players. MORE
12/14/2018 |
Your younger players need a little extra confidence to make low tackles – and as the coach you must supply it. So give them a helping hand by moving the initial focus from the legs to the hips. MORE
11/13/2018 | Email Newsletters
Need to inject some new ideas in training. Sometimes the old games have run their course. Well, for the time being anyway. Here are some fun games which are quick to set-up and, with few rules, give the players new challenges. Though they are primarily aimed at mini-tag, you can easily adapt them for older players. I think you find the energy generated quite uplifting. MORE
08/28/2018 | Mini tag
Participation and fun are the core outcomes for under 7s. However, concentrate on: Evasive running to score tries - that is running forward but able to step to the side of a defender. Catching and passing - probably when the players are static. Don’t worry about defence. MORE
07/20/2018 | Mini tag
Use simple “house” rules in training and games to help reduce the chance of selfish players dominating your team’s possession and preventing you scoring more tries. MORE
10/18/2018 |
Pull the core skills of contact together with an age-old game with a twist. MORE
08/24/2018 | Scrums & Lineouts
A simple game that integrates the scrum within a competitive context and teaches the huge part scrums play in retaining or regaining possession. MORE
08/23/2018 | Small-sided games
Games that require all the players to participate develop all abilities. In drop-off touch, defenders have to fill in and attackers have to support, involving the whole group. MORE
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12/17/2018 |
An interception tackle is like firing a torpedo to intercept a ship. The player tracks across and towards the target. He keeps his momentum going, so when he makes impact the ball carrier is knocked sideways and cannot use an effective hand off. MORE
12/17/2018 |
Your team can make vital ground by attacking the gap at the front of the lineout. The catcher at the front passes the ball to the player peeling round from the middle of the lineout. It assumes there is no lift. It is an ideal play to use in the opposition half. MORE
12/10/2018 |
Winning the space over the tackled player is a key factor in winning quick ruck ball or disrupting an opponent’s attacking ball. Reaction training comes from creating slightly unusual positions for players to work from, so they have to make more quick decisions. MORE
11/4/2018 | Warm Ups
Use this agility, handling and decision-making activity as a way of getting players thinking, moving and interacting. It comes from our Skills Conditioning and Fitness DVD. MORE
11/3/2018 | Rugby drills
Use this simple warm-up as a way of getting players thinking, moving and interacting in short bursts of time. It comes from our Skills Conditioning and Fitness DVD. MORE
10/6/2018 | Warm Ups
Use this kneeling down passing exercise to work on good upper body style for passing, where the players use their shoulders and hip rotation to generate power in the pass, and elbows and wrist to create acceleration and accuracy. It's also good for working on catch and pass techniques in isolation. MORE
12/12/2018 | Blog
If you coach youth rugby, you’re depriving children of valuable Xbox and PlayStation time. I know this as sometimes I have had to drag my own son off the machine to go to training. I wish I had a quick solution to this situation. I’ve tried various tactics. First is the five-minute warning, so he... MORE
12/5/2018 | Rugby coaching
There’s a lot more to being a backs coach than telling the three-quarters to practise a few moves. So when you split the squad into forwards and backs, what are the essentials that you must cover? MORE
12/5/2018 | Blog
Kurt Cobain, the lead singer of rock band Nirvana, played hard and died young. He said: “If practice makes perfect and nobody’s perfect, why practise?” MORE
11/26/2018 | Tips
When the whistle goes to play, young players tend to shut up. So how can you make them talk more and work better as a team? Follow these golden rules and reinforce them with some monkey fun… MORE
12/18/2018
Players can always improve their tackle technique. And Phil Larder, who was the architect of England rugby’s Iron Curtain defence when they topped the world, shows us how. Follow his Side-on tackle essentials, and share the video with your players. Challenge them to coach themselves, so they can recall all the key pointers and then highlight... MORE
12/13/2018
An accurate pass from the base of a scrum or ruck is crucial to maintain the pace of your attack. This puts a lot of pressure on the player who often performs this role, the 9. But it can be more than just a pass. MORE
12/11/2018
Last week, we looked at the third principle of attacking rugby, which is support. It comes after gain possession and go forward. MORE
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