EXPERT SESSIONS AND ADVICE FROM QUALIFIED AND EXPERIENCED GRASSROOTS RUGBY COACHES
05/20/2020 | Lesson Plans
This class will help your players master the basic tactics and skills associated with Applying Pressure, one of the Attacking Principles of Play. MORE
05/16/2020 | webinars
This is a SHOTGUN webinar where we give you both barrels in 30 minutes. Dan Cottrell hosts Ged Hall, an experienced coach at grassroots and development level, as he gives us the real reasons to think about space, players and time in training. MORE
05/13/2020 | Podcast
Three unsuspecting coaches were invited to enter the Haunted House. I led each one into a room where they faced a terrifying rugby scenario. Each one was challenged to find a coaching solution. On the spot, no preparation and no get out clauses. Sink or swim. MORE
12/7/2019 | Rugby coaching
Your side will have its fair share of stars, good players and not-so-good. Keep all the players involved and happy, and make each one feel they are a world-beater. MORE
11/24/2019 | Rugby drills
"There’s not much incentive to be a third receiver. The Law of the Jungle suggests that if you want to touch the ball, you get close to it." MORE
05/4/2019 | Small-sided games
We know what a challenge getting youngsters to listen can be. So how do you get them motivated and having fun? It starts with the warm-up, when you need to set the tempo for your session… MORE
05/14/2020 | Small-sided games
When you want to work on evasive skills, the low-numbered players, like the front row, don’t get much of a look in if they are pitted against faster players. You need to adapt and still make the game worthwhile. MORE
04/30/2020 | Kicking & Catching
As kicking is introduced into the game, players need to be ready to catch or gather a kick and then play away from the kick. This session develops those skills. MORE
04/24/2020 | Small-sided games
In this continuous game, the sides change constantly, with a new group coming onto the field as defenders from all angles. Lot of chaos, fun and thinking. MORE
05/23/2020 | Rugby drills
05/12/2020 | Passing & Handling
05/8/2020 | Rugby drills
05/4/2020 | Rucking & Mauling
04/27/2020 | Rugby drills
04/23/2020 | Rugby drills
Help your players discover the power of passing and evasion under pressure with this game. “Danish long ball” can be used to trigger lots of skills exercises, with players returning to the game afterwards. For instance you could work on long passing, sidestepping or communication in between bouts of play. MORE
A bad pass need not always mean the end of a fluid move. Players can learn to react positively by adjusting their bodies to catch and then deliver the ball, and support players can learn to delay their runs. In this way your side can continue their patterns of play even if one of the passes has been disrupted. MORE
Faster passing shifts the ball to where the defence is not, before they can fill the gap. Long passes are easier to defend because the defenders can shift as the ball is in the air. If a team passes the ball quickly, defences find it more difficult because their focus is constantly changing. MORE
03/10/2020 | Warm Ups
Here is how you can integrate ACTIVATE Pogo jumps into a 1 v 1 evasion activity. MORE
03/3/2020 | Warm Ups
Integrate ACTIVATE activities into your warm-ups with ski-jumps and with 2 v 1s. MORE
01/19/2020 | Warm Ups
Set your players up for the session with this competitive warm-up game which helps them use footwork, communication and in the development, passing skills. MORE
05/24/2020 | Podcast
Host Phil Llewellyn with guests Chris Dengate, Mike Pope and Roy Davies review some of the many great podcasts and webinars from the last week. MORE
05/22/2020 | Lineout plays
When opposed by an excellent lineout, you need to decide which areas of the lineout to defend, how to cover the vacuum at the back of the lineout and how to beat that lineout in attack. MORE
05/20/2020 | Podcast
Si Nainby delivers a two-part podcast, with former England 9, pro-team coach and now a director of sport, Paul Hodgson. MORE
05/17/2020 | Podcast
Host Phil Llewellyn with guests Rich Freeman, Joe Winpenny and Phil Powell review some of the many great podcasts and webinars from the last week. MORE
04/16/2020
With no training sessions in lockdown, our on-going interactions with our players is different. We can still invest in our players, building their confidence, understanding and belong. Here are some simple, quick ideas. MORE
04/9/2020
We are all frustrated that we can't be outside coaching at the moment. While there are more serious concerns in the world, coaching our sport still has a role to play in helping maintain good spirits and giving us all a focus for the future. Of course, we haven't stopped coaching. Everyone I've spoken to has, in some way, been in touch with their players and other stakeholders. In this newsletter, I'm going to give you some fuel for your own personal coaching well-being. MORE
03/31/2020
With over 40 great podcasts on our site, here are some of most popular experts on learning, coaching and getting more from your sessions. MORE
“The boys have really enjoyed the drills from Rugby Coach Weekly. It's been great having them at my fingertips and every training session this season we tried new things, which I believe helped keep the boys interested and enthusiastic.”
Phil Hopkins, Perigueux, France
72 of the Game's Tactical Concepts in Simple, Plain Language MORE
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