U7 rugby drills and games

Most under 7s players have very little appreciation of the game of rugby. Some will have older siblings who play, so will understand about scoring tries and probably want to tackle too!

Your challenge is to keep the players engaged in rugby-like activities which give them a taste of the game. Spend lots of time on simple games which develop:

• Evasive skills
• Ball handling, with some catch and pass
• Team awareness

Remember that the players are likely:

• To be selfish
• To lack concentration
• To be difficult put into ordered drills or activities.

So, don't fret too much if they don't seem to conform to a team. As long as they are having fun, and the session isn't too long, then your job is done.

For warm up games try:

• Shadow buster
• Turned to stone
• Tiger Tales

For evasive and awareness activities try:

• Understand the need to run forward to score tries
• Make a Tag tackle
• Understand the need to pass once tagged
• Work together as defenders

For ball handling games and activities try:

• Star Fighters
• Hungry caveman
• Catch the ball from another player

Click here for a guide to coaching U7s and tag rugby. Click here for refereeing and game coaching tips.