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Support pockets

Support pockets

Urgency to get to the ball carrier is essential in keeping the ball alive when executing an offload. Get the support player into the pock...
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Ball touch Kabaddi

Ball touch Kabaddi

Use this ball touch version of the popular Bangladeshi game to warm up your players and give them decision making opportunities.
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The ‘no-look’ pass

The ‘no-look’ pass

Test out whether support players are in place by having the ball carrier use a “no-look pass”. The ball carrier has to be confident their...
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Run straight - create overlaps

Run straight - create overlaps

Show your players why straightening up rather than running across the pitch makes it easier to set up and execute overlaps.
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Build tackle confidence

Build tackle confidence

Confidence in tackling is key to helping young players feel safe. Build from slow to quick in successive tackles to increase belief in th...
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Aerial noughts and crosses

Aerial noughts and crosses

Improve your kicking with a game of aerial noughts and crosses. Teams take it in turns to kick the ball and aim to drop it in a square wh...
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How to beat your bitter rivals

How to beat your bitter rivals

Certain matches will motivate you and your players more than others and you will particularly want to win these ones. Here are four ways ...
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Hard and fast miss pass

Hard and fast miss pass

A hard and fast flat miss pass can cut out defenders before they have a chance to change their running angles. It can lead to clean break...
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Rugby Coach Weekly Issue 266

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Rugby Coach Weekly Issue 266
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  • Ball touch Kabaddi
  • Support pockets
  • Implement, adapt, allow: who owns what on matchday?
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    Score tries with slow wingers

    Score tries with slow wingers

    Even if you don’t have speedsters, you can still score tries on the flanks by working on “holding your feet”, stressing defences and using ...
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    8 ways to create a lion-hearted defence

    8 ways to create a lion-hearted defence

    When you are on your own try line, it needs a mix of good technique, savvy tactics and plenty of guts and determination to keep the ...
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    Create Superheroes at the ruck to win quicker, cleaner ball

    Create Superheroes at the ruck to win quicker, cleaner ball

    Use superhero memes to help your players understand their roles to create better ruck ball.
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    Quick and easy warm up games for younger players

    Quick and easy warm up games for younger players

    Use these warm-up activities to engage your players at the start of a session, plus activate their minds and bodies.
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    Rucking good fun

    Rucking good fun

    Get serious about winning games by working on active and successul rucks to recycle good ball to attack with - but use fun activites to ...
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    Goldilocks ruck numbers

    Goldilocks ruck numbers

    Upskill your players’ understanding of their roles at the ruck so they know when to compete for the ball and when to stay out of the ruck.
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    3 simple ways to make sure your players are happy

    3 simple ways to make sure your players are happy

    Having a happy team is one of the most fulfilling coaching experiences. Here are three ways to ensure your team plays and trains with a ...
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    Three passes

    Three passes

    In minis rugby, especially at the younger age groups, putting together three successive passes in the same play is an outstanding ...
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    Bang! Bang! Bang!

    Bang! Bang! Bang!

    A clearer at a ruck must look to go beyond the ball. This not only drives back defenders, it frees up the ball for your scrum half to grab ...
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    Ruck circle

    Ruck circle

    Improve your players’ ruck decision-making by giving them four different situations to react to. They have to choose the best technique to ...
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    Five things NEVER to say at half time

    Five things NEVER to say at half time

    When you have five minutes with your team, there are plenty of things you want to say, but there are five things you should definitely not ...
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    Control in contact

    Control in contact

    The ball carrier needs to keep control of the ball when they are tackled: Make your young players more aware of how to take command of the ...
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    Ball in two hands

    Ball in two hands

    Get players used to running with the ball in two hands rather than tucked under one arm. This offers them more offloading or passing ...
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    Two- v one-handed ball carry

    Two- v one-handed ball carry

    Two-handed ball carry has to make sense to the players at the time. When they are younger, it makes more sense because there’s less contact ...
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    Better questions to improve your coaching craft

    Better questions to improve your coaching craft

    Ask the right questions to build relationships through understanding athlete’s motivations, areas of importance for their development and ...
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    Transition mission

    Transition mission

    Challenge players’ decision-making during transitional phases of play. The game presents lots of opportunities to work against a broken ...

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