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Long, short or contact: Options for forwards in attack

Long, short or contact: Options for forwards in attack

A forward receiving the ball in midfield has three options: they pass out to the backs, they pass short to a forward or they go into cont...
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Get organised with Russian dolls

Get organised with Russian dolls

Don’t be deceived – this handling exercise looks simple but will quickly turn to chaos! It will get players thinking, talking and organis...
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Improve forwards’ desire to pass

Improve forwards’ desire to pass

Ruck decision-making isn’t straightforward, so your players need to have plenty of opportunities to test out their actions in and around ...
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Let's have a ball

Let's have a ball

This great fun way to introduce the right body positions to drive in rucks encourages the correct use of shoulders and best placement of ...
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Ruck defence reload

Ruck defence reload

Make sure your defence is in place quickly so they can come forward to make snare tackles and poach the ball. Use this activity to learn ...
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Help! We can’t ruck!

Help! We can’t ruck!

Take any bunch of nine-year-old players and you’ll maybe find, like any other contact situation, that about a third of them happily smash...
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How low should you go? Tackle techniques and activities

How low should you go? Tackle techniques and activities

Younger players need extra confidence to make low tackles – and you must supply it. Give them a helping hand by moving the initial focus ...
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Halfway to the tackle

Halfway to the tackle

Learning to tackle isn’t an all-or-nothing process. Take it in stages by first tackling when already in contact with the ball carrier, th...
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Rugby Coach Weekly Issue 287

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  • Get organised with Russian dolls
  • Long, short or contact
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    Alternate rucks

    Alternate rucks

    Stop your forwards running to and from every ruck, making sure they choose every other ruck to work to. It can create a ruck specialist, a ...
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    Better ruck decision making

    Better ruck decision making

    Ensure you commit the right numbers to the ruck by helping them to learn what the right cues are to join it in the first place.
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    Chip, chase, score

    Chip, chase, score

    Prepare and practise chip kicks for those matches against teams who have outstanding defensive records and difficult-to-beat tacklers.
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    The box kick

    The box kick

    The attacking box kick is a much-used tactic at the top level so grassroots coaches should be looking to use it as a means of exerting ...
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    Get ready for match tackling

    Get ready for match tackling

    On match day, switch your players’ minds on to tackling with this quick warm-up activity.
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    The hooker strikes back

    The hooker strikes back

    This activity will help you develop your hooker’s ability to strike the ball in the scrum and deliver quicker ball to play from. This is ...
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    Tackle targets

    Tackle targets

    Keep your defenders active in training and work on a range of tackles by using this exercise that also works on confidence and technique.
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    Work the tight head

    Work the tight head

    Live situations help you check your tighthead’s shape and footwork under pressure from the opposition hooker and loosehead. This is key ...
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    Put kicking into a game

    Put kicking into a game

    Exploiting the 50 – 22 Laws, this skill practice aims to aid a kicker with an opportunity to identify where an opposition is weakest.
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    Finishing the tackle

    Finishing the tackle

    Turn your players into dominating tacklers capable of stopping the opposition on the gain line and winning turnovers. This activity also ...
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    Continuity algorithm

    Continuity algorithm

    An algorithm is a set of rules to solve a problem. Here is my continuity algorithm where the problem is what the ball carrier does when ...
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    Catch and clear

    Catch and clear

    Your back three need to be competent playing on the wing or as full-back and they all need to be able to catch the ball and clear it from ...
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    Kicking game for a "pendulum" backfield defence

    Kicking game for a "pendulum" backfield defence

    Play this positional and kicking game to work on your backfield players’ positioning. It works on heads up play and communication.
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    Crash, ruck, crash

    Crash, ruck, crash

    Make players more aware at the tackle contest by giving them lots of match-like situations where they need to make contact, recover and ...
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    Strong man

    Strong man

    The ball carrier has a duty to be strong in the tackle to keep the ball alive until support players arrive. Get them working on going ...
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    Drift defence session

    Drift defence session

    Use this scenario to create decision-making opportunities around attacking the edge of a defence. The edge is where the end of the line of ...

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