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VIDEO: 4 v 2 chain

VIDEO: 4 v 2 chain

Use this decision-making exercise to create a different attacking picture for the players, especially for using long flat passes to beat ...
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The personal touch - great ways to use touch rugby

The personal touch - great ways to use touch rugby

Touch rugby is perfect for maintaining fitness and team spirit during the close season. But to get the best out of this fast non-contact ...
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Touch rugby recycle

Touch rugby recycle

Quick hands and good running lines help finish overlaps in any form of rugby. But in touch rugby, if the movement comes to an end, quick ...
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Core skills focus for handling, contact, kicking and rucks

Core skills focus for handling, contact, kicking and rucks

In the busy preparation for the season, core skills training plays a vital part in building better outcomes under pressure. Rugby Coach W...
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VIDEO: The tunnel drill in pairs

VIDEO: The tunnel drill in pairs

Developing the tunnel drill, the pairs exercise requires the supporting player to time their runs, plus provides a moving target for the ...
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VIDEO: Support games - large numbers

VIDEO: Support games - large numbers

Develop the understanding around support lines and how they change depending on whether the attack is in a narrow channel or wider.
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Attack the inside edge

Attack the inside edge

When the 9 runs, it creates an extra player in the line. So exploit that to create gaps between the opposition 10 and open-side flanker a...
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Step to the edge

Step to the edge

The receiver often takes a pass just before being tackled. If he can get to the edge of the defender, he might break through or offload t...
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Rugby Coach Weekly Issue 259

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  • Quick hands warm-up
  • Unleash your quick winger
  • Five ways to deal with disruptive players
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    Unders and overs decoy play

    Unders and overs decoy play

    Get defenders off balance and less effective by making them commit to one tackling line while attacking another. You can do this by varying ...
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    Five ways to deal with disruptive players

    Five ways to deal with disruptive players

    The make-up of your squad is a wide variety of abilities and personalities, which is good because you don’t want clones. But there are ...
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    Use PHV to make better training decisions for your players

    Use PHV to make better training decisions for your players

    Peak height velocity measurements can reduce the number of assumptions you make about the current development stage of your players and ...
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    Teach it or let them find it?

    Teach it or let them find it?

    How to balance explicit and discovery coaching for powerful learning outcomes.
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    Speed passing warm up

    Speed passing warm up

    This drill based practice is designed to get players comfortable receiving the ball at maximum speed.
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    Give, go, get the ball back

    Give, go, get the ball back

    Get your switching player in motion to engage the defence. After they have changed their running line and passed the ball, they aim to get ...
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    “Plus one” play

    “Plus one” play

    Attack the gain line in pairs, with the ball carrier using a late pass (“plus one”) to their support player. The passer can support the ...
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    My best tackling warm-up

    My best tackling warm-up

    Build the basic skills of tackling into your warm-up to develop player technique and get them prepared for the rest of the session.
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    Purposeful, engaging core skills warm-ups

    Purposeful, engaging core skills warm-ups

    Kids are not the only ones with short attention spans – all players get bored if they are repeating the same thing.
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    Break through organised defences with smaller players

    Break through organised defences with smaller players

    Apart from good running lines, try using short passes at the gain line and, with more experienced players, look to use switch plays with ...
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    Make yourself a successful off-the-field coach

    Make yourself a successful off-the-field coach

    Building better coaching connections away from training can make your on-field training more effective and your overall outcomes more ...
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    10v10 tactical approach game

    10v10 tactical approach game

    This is an example of an U18 rugby session with ideas how to further develop tactical awareness, help problem solving and be flexible with ...
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    A tactical games approach to teaching games

    A tactical games approach to teaching games

    Improve your players understanding of game play and decision-making by using a tactical games approach.
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    Speed rucking: Wrap and recycle

    Speed rucking: Wrap and recycle

    When you have slow ball from the ruck, create quick ball by setting up a “wrap and recycle” play. Use three players to attack the defence ...
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    Better ruck placement

    Better ruck placement

    Get your players used to stretching and placing the ball as far back as possible after a tackle to make it more difficult for the defence ...
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    When skill outruns understanding

    When skill outruns understanding

    How to help players know when to use their skillset.

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