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A need for rugby speed

A need for rugby speed

A circuit to train core running skills – changing direction and pace, accelerating and running backwards or sideways. By PAUL TYLER and D...
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Improve your rondos

Improve your rondos

Small-sided games with lots of repetitions can energise a group. But consider when, where and how to use them, says coach developer GRANT...
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TAG rugby tactics that actually make sense

TAG rugby tactics that actually make sense

TAG rugby is aimed at younger players who are new to the game. For that reason, there’s no point in teaching tactics...or is there? Here ...
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Top tips if refereeing your own child's team

Top tips if refereeing your own child's team

Having the whistle can alter the dynamic of parent-child coaching relationships on matchday. DAN COTTRELL explains how to be a good refer...
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Moving up to coach TAG: 30m webinar playback

Moving up to coach TAG: 30m webinar playback

Starting out or into your second season of tag rugby? What do you need to do to develop your team for a new season?
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VIDEO: Super-charged bulldogs

VIDEO: Super-charged bulldogs

In this new take on the traditional game of bulldogs, the defenders stay the same for each round. If a runner is caught, they continue to...
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Look for spaces not bodies

Look for spaces not bodies

Help your players see the space between on-coming defenders.
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Adapting tag sessions into full rugby sessions

Adapting tag sessions into full rugby sessions

We have plenty of tag resources on this site, and I’m keen to ensure they can easily be upgraded into full sessions. Perhaps they won’t b...
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Rugby Coach Weekly Issue 158

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    Game: Don't get tagged!

    Game: Don't get tagged!

    Use this quick-to-set-up game, including an easy-to-adapt playground element, with rewards and forfeits thrown in.

    This is a game I will ...
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    How best to communicate with your players during training

    How best to communicate with your players during training

    When you are speaking to the players during the sessions, you will be doing one of the following:

    Praising their performance.
    Providing ...
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    Safe and sound coaching

    Safe and sound coaching

    Coach in a safe environment by following these actions.
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    Four ways to add a touch of spice to training

    Four ways to add a touch of spice to training

    Training games, like touch rugby or contact games, tend to be competitive.

    They should have context and points.

    Now, let’s spice this up
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    Parent stations: Try tri cones

    Parent stations: Try tri cones

    Use parent stations to allow you to run lots of activities with a parent overseeing each activity.

    It requires one parent, minimal setup ...
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    Parent stations: Overtakers

    Parent stations: Overtakers

    Use parent stations to allow you to run lots of activities with a parent overseeing each activity.

    It requires one parent, minimal setup ...
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    Parent stations: Now you see me

    Parent stations: Now you see me

    Use parent stations to allow you to run lots of activities with a parent overseeing each activity.

    It requires one parent, minimal setup ...
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    When to use direct instruction

    When to use direct instruction

    We all instruct as coaches at some stage of a training session. However, direct instruction is either overused or, in reverse, ...
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    Quick Coach: Volcano

    Quick Coach: Volcano

    "An attacker tries to get the ball onto a cone before they are touched by a defender. Defenders can only run around the perimeter of the ...
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    Simple ways to influence the mind of the player

    Dan Cottrell chats to top sports psychologist Dan Abrahams about how even non-expert coaches can make a difference in their players’ ...
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    Not really homework (plus great playground game!)

    Not really homework (plus great playground game!)

    In 5 simple handling homework tasks, we’ve come up with some ideas for players to practise their handling at home. We’ve called it homework,...
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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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    Chase, catch and turn

    Chase, catch and turn

    Use this conditioning game to help your players develop better footspeed, evasive skills and stop/ start skills. It comes from basketball, ...
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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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    Create themes for your warm ups

    Create themes for your warm ups

    Even young players need to do warm ups. But don’t let them become boring. Instead, build themes for players to follow to allow them to ...
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    Prison break

    Prison break

    A fun game to help work on defensive footwork as well as evasion skills from attackers.

    Develops evasion skills, plus defensive footwork ...

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