EXPERT SESSIONS AND ADVICE FROM QUALIFIED AND EXPERIENCED GRASSROOTS RUGBY COACHES
Improve different types of ball placement with the added bonus of work-rate to get back into the game. You can see how much Dylan enjoys the challenge. Dad Mark is on the camera and stick.
Mark said that once he had watched this first attempt back, the definite work-on was more secure ball placement. That means the ball isn’t rolling away.
Ideally the stick should fall away from kid.
Either stipulate beforehand what types of ball placement you want to use or kid can chose the one that makes most sense.
For more on ball placement techniques, look at the following:
in Contact, Rucking & Mauling, Rugby drills
Do you have a breakdown policy? If not, you should. A policy helps guide players' actions at the breakdown. Alongside accurate skill execution, it can help to win the race to the space over the ball after a tackle. MORE
in Contact, Footwork and evasion
Improve your players’ footwork before contact and how they protect the ball, so they retain possession. An excellent breakout exercise during a normal session. The attacker should dominate any contact whether to offload or wait for support. MORE
in Contact, Rugby drills
To create continuity, your players need to understand their support roles. They also need to practise being innovative when it goes wrong. MORE
in Contact, Rugby drills, Small-sided games
Need to build up players' contact confidence or create more physical sessions? Here are four tried-and-test methods that help players understand how to adapt. MORE
in Contact, Rugby drills, Small-sided games
A ball carrier on the ground aims to hold the ball while another player tries to rip it away. If it is ripped, the ball carrier attacks to win 1 v 1. If they lose their grip, the player on the ground pops up the ball to their team-mate, who aims to score 1 v 1. MORE
in Contact, Rugby drills
Avoid slow ball at the tackle or even losing the ball by making every ball carrier far more active on the ground. Use these two exercises to build up players’ ball placement skills under pressure. After the tackle is made, the farther away your player can place the ball from the defence, the harder it is for the opposition to disrupt it. Encourage good placement habits with these exercises. MORE
