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Protect weak shoulder

Protect weak shoulder

This practice will help your defenders get balanced and ensure they don’t get stepped past on their inside or outside by the attackers.
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Create double tackles

Create double tackles

By improving their footwork, communication and confidence, your players will get in front of the ball carrier and tackle powerfully.
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Cover all the bases

Cover all the bases

Develop your players’ drift-defence techniques by building up their line speed, communication and changes of angle when outnumbered.
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Why you can't split tackling and defence

Why you can't split tackling and defence

You can’t coach one without the other, or players won’t associate the skills with the game. By CHRIS CHUDLEIGH, founding coach of School ...
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Stopping flair teams

Stopping flair teams

Prevent sides that like attacking with the ball in hand, offloading, and taking on defenders 1v1 from controlling games. By former Fiji c...
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Tackle session ideal for school coaches

Tackle session ideal for school coaches

KAI SMITH on building confidence in young players around the new tackle laws.
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Back row defence activities

Back row defence activities

Develop your back row’s defensive options from a normal or wheeled scrum.
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Defend like Ali

Defend like Ali

“Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee”. Use top boxing skills to get close and powerful to make better tackles. This activity concent...
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    The Coaching Knife: How do you build a good defensive system, with Phil Llewellyn

    The Coaching Knife: How do you build a good defensive system, with Phil Llewellyn

    Welcome to the Coaching Knife when we cut to the root of the matter. In this episode, we speak to Phil Llewellyn, Birmingham City U...
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    9 to 6 scrum defence

    9 to 6 scrum defence

    With defences and attacks set 5 metres back from the scrum, you need a cohesive defensive strategy between your back row and scrum-half.
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    Power defence on the try line

    Power defence on the try line

    The “must-have” defensive system for your own try line.

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