Rugby drills
This season, never hunt around for a fresh rugby drill again, find activities to help you train all the skills your players need in Rugby Coach Weekly.
Get proven and easy to use drills for all groups and abilities and to coach all rugby skills with Rugby Coach Weekly. As a coach, it is your job to give your team the skills and technique to be great players.
The rugby drills in this section will help you coach your players in the core skills of the game. We’ll tell you what to look out for, how to get the ideas over to your players, and we’ll give you games and exercises to really power-up their skills.
Drills by skill
Drills by age group
in Attack, Rugby coaching videos, Small-sided games
Use this continuous one minute game to put passing and decision-making under pressure. MORE
in Attack, Practice plans
It is important that your players are aware of the different roles in attack from broken play. Though some may rarely play that role in the game, a greater understanding of the needs of other players will improve their own all round decision making. MORE
in Kicking & Catching, Rugby coaching videos, Rugby drills
Work on the basics of taking a drop kick, both to score points by kicking at goal in open play or, more commonly, for taking restarts, like kick offs. MORE
in Attack, Practice plans
Simple patterns of play from breakdowns can create overlaps. Here is a pattern where the players behind the breakdown situation move to one side of the breakdown, leading to an overload. It works on running and handling skills with a real “in-game” feel to the outcomes. MORE
in Warm Ups
Set your players up for the session with this competitive warm-up game which helps them use footwork, communication and in the development, passing skills. MORE
in Defence, Practice plans, Rugby drills, Small-sided games
Use this game-skill-game approach to develop your players tackling skills and game awareness of how to complete the tackle. It focuses on footwork and shoulder contact. MORE
in Contact, Rucking & Mauling, Rugby drills
Not all rucks are made the same and neither are the players. Especially in the forwards, the difference in height can mean they need to explore varied techniques. Here’s how… MORE
in Contact, Rucking & Mauling, Rugby coaching, Rugby drills
Here’s how you can mix up your training session when you are working with the forwards to ensure they concentrate on the rucking techniques they are most likely to use. MORE
in Rucking & Mauling, Rugby drills
A lot of rugby is a race – who’s first to the ball. In this activity, it’s who’s first to the ruck and then who’s first to be in a strong position to win or retain the ball. MORE
in Rugby coaching, Rugby coaching videos, Rugby drills
Here is a new contact activity, and how I would introduce it to players who've not seen it before. The activity itself works on good techniques in the ruck area and decision making around the tackle. This is part two, when I add some knowledge to their current understanding, to build up their skillset. MORE
