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Long, short or contact: Options for forwards in attack

Long, short or contact: Options for forwards in attack

A forward receiving the ball in midfield has three options: they pass out to the backs, they pass short to a forward or they go into cont...
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Get organised with Russian dolls

Get organised with Russian dolls

Don’t be deceived – this handling exercise looks simple but will quickly turn to chaos! It will get players thinking, talking and organis...
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Improve forwards’ desire to pass

Improve forwards’ desire to pass

Ruck decision-making isn’t straightforward, so your players need to have plenty of opportunities to test out their actions in and around ...
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Ruck defence reload

Ruck defence reload

Make sure your defence is in place quickly so they can come forward to make snare tackles and poach the ball. Use this activity to learn ...
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Let's have a ball

Let's have a ball

This great fun way to introduce the right body positions to drive in rucks encourages the correct use of shoulders and best placement of ...
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Help! We can’t ruck!

Help! We can’t ruck!

Take any bunch of nine-year-old players and you’ll maybe find, like any other contact situation, that about a third of them happily smash...
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Halfway to the tackle

Halfway to the tackle

Learning to tackle isn’t an all-or-nothing process. Take it in stages by first tackling when already in contact with the ball carrier, th...
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Go forward to find space

Go forward to find space

Work on the players finding/creating space and going forward at the same time by attacking the gaps between defenders.
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Rugby Coach Weekly Issue 287

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  • Get organised with Russian dolls
  • Long, short or contact
  • Video games for your toolbox
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    Decision-making for forwards at rucks

    Decision-making for forwards at rucks

    Nominate fitter, more powerful players to concentrate only on ruck clearing to ensure opponents never get their hands on the ball after a ...
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    Alternate rucks

    Alternate rucks

    Stop your forwards running to and from every ruck, making sure they choose every other ruck to work to. It can create a ruck specialist, a ...
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    Better box kicking

    Better box kicking

    Turn a defensive kick into an attacking kick by changing your mindset and look to force errors. Our four-point guide shows how easy it is ...
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    Chip, chase, score

    Chip, chase, score

    Prepare and practise chip kicks for those matches against teams who have outstanding defensive records and difficult-to-beat tacklers.
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    The box kick

    The box kick

    The attacking box kick is a much-used tactic at the top level so grassroots coaches should be looking to use it as a means of exerting ...
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    Extra edge for front

    Extra edge for front

    Here are three simple pointers to give your props and hooker a stronger starting position and then be ready to secure your scrum ball.
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    The hooker strikes back

    The hooker strikes back

    This activity will help you develop your hooker’s ability to strike the ball in the scrum and deliver quicker ball to play from. This is ...
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    Work the tight head

    Work the tight head

    Live situations help you check your tighthead’s shape and footwork under pressure from the opposition hooker and loosehead. This is key ...
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    Beat the drift defence

    Beat the drift defence

    Using a simple passing tactic - passing the ball back inside - when the opposition defence drifts across the field can carve huge holes in ...
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    Fix and beat the defence

    Fix and beat the defence

    Give your players the tools and confidence to fix and beat a defence from the breakdown and open play situations.
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    Put kicking into a game

    Put kicking into a game

    Exploiting the 50 – 22 Laws, this skill practice aims to aid a kicker with an opportunity to identify where an opposition is weakest.
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    Inside pass support lines

    Inside pass support lines

    The inside pass is an effective weapon against a sliding defence. The receiver hits a flat pass and a gap in the defensive line to break ...
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    Continuity algorithm

    Continuity algorithm

    An algorithm is a set of rules to solve a problem. Here is my continuity algorithm where the problem is what the ball carrier does when ...
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    Catch and clear

    Catch and clear

    Your back three need to be competent playing on the wing or as full-back and they all need to be able to catch the ball and clear it from ...
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    Kicking game for a "pendulum" backfield defence

    Kicking game for a "pendulum" backfield defence

    Play this positional and kicking game to work on your backfield players’ positioning. It works on heads up play and communication.
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    Improve outcomes in the contact area, both in attack and in defence

    Improve outcomes in the contact area, both in attack and in defence

    If your players are first to the tackle contest and in the right body position, they will either give you quick ball in attack or slow down ...

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