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You want your players to support each other, but it needs to be effective support. That is, support players taking a pass while moving onto the ball and running at space.
Obstacle course drill
As an alternative to your straight line passing drills, try this.
If you find some players are reluctant to pass, put cones at intervals down each side. Each ball carrier then has to pass before reaching the next cone.
You can add a competitive element to this rugby drill if you time each group from receiving the ball to scoring at the far end.
Passing zones drill
Using zones can help keep players in certain parts of the pitch. It is a process which takes time to develop in training drills.
In this drill, there are four attackers and two defenders. The defenders can move in any direction to any part of the drill area. The attackers have to stay in their zone, but can pass and run.
This will help maintain space between the attacking players, but may lead to a lot of passing with little go forward.
To develop a go forward aspect, allow each attacking player to move one zone left or right.
Possible quick fix
By playing the best player out wide on the wing, it's an incentive for his team mates to get the ball out to him, thus creating width and a bit of space.
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