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Contact

It’s not always easy to get young players to embrace contact which is why we’ve spent so much time devising and testing contact drills that will help your players grow in confidence. Use them alongside our tackling drills to develop a team of players that are comfortable making and taking contact.

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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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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, ...
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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 t...
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4 milliseconds for contact decision making

4 milliseconds for contact decision making

We’ve five key elements to our club coaching philosophy, one of which is “Protect”. This refers to each other and also to protect. Here’s...
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Drift defence session

Drift defence session

Use this scenario to create decision-making opportunities around attacking the edge of a defence. The edge is where the end of the line o...
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Breaking out of the pod

Breaking out of the pod

Don’t let your attack become stuck in a one-size-fits-all pod of three players. Test the decision-making skills of the team.
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When pad work makes sense

When pad work makes sense

Pads don’t replicate the game, but they do allow you to develop some technical skills with a reduced amount of bone-on-bone contact. You ...
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Build up to contact

Build up to contact

Once players have been introduced to the techniques and safety issues involved with tackling and have practised it in safe controlled env...
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Rugby Coach Weekly Issue 287

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  • Get organised with Russian dolls
  • Long, short or contact
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    United we defend

    United we defend

    Challenge your defenders to come up together as a line and then shift together as a unit depending on the alignment of attack.
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    A session plan for defence

    A session plan for defence

    A four-part plan for a defence session. It keeps the players active through lots of games, while still focusing on good technique.
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    Create Superheroes at the ruck to win quicker, cleaner ball

    Create Superheroes at the ruck to win quicker, cleaner ball

    Use superhero memes to help your players understand their roles to create better ruck ball.
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    The 5 Fs for ball carriers

    The 5 Fs for ball carriers

    The battle that takes place after the tackle is one of the most underappreciated areas of the game. The 5 Fs give you some ideas as to what ...
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    Speed passing warm up

    Speed passing warm up

    This drill based practice is designed to get players comfortable receiving the ball at maximum speed.
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    Contact skills in a whole-part-whole session

    Contact skills in a whole-part-whole session

    Improve your players’ ball retention in contact with this slightly different whole-part-whole approach.
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    The gate

    The gate

    Encourage your players to attack the spaces between opponents with neat footwork and then offload the ball to team mates who are in close ...
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    Player-plan defence

    Player-plan defence

    Let the defenders come up with a plan to stop the attack from the side of a ruck, and then let them implement it.
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    Bump, pop or latch

    Bump, pop or latch

    Create options to support and dent the defensive line when the tacklers are in a strong position to start with. The support player coaches ...
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    Three into one continuity

    Three into one continuity

    Players will need to move from contact situations, developing a basic open play attack structure in order to keep the ball always alive and ...
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    Ground up power

    Ground up power

    Develop your players’ ability to generate leg power when accelerating or driving into contact. It’s a combination of balance, body angle, ...
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    Bounce back with a Surfer’s Jump

    Bounce back with a Surfer’s Jump

    Develop your players’ ability to get back to their feet quickly after making a tackle. This will improving the players’ understanding of ...
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    Decisions in the contact area

    Decisions in the contact area

    Continually assess the defence in contact situations and then adjust to breakthrough.
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    Brace, brace, brace

    Brace, brace, brace

    Use this session to maintain a low body position and brace the shoulder when moving into contact.
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    Hitting the wall (of noise)

    Hitting the wall (of noise)

    Focus on player-to-player marking, so the attack feels like it is running into a wall of defenders. It requires good footwork and working ...
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    Base ruck

    Base ruck

    Simple to set up, these activities work on improving individual and group skills. There are no bags, just bodies to drive out from the ...

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