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Bounce out after the tackle
Get your players used to tackling then immediately regaining their feet so they can challenge for the ball (or put themselves back in the game)
Set up
One ruck pad and ball per group.
A 5m x 2m channel.
HOW TO DO IT
Warm up
- Put a player lying next to a ruck pad with a ball at their side (or underneath them). Make them roll over the ruck pad, and then get to their feet to grab the ball.
- Make it a race between groups of players. Make sure their chest touches the top of the pad as they roll over them.
- Develop this by making the player tackle a static ball carrier and recover in the same way with no run-up.
Game situation
- Put a tackler at the side of the middle of a 5m x 2m box. Put a ball carrier at each opposite corner.
- In 30 seconds, the tackler has to make as many tackles and regains as they can.
- The first ball carrier runs across the box, with the tackler putting them to the ground, either in or out of the box. Once they have made the tackle and got back to their feet, they run back to their starting point, turns and faces the next ball carrier.
Note
Work with low impact tackles, so the tackler is concerned more about “finishing” the tackle, than making the tackle in the first place.
A player rolls over the pad, regains their feet and gets over the ball
Related Files
A player tackles a static ball carrier with no run up, regains their feet and puts their hands on the ball
The tackler tackles the first ball carrier, regains their feet, touches the ball and then returns to their start point to tackle the next ball carrier
- See how many they can complete in 30 seconds
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