Sharper angles, cut them open

CHALLENGES

• Run hard at the first gap, then change direction when indicated.
• Look up and run tall.

SET UP

You need cones and balls.

how to do it

ACTIVITY

• Put four lines of players about 2m apart. Get the first player to run towards a gate about 5m in front of the middle of the columns.
• As they reach the gate, indicate which coloured cones they have to run to after that.
• Once the first player has reached the gate, the next player from the next column goes and so on.
• After each run, the player returns to a different line.

DEVELOPMENT

• Push the coloured cones further back and sometimes change the colour of the cone indicated after the gate, so the player has to change direction twice.
• Get the players to receive a pass on the way to the gate.

GAME SITUATION

• Put four defenders opposite four attackers as in the bottom picture. Each attacker has a ball.
• Call out an attacker and then, a few moments later, release a defender. The attacker has to get across the try line without being two-handed touched on the shorts.
• You can develop this to full tackling. The defender and attacker join the opposite teams.

TECHNIQUE

• Drive hard to change direction.
• Don’t cheat on the cones – run through to the end.