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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 pressure and gaining territory.
WHY USE IT
A box kick can be used as a contestable attacking kick in the opposition half and even if they do gather it, you have a chance to counter ruck.
Set up
Kick from within 2 to 15m of the touchline. Start off with a coned-off 10m square and a coned-off setpiece and finish with three coned-off 10m squares.
HOW TO DO IT
- Put a 9 behind a coned-off ruck/scrum/lineout. They set themselves to box kick to the 10m square (see picture 1). The kick should be in the air for 3 to 4 seconds (“hang time”).
- Then add a defender who the 9 tries to clear and a chaser. This will help with the timing and distance (see picture 2).
- Finally, ask the 9 to try out a shorter kick (chip), a lower kick that bounces (chox) as well as a normal kick (box) using the 10m squares (see picture 3).
TECHNIQUE
- Aim to land the ball in the 5-15m lineout lines.
- Keep shoulders parallel with the near touchline (right-footed kicker).
- Head down and after the kick, pivot on the non-kicking foot and walk a few steps, directly towards the intended line of flight/landing.
- The kick should go around 20 to 30m – mark out a 10m square to aim for
- The 9 aims for three to four seconds of hang time
- Keep the shoulders parallel to the near touchline. Head down throughout kick. Pivot on non-kicking foot, driving the foot up (not hooking it round)
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- Add in a defender, whom the kicker aims to land the ball behind
- Add in a chaser to help work on the timing while keeping the chaser onside
development
- Work on three types of kick: Box, chox, chip
- The chox is a low kick which bounces
- The chip is for the chaser to take on the full with no one to challenge for the ball
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