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Passing and Handling

When it comes to coaching fundamentals, you don’t get much more fundamental than passing. Players aren’t all blessed with lightning pace or accurate kicking skills, but every player should be able to pass. The passing drills and handling activities in this section provide countless ways to improve your players passing and handling skills.

 

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Get organised with Russian dolls

Get organised with Russian dolls

Don’t be deceived – this handling exercise looks simple but will quickly turn to chaos! It will get players thinking, talking and organis...
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Improve forwards’ desire to pass

Improve forwards’ desire to pass

Ruck decision-making isn’t straightforward, so your players need to have plenty of opportunities to test out their actions in and around ...
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Fix and beat the defence

Fix and beat the defence

Give your players the tools and confidence to fix and beat a defence from the breakdown and open play situations.
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Inside pass support lines

Inside pass support lines

The inside pass is an effective weapon against a sliding defence. The receiver hits a flat pass and a gap in the defensive line to break ...
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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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Realign-support-score!

Realign-support-score!

You don’t need tactics to win a match when all you have to do is get into position to score. Just use this simple activity to work on qui...
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Two lines of attack

Two lines of attack

Using this simple movement of your blindside winger and full back, you either attack at the tackle line or behind it, depending on the mo...
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Ball + support = space

Ball + support = space

Use these two simple 2v1 exercises to concentrate on the attacker manipulating the ball to draw the defender while the support player cre...
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  • Get organised with Russian dolls
  • Long, short or contact
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    Narrow and wide breakdown scenarios

    Narrow and wide breakdown scenarios

    Use this scenario to create decision-making opportunities around attacking the edge of a defence. The edge is where the end of the line of ...
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    Create havoc with your 9

    Create havoc with your 9

    Use your scrum-half to run into the midfield defensive zone on an angle with options of breaking or passing. It will create big problems ...
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    My best blindside move

    My best blindside move

    Bring your quick winger into the game by hiding them at the back of a ruck and then unleashing them down the blindside.
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    My favourite 4v2

    My favourite 4v2

    Create a dynamic 4 v 2 attacking scenario to test your players’ decision-making skills and execution technique in match-like situations.
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    Jazz up catching

    Jazz up catching

    Catching is a crucial skill. Minis must work on catching the ball in their hands away from the body and not with their arms close to the ...
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    Scenario games to solve problems (Under 9s)

    Scenario games to solve problems (Under 9s)

    Four small-sided games, the outcomes to look for, and the two problems each game quietly asks your players to solve. Aimed at under 9s, but ...
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    Put pressure on attackers to increase skill levels

    Put pressure on attackers to increase skill levels

    You should incorporate passing under pressure into every training session, even if just part of a warm-up.
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    Drop-off touch

    Drop-off touch

    Games that require all of the players to participate develop all abilities. In drop-off touch, defenders have to fill in and attackers have ...
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    More wins for a 4 v 3

    More wins for a 4 v 3

    Follow these simple strategies to pose more questions of the defence and maximise your chances of beating them in 4v3 situations.
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    Turnover try

    Turnover try

    Help your players understand the importance of keeping low in contact and funnelling in behind the ball carrier to maintain go forward.
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    Blindfolded

    Blindfolded

    “Blindfold” your players to encourage quick reactions to changing situations, testing their teamwork skills.
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    NFL touch

    NFL touch

    Using an NFL theme of gaining ground for each attack, this skills game focuses on the principle of support. It encourages players to focus ...
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    Warm-up Rondos

    Warm-up Rondos

    Originating in football, the rondo is a small sided game that encourages many touches of the ball and can be easily constrained to impact ...
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    The ‘no-look’ pass

    The ‘no-look’ pass

    Test out whether support players are in place by having the ball carrier use a “no-look pass”. The ball carrier has to be confident their ...
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    Support pockets

    Support pockets

    Urgency to get to the ball carrier is essential in keeping the ball alive when executing an offload. Get the support player into the pocket ...
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    Hard and fast miss pass

    Hard and fast miss pass

    A hard and fast flat miss pass can cut out defenders before they have a chance to change their running angles. It can lead to clean breaks ...

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