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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 for even the best-organised defence.
WHY USE IT
From a set piece scrum on the left, your 9 runs off the number 8 into the zone defended by the opposition midfield. The defence is so used to defending against their opposite numbers, adding a scrum half running on an angle with several options creates uncertainty.
Set up
Half a pitch, a ball, a coned circle and five tackle tubes.
HOW TO DO IT
- Organise players into groups of eight, using an 8 and a full set of backs. Mark out a cone circle to signify a scrum on the left.
- Begin with the 8 picking and passing to your 9 on an angled attacking run (see picture 1).
- The fly half (10) comes in for a switch, the inside centre (12) a short pass and the outside backs run wide. The blind side winger (11) trails 9 (see picture 2).
- Your 9 has all these options plus the choice to go on his own. Try all these out before adding tackle tubes to act as opponents (see picture 3).
TECHNIQUE
- Slick pick-up and pass from 8 to 9.
- 9 to run convincing lines to keep all their teammates interested.
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9 comes round on the arc to take the pass and attack the gain line
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8 picks, runs and passes, using a tackle tube as defensive pressure
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Work initially with the 8 linking with 9 to attack the gain line
Related Files
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9 can use a short, flat pass to the 12
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9 can pass behind 12 with a long pass to 13
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9 can make a break
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The winger (11) can track the play
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9 can switch with the fly half (10)
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Add in tackle tubes to act as gaps and opponents
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Develop further by changing a couple of tubes for ruck pad holders
Dan Cottrell
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