Split your players into groups of three and give each group a ball. Have them stand 1m away from each other.
Get them to pass the ball to the player to their left, so it goes around the triangle six times. They should look where the pass should go and push the ball from the tummy towards the target player. Make them shout out how many times they’ve done it.
Then, ask them do it six times the other way.
Once they have completed this, they each take one step backwards, to make the triangle slightly larger, and repeat. They should do this, making the triangle larger each time, until they make two drops in a row. Then they take a step back in.
Laws of rugby
In Tag Rugby…
The ball must not be handed to another player.
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