Pass your way to the line

WHY USE IT

If your team wants to be clinical in finishing off good set piece and continuity then the pass to put a player in for a try becomes the most crucial component.

Set up

A 25x20m box, one ball per set of six players.

HOW TO DO IT

• Play 6v6. Coach the switch pass but conventional passes can move defenders out of position to create gaps.
• Develop all your players so they become comfortable as passer, decoy or strike runner. Each of these methods attack the defence in a different zone and deciding which zone to attack will be down to good-decision making and accuracy.

C the gap (picture 1): A takes a pass; B makes a decoy run and C comes inside to take the switch pass into the gap. 

D-lightful (picture 2): A takes a pass and runs across the defence; B makes a decoy run, C joins the line and D takes the switch pass from A into the gap.

E-asy does it (picture 3): A takes the pass; C makes a decoy blindside run; A passes to B who runs an angle alongside D; E runs an opposite angle and takes a switch pass into the gap.

TECHNIQUE

• All players must look as though they are a threat so this must be done at top pace with commitment, decoy and a crucial accurate scoring pass.
• The passer must pass for the receiver and not at them.