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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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Unders and overs decoy play

Unders and overs decoy play

Get defenders off balance and less effective by making them commit to one tackling line while attacking another. You can do this by varyi...
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Speed passing warm up

Speed passing warm up

This drill based practice is designed to get players comfortable receiving the ball at maximum speed.
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Pass with your feet

Pass with your feet

The ideal pass is made when your feet shape your body and transfer weight to give power and accuracy. Help players discover the benefits ...
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Pass your way to the line

Pass your way to the line

Passing or running with the ball moves defenders and makes them focus on someone or something else. This is the key to opening up gaps an...
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Don’t teach 2v1s, coach them

Don’t teach 2v1s, coach them

By thinking differently about my approach to developing players, I’ve found I need to coach players the purpose first before they can rea...
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Whole-part-whole handling games

Whole-part-whole handling games

A 30-minute session to work on your team’s handling decision-making skills using a whole-part-whole approach.
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Challenging your passing norms

Challenging your passing norms

Test out whether support players are in place by having the ball carrier use a “no-look pass”, confident their support will be there and ...
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Escape the square

Escape the square

‘Escape the square’ is a quick game that can be used in warm-ups to get players focused on moving the rugby ball in attack, scanning for ...
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Rugby Coach Weekly Issue 259

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  • Quick hands warm-up
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    The standards game

    The standards game

    I’ve been fortunate enough to have Eddie Jones deliver some sessions. This is the game he started with and it is excellent for reinforcing ...
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    Tri-try challenge

    Tri-try challenge

    Challenge the attackers to come up with ways to score three tries without being touched. They have three try zones, and different rules to ...
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    Pass, short, medium or long

    Pass, short, medium or long

    Develop passing over different distances while fixing a defender. The support player has to adjust their angle of run and call for the ball ...
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    Fat, thin, fat

    Fat, thin, fat

    Develop good passing and calling habits by working in two different widths. Players have to adjust their running lines and their passing ...
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    The fast hands grid

    The fast hands grid

    Create a “flow” in your passing exercises that generates energy to keep passers working hard and accurately.
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    Tomb raider

    Tomb raider

    A manic game which tests agility, passing, speed and awareness.
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    Heads up backs play

    Heads up backs play

    Test out how well the players read the defence from a backs play, and still make headway even if they choose the wrong option.
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    Run here, pass there

    Run here, pass there

    Help players understand how they can create space by running “offline” and then passing back inside. Support players can now judge their ...
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    Miss passing for dummies

    Miss passing for dummies

    The miss passer has to engage their defender before passing and then follow their line through to get into the defence. Here’s how to teach ...
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    Target the rabbit

    Target the rabbit

    Against expansive teams, work out who is the weakest attacker and target them by closing them down when they get the ball. Then turn him ...
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    Pass and win

    Pass and win

    Players develop some easy catch-and-pass skills before improving their evasive and speed skills.
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    Four cones

    Four cones

    Focus on the fact that passing can be quicker than running to find spaces to attack. For young players, it will also highlight that good ...
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    Decoy havoc

    Decoy havoc

    Create chaos within an organised defensive line by using your decoy runners and inside support players to stress their tacklers.
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    Basic decoy and running lines

    Basic decoy and running lines

    Make sure your decoy runner is actually a credible threat coming onto the ball while keeping himself legal in the process of “taking out” ...
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    Rugby speed into practice

    Rugby speed into practice

    A good practice for rugby it replicates a situation where the players have broken the line and need to beat the last defender while being ...
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    Super-fast pass and run

    Super-fast pass and run

    Put your players under pressure to sprint and pass so they can attack the wide channels before the covering defence close down the gaps.

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