There are so many elements to passing, which ones do you concentrate on first and how do you train them?
Here are a bunch of the priority skills you need and then great ways to train them.
Priority skills for spin passing and Priority skills for catching pick out which of the most important techniques you need to use under pressure and then concentrate on how to train one of them for spin passing and for catching. There are two sessions in each article which concentrate helping both advanced and developing players.
For push passes, in other words a non-spin pass, Magic hands and core to the try line give your players key cues to ensure they are both accurate with the pass and engage the defender.
Finally, all players need to be able to clear the ball from the base of the ruck. Super-fast clearance (scrum half) passes will develop the basic ideas so you can make the best use of quick ruck ball.
There are seven key factors for spin passing, but if you had to concentrate on just one, here’s which would make the most difference to your players. MORE
There are five key factors for catching the ball, but if you had to concentrate on just one, here’s which
would make the most difference to your players MORE
With younger age groups, the ball must be passed away from either the tackle or the ruck. Every player needs to be a clearing passer, and the faster the better.
The clearance pass doesn’t need to be a spin pass. A firm pass, with the hands going through to the target is enough on most occasions. All the players in your team should be practising this skill. MORE
Develop your players’ handling with this rotation of activities. Quick to set up, it could form part of a warm-up routine. Each exercise has a challenge to keep players motivated to look to improve. MORE
Do you have a breakdown policy? If not, you should. A policy helps guide players' actions at the breakdown. Alongside accurate skill execution, it can help to win the race to the space over the ball after a tackle. MORE
If you have some cones, a stopwatch and some space, here are five great fitness tests to check your players’ conditioning progress. Measure them regularly through the season. MORE
Have another coach watch you coach to power up your own coaching. Give them a clear agenda to help make the process focused, less invasive and ultimately positive. MORE
There are times when you want maximum participation for a small unit skill. Here, you can use lots of small boxes to play fixing games with 2 v 1 situations. You can move easily around the boxes, observing and feeding back. MORE
