Create pace onto the ball from a “free pass” to a static player by encouraging your players to organise themselves quickly and work in threes.
When the rules state that a free pass has to be to a static player, your players have to be at ease with repositioning themselves to be able to generate some pace onto the ball.
Put two groups of three players each in one small box. Have them pass the ball between themselves within their groups.
Shout “free pass”.
The ball carrier comes to the front of the small box, and the other players align themselves ready for the free pass.
When both groups are ready, shout “pass”.
The first pass must go to a player who’s standing still.
The ball carrier then runs or passes so that the team reach the other end first.
You can make it optional for the teams to make two passes.
Develop by adding a defender who starts 7m back and comes forward after the pass.
TECHNIQUE
Stand flat for the first pass. Why pass it 2m backwards if it means you lose that ground.
One player goads another, then touches the line and races to the other end to avoid being touched by the chaser. It’s a like smaller version of the Bangladeshi game of Kabadd MORE
Create attacking shape, where forwards understand where they are supposed to run to support the next phase of play. The groups of forwards are called pods and need to work together. MORE
Should an attack be successful at a 2 v 1 every time? At the top level, most of the time you would have thought, yet you would be surprised how often they fail.
Add in another attacker and defender, or even two attackers and one defender, and that ratio of success drops very quickly.
But it is still a golden opportunity to make ground and even score. So, you need to increase the success rate, and you do this by creating as many scenarios as you can. MORE
Dropped balls or loose kicks mean that the ball is on the ground and needs recovering. Use this session to work on the skills and decision-making around this situation.
It’s not a natural action to fall on the ball. Help the players understand how to develop this technique as smoothly as they can. MORE
Get your players in place quickly to attack at pace from the next ruck in this simple realignment activity.
Creating and keeping depth in an attacking line running onto the ball at pace and still have space and time to pass. MORE
Improve your players’ footwork and ability to evade contact. The “hot box” means your players will need to use their peripheral vision and their ability to see where defenders are. MORE
