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What you tell your players the session is about:
What you tell your players to do:
What you get your players to do:
Developing the session
The training session can be developed as follows:
Use more than one set of cones to represent the different rucks, so the players have to react to difficult angles, even running backwards or sideways to a set of cones. Then add players to attack the ball-side, and after that more defenders.
A game situation
The session can be developed further by playing the following game:
Divide your players into two teams. Set up a 10m wide pitch of any length. One team attacks and always wins the ball back. The other team defends.
They cannot give away any penalties or compete for the ball on the floor. Spread the attackers and defenders up and down the pitch.
You throw the ball to an attacker who walks forward and is tackled. One player from each side forms a ruck over the ball. The attackers start the attack on your call. In the meantime the defence needs to organise itself. When the game breaks down, restart the same way.
What to think about
This article is from Everything you need to know for Coaching Rugby manual, specially created for coaching core skills.
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