Using games like Dobble to improve scrum outcomes
Imaginative training ideas to improve your scrum outcomes. MORE
Lockdown planning: Rebuilding lineout skills
In this planning for post-lockdown training, we are going to look at rebuilding your lineout skills. Specifically, we want to relearn the throw, jump and catch connection. MORE
Lineout throwing and jumping timing
Timing between thrower and jumper is a key aspect for winning the lineout. Develop better coordination between jumper and thrower. Concentrate on the pure jump only, with no lifting, ensuring the ball reaches the hands of the receiver at the top of his jump. MORE
Front lifter ideal body and foot position
in Rugby drills, Scrums & Lineouts
Give the front jumper every chance to be lifted well by ensuring your front lifter has a strong base and chest close to the jumper. MORE
4 different ways to build a scrum for the...
Here are some of the key areas to concentrate on for the new season. You might have to think slightly differently to return to the core principles. MORE
Secrets of beating the best lineout operators
in Lineout plays, Rugby coaching, Scrums & Lineouts
When opposed by an excellent lineout, you need to decide which areas of the lineout to defend, how to cover the vacuum at the back of the lineout and how to beat that lineout in attack. MORE
Feel the force in the maul
Use a blindfold on a player in a maul situation so he has to use his sense of the force in the maul and communicate with the players around him. MORE
Parent & kid: Checking out the tower of power
in Core skills, Scrums & Lineouts
Use this circuit to help a player test their body position over the ball. At each station, Tony (dad) checks Harry's body position, Good warm up activity. MORE
Triggers, speed and coordination in the lineout
Here’s how to bring the lineout together so the movement, jump, lift and throw work at the same time. The players need to know the plays and trust their skills. MORE
Core on
in Practice plans, Scrums & Lineouts
“Core on” will teach players the significance of their core strength and how they can utilise it effectively in the scrum. The exercises replicate some of the movements that will happen in the scrum, so players get used to moving around as they scrummage. MORE
