Handling enhanced training with balls arriving in the player's hands from different directions, angles and speeds. Blind pairs test the reactions of the catcher; single-hand pass develops the feel of the ball in each hand. Aim to get up to 30 touches in a minute of each activity. MORE
Handling enhanced training with balls arriving in the player's hands from different directions, angles and speeds. Late reaction tests footwork and agility; diagonal lifts works the passing action from the core. Aim to get up to 30 touches in a minute of each activity. MORE
Handling enhanced training with balls arriving in the player's hands from different directions, angles and speeds. High catch tests movement skills; ball blind drop engages extra senses. MORE
Handling enhanced training with balls arriving in the player's hands from different directions, angles and speeds. Ball retrieve tests footwork and coordination; catch, pop, roll, pop works the arms and core. Aim to get up to 30 touches in a minute of each activity. MORE
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William (14), Tom (12), John (9), Clara (5) and dad Jamie Green go through different ball handling ideas bouncing a ball against the wall. It shows how you can give each age group a different range of challenges. MORE
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
Improve different types of ball placement with the added bonus of work-rate to get back into the game. You can see how much Dylan enjoys the challenge. Dad Mark is on the camera and stick. MORE
Using tic-tac-toe as a distractor, give kid a work out with this traditional with loads of fitness variations. Trystan and Sam, Dylan and Mark gives us their variations. Both dads (that's Mark and Sam) said that their son's didn't notice they were doing some conditioning, they loved the game more! MORE
Work on awareness, ball handling and communicate. You need a bunch of different shaped balls and a jumper. Game devised by Harry, Charley, Charlie, Elsa and Tony (dad). INTRODUCTION TO GAME THE SKILLS AND THE GAME GAME Put a bunch of balls into a small area. Blindfold kid. A jumper/rugby shirt is ideal. Stand... MORE
A game for a coach/parent and a kid, aged 5 and upwards. Ideal for the back garden, could even be run in the front room. You just need some old shoes if you don’t have any balls in the house (or the neighbour hasn’t thrown them back yet). GAME Put five “shoes” on the... MORE
My “Find the bib” game is adapted from the game called “Drop-off touch”. It challenges the players to look for mismatches and also create them too. MORE
A fun game which forces players to push their passes hard towards the target, improving their accuracy and pass strength. One group aims to intercept a pass with their own ball (the “skeeter"). This activity encourages hard passes to a target, so will create better passing habits. MORE
Let's consider planning our technical and tactical awareness to exploit a narrow defence. In other words, if there's an opportunity to attack when the attack has more numbers than the defence. In the simplest terms, that might be a 2 v 1. These sessions consider 3 v 2s and 4 v 3s and how and when to use the miss pass. MORE
This is a great game for when you are short of numbers and have a variety of positions at training. Use it to develop catch and pass and also for players that find identifying/exploiting space challenging. The aim of the game is to score as many tries as you can, within a set period of time. MORE
In the third part of a session, after a warm-up game and then a skill drill, introduce a skill game. The game is still focused on the objective. It gives the players a chance to explore the skill in the context of the game and see why it is relevant. MORE
In Lockdown planning: Quick ruck ball sessions, we focused on applying pressure on the defence. Now, let's plan for the other side of the ball. France's defence coach, Shaun Edwards says that it is his main metric for success: slowing down ruck possession. To enhance learning, you are better off focusing on an “arc” of learning for a specific area. This means spreading out the training over a number of weeks, rather than dedicating one session to this. MORE