EXPERT SESSIONS AND ADVICE FROM QUALIFIED AND EXPERIENCED GRASSROOTS RUGBY COACHES
This is a good warm-up game for a large group of players. It gets their minds and bodies moving and helps to sharpen up their core skills of handling, passing and catching.
Use cones to mark out a playing area measuring 30m x 15m. Use more cones to mark lines at 10m, 15m and 20m, as shown 1.
Players muss pass backwards within their groups.
1.Divide your players into five groups of four and give each group a number from 1 to 5. Group 1 line up at one end of the area with group 2, who hold a ball, standing on the 10m line facing them. Group 4 stand on the 20m line, holding a ball and facing group 5 who stand on the end line. Group 3 stand on the 15m line facing any way they choose.
On your whistle, group 2 run towards group 1, passing the ball along the line.
2.When group 2 reach group 1 they pass the ball to group 1’s end man and group 1 then head up the area passing the ball, while group 2 replace them on the line.
Count 5 seconds after the whistle, then instruct group 4 to begin in the same way towards group 5.
When they reach the 15m line, group 1 pass to group 3 and take their place, and group 3 head back towards group 2. Meanwhile, group 5 are running back towards group 1 who will take the ball from them and run back to group 4, and so on.
As the game unfolds, the stagger will mean there is always a group on the 15m line ready to take a pass.
Get groups to use their set plays, such as miss passes, etc.
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