To encourage your scrum half to keep their head up and constantly scanning. This rugby drill challenges the scrum half to keep two players in his eye-line as they move from side to side
1. Set up 2 5m lines which meet making a right angle. 2. Have a player on each line. 3. Get your scrum half faceing one player. 4. The other player stands in line 5. The scrum half uses small, fast steps to stay opposite both runners as they move up and down the lines. 6. When you shout "CHANGE," the scrum half turns and faces the other runner, while keeping the first runner also in his vision. DEVELOPMENT - Introduce a ball when scrum half fills comfortable with the drill. - Now when a runner gives him a pass, he has to pass the ball quickly to the other runner, before turning so he's always facing the runner with the ball.
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
in more ways than one
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