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This category focuses on contact skills and ball presentation.These drills help players compete safely in contact.Perfect for all players involved in physical collisions.Ideal for coaches developing players who win the gainline.
A major part of rugby involves two or more players making physical contact with each other. Contact normally takes place during a tackle, lineout, scrum or ruck.
Inexperienced players can find tackling a daunting part of the game, but by following the contact skills videos and drills below you will ensure your players use the correct technique when engaging for scrums, landing after a tackle and offloading - taking the fear out of contact.
Using tag rugby games, 1v1, 3v3, 5 scrum and static tackling drills your players' hitting skills will develop, so they are used to safely make contact and tackle hard, without injury.
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