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Rugby: Ball Balance - Core Stability

Great site and excellent drills. Easy to understand and apply in training....

Tyrone, Rugby Coach

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Get in pairs. One player starts in a plank position with a rugby ball placed under each hand trying to stay in the plank position. The other player walks around a gently nudges and pushes the player working. The work aims to stay stable on the balls.

COACHING POINTS

Great drill before a contact session
Focus on engaging the core and 'tower of power' onto the ball
Partner should only gently push the working player

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Back To Back Pre Contact Wrestle:

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Players sit back to back, arms interlocked and knees bent. The coach says left or right. The players must battle to pull their partner to the floor on the said side.

Contact Skills

Shoulder Flex with Ball:

Involve a ball in your warm-up.

Get players to pass the ball around their head to flex the neck and shoulders.

Warm Up

Ball Presentation and Handling:

This drill is designed to get your players in good habits when presenting the ball at the breakdown. This will allow your team to hold onto possession better and get quicker ball.

The players run towards cones in lines of three, passing the ball from one end to the other.
When the coach says "Down" or blows their whistle, whoever has the ball must drop to the ground and present the ball.
The player who has presented the ball then passes to the player behind him and the drill carries on continuously.

0.29 - Demonstration

1.20 - What is the purpous of this drill?

Warm Up

Back To Back Turn & Chop Tackle:

Players stand back to back with coloured cones either side. When the coach shouts go both player run around their white cones. The coach shouts a colour and the ballc carrier runs towards that cone. If the attacker runs to the tacklers left hand side they must tackle with their left shoulder, if they run right they must tackle with their right shoulder.

Warm Up

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