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Rugby: Contact Pop Pass Contact

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DESCRIPTION

Ball carrier goes forward, hitting in on the shield, turning to pop the call to a support player who passes the ball across the grid into the second channel for the first player in the opposite channel to take and advance on the the shield in their channel.
They hit in on the shield, turning to pop the ball to a support player who then passes the ball to the next receiver in the first channel.
Keep going, but don't forget to change the players on the tackle shields.

COACHING POINTS

You don't need to focus on all of the following coaching points, pick the points that are most suited to your own training goals. You can add your own coaching points.

Keep the tempo of this exercise high.
Players communicate with one another using the three E's. Efficient, effective, and encouraging.
Pops are well weighted for the support runners, there are no spins.
Passes are weighted correctly in terms of speed, distance, and position.
Passes are to where the player will be, not to where they are.
The hit on the shield is: low, forceful, the ball is protected against the contact and moved to the hip, the player moves through the contact positioning their body for the pop.
If mistakes are made, players focus on: the next hit, the next pop, the next pass.
The coach takes responsibility for helping players to improve, players do not beat themselves up about mistakes.

PROGRESSION

You can tell the player to go to ground and then pop and pass the ball up - this must be done immediately after going to ground.

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Continuous layoff:

Player with the ball runs into contact and passes the ball out to the supporting player whom inturn passes it to the other side of the grid for the practice to repeat on the other side.

Contact Skills

Offloads:

One group starts with the ball.

Player with the ball forwards towards the player with the pad.

The player hits pad with their right shoulder and ?pops? the ball off to the 1st player in the other group, who is running to receive the ball.

The next player hits pad with their left shoulder and ?pops? the ball off to the next player form the other group, who is running to receive the ball.

Drill continues until all players have carried out the drill from both sides.

Contact Skills

2 x Hit then pass:

Set up the practice as shown inside a 30m x 30m Grid.

6 Shields and 1 Ball.

Player 1 carries the ball before passing the ball to player 2 who bursts through the shields. Once through the other side, 2 passes to 3 and receives a return pass before bursting through the next set of shields

Once they are through the last two players with shields can move and try and block the runners. Player 2 has the option to pass to either player or go it alone.

Off Loads

into contact and give the ball conditioning:

circle of players 2 players in the middle one of the player with a ball.

The ball carrier has to run into contact with one of the outside player and turn to give the ball to the 2nd player in the middle who has to support very close. On being given the ball the new player with the ball has to run into contact with another player in the circle for the other player to support and get the ball.

Warm Up

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