Rugby: 3 pod lineout lifting - off the top

The ball starts with one pod. As they are lifted the jumper is held in the air until the next pod is lifted. When the next pod reaches the top of their jump the ball is lobbed to that jumper. Once the ball has been caught they can go back to ground.

The drill continues in this way, with players working together in a piston like fashion.

One player throws the ball in to 5 players standing side by side. One player to stand in the scrum half position so as to be ready to receive a pass.

Pupils should :-

• The aim of the exercise is to develop unit work, communication and good Technique.

1.

• Two players stand either side of a tackle tube (tackle tube on the floor 'stood up').
• The coach shouts go and the two players turn inwards to face each other and the tube.
• The players then get set in a low position before lifting the tube into the air.

2.

• Three players. One in the middle faces forwards. One player either side holds a tackle tube.
• The coach shouts left or right (or a call to their discretion) for the middle player to turn to.
• The middle player and the teammate on that side lift the tackle tube into the air the same as the first drill.

3.

• Three players. Two players set up in the set position either side of one tackle tube, while the other player is set on their own behind a tackle bag facing inwards.
• The player on the outside of the two runs quickly round their first bag, to join the player on their own.
• Together the players lift the tube into the air, as per the first two drills.