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Rugby: Lineout Progressions With Bag

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Eifion, Rugby Coach

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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.

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.

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.

COACHING POINTS

Players starting positions are low, knees bent and ready.
When turning to face each other, knees should bend again to push force into the ground in order to lift the tube with strength, as if it were a teammate.
Arms should be straight when the tube is in the air.

Middle player should turn and move quickly to whichever side is called.
Side players should be ready at all times to lift.

This progression is as if the lineout call in the match tells a player to move from the front of the lineout to the back or the back to the front.
The moving player should move quickly, keeping a low body position if possible in order to be ready to lift the tube into the air.

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Lineout Race:

This drill is a race across the pitch or whichever distance the coach deems appropriate.
Two teams of four: one thrower, three players in the lineout pod. The front lineout player faces towards the pod, with their back to the thrower.
The teams are lined up next to each other, about 5-10 metres apart.
The coach shouts GO and each team's lineout taker throws the ball as the pod lift the middle player into the air to catch the ball.
Once the ball is caught, the middle player is let down to the ground and they leave the ball on the floor.
The three pod players then move to the next spot ready for the next lineout throw.
The outer pod players then lift the middle player to the air as the ball is thrown in.
If the ball is dropped, the throw must be taken again from the same position.

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Lineout Game:

The coach calls out the number of people that required in the lineout, together with a team name to. The hooker throws the ball in for both teams to compete for the ball. The lineout is over when the scrum half receives the ball.

If a team wins the ball and the coach has called their team name then they receive 1 point. If the team wins the line out against the coaches call then they receive 2 points.

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Piston Jumping:

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.

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