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Rugby: Taking the ball into contact and support play

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Drill to improve players taking the ball into contact and ruck clear out.

Set up a square roughly 5m x 5m. Get two lines of players behind two of the cones with a ball on one side. Get a defender to stand with a hit shield towards the edge of the square where the players are lined up.

The player behind the red cone runs around the opposite red cone, when he enters the square the player behind the green cone passes him the ball and then runs around the opposite green cone to support him. When the player receives the pass he continues running and hits the hit shield, before going to ground and presenting the ball. The support player comes in and clears out the defender with the hit shield.

The players then swap lines and the ball is passed to the front of the line behind the green cones for the drill to continue.

COACHING POINTS

Passing - high outside elbow, hands follow through towards the target

Catching - create a target for the passer to aim for, and dont stop running to catch the ball.

Taking the ball into contact - low, ball carried in hand away from the defender. Hit the shield with the shoulder, drive the legs and then go to ground and present

Rucking - low, hit the pad with shoulder and wrap arms, drive legs to push defender back

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Touchdown relay:

5 players all with a ball line up along a coned area.

They run out and touch the ball down halfway, leaving the ball on the ground.

The players continue to run to the end of the coned area, touch the ground with their hand, turn and run back picking the ball up on the way, and then pass to their partner.

The drill is repeated with the next set of players.

The drill can be developed by racing against each other.

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Run and touchdown:

6 players line up in a coned area each with a ball.

Players run out to score a try at the opposite end, and then return with the ball and pass to their partner.

Next 6 players go.

The drill is repeated and continuous.

Develop the drill by racing against each other

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Grid Island:

Fun game to practice passes/kicks not being intercepted.

Divide players into two equal teams and set up two grids (one small and one big - see diagram).

The blue team are divided in half with half in the small grid, and half outside the big grid. They are trying to pass/kick the ball between themselves to score points - one for every pass/kick which is caught on the full.

The red team are trying to intercept the passes/kicks or distract the blue team players. They cannot leave big grid or enter the small grid.

Players in the small grid cannot leave the small grid

Progressions -

Players can only hold the ball for 5 seconds

If a ball is dropped/intercepted it is taken out of the game

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Maul Rip in a circle:

This is good for upper body strength.

5 or 6 defenders, 1 ball, 2 attackers

Defenders must stand in a circle about 2 metres apart to keep contact away from injuring anybody unnecessarily. The ball carrier works into a defender who must wrap around and keep hold of the ball, the support attacker must rip the ball from his partner and move onto a different defender for the process to repeat. The 2 attackers are given a time limit to work as hard as possible.

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