This category focuses on ruck technique and breakdown skills.These drills help players win the battle at the breakdown.Perfect for forwards from U14 through Senior level.Ideal for coaches building dominant forward packs that secure possession.
A ruck occurs when the ball carrier is tackled and players from each side make contact over the ball which is on the ground (it differs from a maul where the ball stays in the hands of the ball carrier).
The ruck videos and drills below contain clear coaching advice and tips explaining the correct technique for how to enter the ruck through the gate, make powerful and safe contact and how to powerfully drive and clear the ruck.
The laws of the game state a player can only join a ruck from behind the back foot of the last player and the player has to bind properly using the whole arm. This passage of play ends when the ball leaves the ruck.
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Your players can pass beautifully in a warm-up grid. Then a defender closes, their lungs are burning, and the ball goes to ground. Here is how to build catch-pass skills that hold up when it matters.
A box kick or up-and-under is only as good as the chase behind it. Here is how to organise your chase line, compete in the air safely, and make sure your own catchers are ready for what comes next.
World Rugby's lower tackle height is no longer a trial. It is law in community rugby from this season, and unions choose waist or base of the sternum. Here is how to retrain your defence.
