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Rugby: Back To Back Turn & Chop Tackle

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Players stand back to back with coloured cones either side. When the coach shouts go both player run around their white cones. The coach shouts a colour and the ballc carrier runs towards that cone. If the attacker runs to the tacklers left hand side they must tackle with their left shoulder, if they run right they must tackle with their right shoulder.

COACHING POINTS

Focus on tackling low and getting the head on the correct side
Right shoulder, right foot close. Left shoulder, left foot in close
Close the space down as the defender, forward movement first

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Around The Clock Tackling:

Set up 5 cones around in a circle. The tackler works out from the first cone to make the tackle. The tackler then backtracks around the next and then comes forward to make the tackle again. Two tackles off the right shoulder, one front on and two off the left shoulder.

Warm Up

Back To Back Pre Contact Wrestle:

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Players sit back to back, arms interlocked and knees bent. The coach says left or right. The players must battle to pull their partner to the floor on the said side.

Contact Skills

1v1 Clap Tackle - Warm up:

Groups of 2.

Everyone find some space.
Stand opposite your partner.
One of the players (attacker) use footwork and move arround.
The other (defender), try to keep as close as they can to the moving player.
The attackers claps at a point of his choice, this is when the defender makes a shoulders on contact.

Low Impact.
Shoulders on.

Warm Up

2v2 Tackle and Clear Out:

2 on 2 tackling and clear out game.
Players line up in two lines, adjacent to the coned gameplay area.
The coach stands opposite the two lines with the ball and passes to the front player of either team.
The front two players of each team run round the back of their cones and the ball carrier takes the ball into contact.
The two secondary players then ruck over and attempt to clear each other out.
One team comes away with the ball.

Tackling

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