This Session is designed to introduce junior players to the ruck and improve older players' rucking ability - Starting slowly and controlled and gradually increasing the intensity.
Possession is key to winning in rugby. With a strong ruck your players can continue to progress up the field without ever losing the ball.
Contrary to popular belief good rucking is a key skill for all players, not just your forwards. This week?s Sportplan session looks specifically at ways to instil good rucking technique into your team. All players must be able to ruck, especially your backs if they get caught out wide with very little support.
With a confident, strong and technically correct rucking technique your players will be able to tell the opposition to "ruck off!"
The first drills in this session start off simply and can easily be used by junior sides or groups to introduce them to the idea of rucking. However, with our progression pointers you can continue to use this session with more advanced players, gradually making each drill more and more challenging.
in more ways than one
sportplan_netball
in more ways than one
sportplan_rugby
Tacklers are aiming lower, so carriers who dip late put heads at risk. Teach footwork, a strong early body height and leg drive to win the collision safely.
The hooker's brake foot moved from trial into full law in July 2026. Here is how to coach it so your front row stays stable, legal and safe.
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.
