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Do you have easy backline moves to teach them thats easy enough to excecute?

Colour Cone Attack

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Drill to practice attacking from different positions. Set up a grid roughly 20m wide and 15m long with three defenders (yellow) and four attackers (blue). Within the grid place a number of different coloured cones. The attack start with the ball and the coach will shout the colour of a cone, the attack must touch the ball on that cone before they can attack. Once the attack have touched the ball on the cone the defence can start to defend. PROGRESSION: To start with the defence can only move laterally along the try line, then are allowed to move off the try line.

Colour Cone Attack

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Lizanne JacobsCoach, South Africa

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Cam HughesCoach, England

Hi Lizanne,

I found some great resources for easy backline moves that you can teach your team. Here are a couple of drills that might be just what you're looking for:

Simple Back Line Backs Moves: This drill involves moving the ball along the line with a focus on the blindside wing. It's a straightforward play that can help your players understand the basics of backline movement. 1 Check it out here.
Passing Along The Line: This is a simple hand drill that can be progressed into many backline movements. It involves 1 ball, 4 players, and an area of 20-30m by 20m. 2 Learn more here.

These drills should be easy to execute and help your players build confidence in their backline skills. Enjoy coaching!

Cam

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