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For school assignment, i am teaching 12-13 year old girls rugby and need tackling drills
Hi Erin,
I`m using `tackle doughnut` for my U9`s to build confidence in the tackle and they love it.
It`s a game which requires tweaking depending on the players and i`ll outline my variations which have made this work. Initially it did not work but with perseverance and changes to the rules it started to work well and they ask to play it now.
The reason i like this is that it is purely about tackling under live game conditions but at a slower pace (they cant get up much speed due to the size of the area, which you can vary). It`s also not a routine boring drill - this is attack vs defence and you can use a scoring system if you like but with U9`s that goes out the window fairly quickly.
As it`s close to you, you can coach the tackles being made and get the kids to analyse why they are succeeding or not and correct mistakes.
Most importantly this is fun, which for some kids tackling is not.
Here are some of the things i`ve added/used to get this to work.
I dont have image 2 uploaded so if you have any questions please give me a shout.
Balance the players appropriately, this is about confidence building. overload the defence/attack as appropriate. Keep score if the game flowing freely to add competition. Progress the takecklers how to move onto rucking position and also good presentatiobn for those tackled.
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