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Attack space & edges

Attack space & edges

This activity can encourage your ball carriers to run at pace, looking to avoid contact by anticipating where the spaces are.
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Go round in circles to create width in attack

Go round in circles to create width in attack

This unusual pitch set-up will pose problems for your players to solve. They will need to use good handling and support to get wide.
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Tunnel ball: the wide-pass decoy runner

Tunnel ball: the wide-pass decoy runner

Here’s how to practise a commonly used play to break outside the defence and thread the ball between them. By Wales Under-20s coach...
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Tackle recover

Tackle recover

Work on what the tackler and tackled player do immediately after the tackle. Some quick-thinking players can create or prevent turnovers ...
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Target practice

Target practice

Avoid aimless kicking. Give your kickers targets and, as they develop, make them look to kick to space and adjust before they kick.
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Contestable kicks

Contestable kicks

Develop your players’ ability to jump to catch a high ball under pressure. This activity aims to give your players more confidence.
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Bounce out: how a 9 attacks from the ruck

Bounce out: how a 9 attacks from the ruck

This is the action of a scrum-half running away from a breakdown. Here is how it works and how to practise it. By Wales under-20s coach R...
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Contestable kick-offs

Contestable kick-offs

If you concede a score, why not put the pressure back on the opposition by winning the kick-off? MATT BEBBINGTON on how the top teams ach...
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Rugby Coach Weekly Issue 158

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  • Attack space and edges
  • Tunnel ball
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    Handling booster

    Handling booster

    A session ideal for pre-season or in-season if you need to reconnect your players with their handling skills and pace onto the ball. By DAN ...
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    Tackle, turnover, attack

    Tackle, turnover, attack

    Develop your players’ ability to recognise and exploit any opportunities to counter attack from a turnover of possession. By COLIN IRELAND.
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    Hip, twist or turn?

    Hip, twist or turn?

    These are the three main options the ball carrier has when taking the ball into contact. Help players decide which is the best choice to ...
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    A need for rugby speed

    A need for rugby speed

    A circuit to train core running skills – changing direction and pace, accelerating and running backwards or sideways. By PAUL TYLER and DAN ...
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    Into the step zone

    Into the step zone

    An activity designed to develop players’ ability to make extra yards by moving to the side of their opponent while still moving forward.
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    Find the bib – playing in four dimensions

    Find the bib – playing in four dimensions

    Adapted from a game called ’drop-off touch’, this challenges players to look for and create mismatches. By Loughborough U...
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    Corners and arrows

    Corners and arrows

    Running lines like corners and arrows improves angles and timing of players’ runs but it needs a certain level of understanding of passing ...
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    Attack the weak point

    Attack the weak point

    Line breaks occur because there is a mismatch, a deception or a defensive error. This activity helps your players identify these situations.
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    Fast back, fast forward

    Fast back, fast forward

    Help players reposition themselves to make use of quick ball and overlaps. Those who stay balanced as they move will see the gaps.
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    Line-breaking moves

    Line-breaking moves

    By changing running angles, centres can leave gaps for wingers. Use ’ins’ and ’outs’ to create gaps and release the blindside winger.
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    The 'Four Fs' behind dominant ball carrying

    The 'Four Fs' behind dominant ball carrying

    Create opportunities by denting the defensive line and opening up spaces.
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    Bump, turn, pop

    Bump, turn, pop

    Help the ball carrier take the tackle on their terms, turn or spin out and pop the ball to a player who has better forward momentum.
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    360 degree attack

    360 degree attack

    Play this attack-scanning game where the attacking team look for spaces between and behind the defence to score tries.
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    Attack the ruck session

    Attack the ruck session

    Any practical module on a coaching course requires excellent preparation. Here is a session plan to deal with “developing technique at the ...
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    Developing positional speed

    Developing positional speed

    Speed training needs to be specific to the player’s position. Here are three training ideas for different positions.
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    Bull ring continuity game

    Bull ring continuity game

    Use a variation of a popular warm-up game to build up your continuity.

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