The ball finds its way on to the ground plenty of times in rugby. But are your players adept at recovering it quickly and using it well? Here we look at how to improve the efficiency of recovering the ball so your players have more options than just diving on it in the loose.
There are six key techniques for picking up the ball from the ground:
Practising the technique
Have players in pairs roll the ball out for each other. The chasing player follows the ball, picks it up and passes back to their partner.
Develop this by having another player compete for the ball, but starting a few metres behind the player who rolls it out. The attacking pair have to reach the end of a 10m-square box without the ball carrier being touched by the defender.
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