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LOGINScrap, scrap, scrap!
Help players discover ways to retain possession in contact or find ways to rip the ball away from the opposition with the new tackle height laws in place.
WHY USE IT
Sometimes contact sessions need bone-on-bone activity to help players discover the best solutions.
set up
A 10m circle and two balls, plus a 3m wide, 20m long channel, split into four boxes.
HOW TO PLAY
ACTIVITY: Two attackers, each with a ball, start in one half of the circle, with four defenders in the other half. On your shout of “Go!”, the attackers move into the defenders’ half-circle and must retain the ball for 10 seconds. If a defender leaves the circle, they must return through the attackers’ side of the circle. If the ball is ripped from one attacker, the defender, or defenders, can move on to work on the other.
GAME: Three attackers, each with a ball, start at the far end of the box. Put a defender in the spare boxes, with two in one box. The ball carriers must get to the far end of the channel without going out of it or losing the ball. The defenders have to stay in their boxes. They can tackle at hip height and above, but not above the ball. The attack has 30 seconds to score as many tries as possible. If an attacker goes out at the side of the channel, they must start again from the beginning. There is an incentive for the defenders to grab on to the ball to slow down the progress.
COACHING POINTS
- Ball carrier: keep rolling the shoulders to keep the ball away from the defence.
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- Put two attackers, each with a ball in one half of the circle
- Put four defenders in the other half
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The ball carriers move into the other half-circle and must retain the ball for 10 seconds
- The first contact must be below the ball, the second can be on the ball
- If a defender goes out of the circle, they must return from the attackers’ side
- If the ball is ripped from one attacker, the defender can move on to work on the other
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Three ball carriers aim to get through the narrow channel to the far end. They have 30 seconds
- Where there is one defender in a box, they aim to drag the ball carrier out of the channel
- If they go out of the box, they start from the beginning again
- Where there are two defenders, they aim to rip out the ball or drag the ball carrier out of the channel
Dan Cottrell
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