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Dan Cottrell

Dan is a practising RFU Level 3 coach and coach educator. He coaches with the Bristol Bears DPP programme, is head coach of Bristol Schools U18s and the Rugby Performance coach for Bristol Grammar School.

He was head coach of Swansea Schools U15, Young Ospreys Academy, assistant coach with the Wales Women's Team for the 2010 World Cup, director of rugby for Cranleigh School, Surrey. He played for Bath, Bristol, Esher and Clifton, South West division, Gloucestershire and Surrey.

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Small-Sided Games

Quick Coach: Stone the crows

The thrower aims to put the catcher under pressure by throwing a ball so it arrives at the same time as their chaser. Score points for ...

Any line touch rugby

Create a fatiguing decision-making exercise. In this 4v2 game, players have 90 seconds to score as many tries as possible, but can choose ...

Emergency sessions

OLLIE TODD, head of rugby at Box Hill School, outlines three games you can set up if you suddenly find yourself having to run or modify one ...

Slice and block

Break down an organised defence by focusing on space outside their 10. These two plays require a good level of skill to run the right lines ...

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Quick Coach: Fend and pass

The ball carrier uses a strong fend to create space and time to pass the ball to their supporting player, while the defender aims to ...

Quick Coach: Wrestlemania

Two players wrestle with the ball until they go over one of the lines – then it’s a battle to win the ball on the ground.

Zombie Chiefs

A version of the classic game, where a ’zombie’ tags players to create a force of static zombies, which works on evasive development.

Ruck: take the space

Players arriving at the ruck are far better off going over the ball and beyond it, rather than just stopping at the ball. This works on ...

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