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Back-to-back Wrestle

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Back-to-back Wrestle

Players sit back-to-back and link arms. The coach calls either left or right, and the players try to get the corresponding shoulder to the ground; thus fighting against their partner. A great warm up before going into contact.

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Remember if I can't if I shout out a side see if you can win right link up link up link up link up. Right? Right right. Get him over get him over. Come on. Good battles there. Be careful at where your boots off. Okay, stand up find an area. Are you? Okay now we're gonna go right again.

Contact Warm-Up

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Contact Preparation

To prevent injury, it's important to ensure your players have done some upper body / contact exercises before doing any tackling drills.

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Press Up Wrestle

Players get into pairs and take up a press-up position facing each other. They then attempt to slap away their opponents arms. The exercise requires balance, core and upper body strength.

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Warm up with collision

A progression for preparing the player for contact & collison

1:34

Squat Piggy Back

A good warm up for contact that also gets players thinking about their body position for tackling.

1:49

Warm up torso on ground

An active warm up is best, for all the body

1:07

Warm Up - Upper Body Resistance

Various light resistance exercises to prepare the upper body for contact work.

0:43

Upper body / torso stretch

Developing good body shape is key in the warm up, especially prior to any contact or scrum work

0:15

Warm up resistance with wrestling

Warm ups need to include dynamic preparation exercises

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Warm up resistance with fend

Adding in a warm up for collision work is essential with older age groups

0:36

Contact skills introduction

Warm ups should include contact and collision work