Rugby Coaching Drills Video Library
Broncos 6 - Attack to Defence 8 v 5
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Switcher and now it's going to be eight against five the five Defenders. You're going to go from a three on two. We're trying to score flip around you're coming out to defend off the sidelines eight blocks to coming at you. So you're going from Attack to defense. All right, those plays are your three go. We probably will. But control like that, okay. Christ a big control kit
Games for Decision-Making
Games for coaching Contact
The coaches use a variety of conditions for both the attackers and defenders to reinforce the coaching points. Small sided games enable players to learn in a live environment similar to actual match conditions
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The classic schoolyard game. Played full contact but with tackle pads. Attackers must get to the other side of the field without dropping their ball or being pinned to the ground by defenders with tackle pads.
Conditioned Game
A full-contact game to finish the session. The condition is that breakdowns only allow one player from each side, putting more focus on open play to practice the running and tackling skills covered in the session.
Attacking a Drift defence game
An advanced game for fixing defenders trying to drift
Broncos 5 - 2 Ball touch to test the defence
This exercise tests the defenders ability to keep a peripheral view of where the next threat might be coming from and to keep communicating with colleagues. Attackers are always looking for the next opportunity an so should defenders
Tag Game - Piggy in the Middle
A TAG variation to keep challenging decision-making
Touch rugby with offload after touch
A game for understanding the importance of support.
One touch turnover
An advanced game for developing spacial awareness
Colour touch game
A great game to play to develop spacial awareness and scanning techniques of players under pressure. Defensive players are allocated colours; which when called out require defenders to touch a nearby cone. Thus creating space for the attackers to exploit.
Conditioned touch - Defence press up
Allow your players to put what they've learned into action. In this example, one attacker and one defender must take a knee at the tackle area to resemble the breakdown.
Offload off floor touchrugby
A game for support running and lifting the ball off the floor after the tackle
Chapter 1 - Playing Tag Rugby
Introduction to TAG
One handed passing touch
Here the aim is for the player to pass the ball one-handed to support once they are touched.
8 v 4 Overload touch
A game for developing advanced understanding of decision making
Tag Game - Any Direction Tag Clip
Helps to identify space and works vision and decision making skills
Paramatta Touch
An advanced game for understanding the decision making under pressure with repeated 4v3 opportunities - this is also a great conditioning drill
Conor O Shea - is gamesense important
Conor O Shea discuss how using games is a big part of coaching at all levels
Conor O Shea - Managing officials
Conor O Shea discusses the importance of how it is important manage officials during a game
Tag Game - Mis-Match Tag
A TAG progression to identify attacking opportunities
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