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Press Up Wrestle

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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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French slap their arms away so you can win come on. Find face find a position. Okay, come on and Away you go. Come on you guys to complete myself. Come on, slap him away. Come on be strong be strong. Don't worry about it, babe. Just s***. Like don't worry about your bit. They just get nice and warm, right? Yes votes on you beats him. Good work.

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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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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Warm up resistance with fend

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

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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

1:34

Squat Piggy Back

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

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Warm up resistance with wrestling

Warm ups need to include dynamic preparation exercises

0:30

Warm up with collision

A progression for preparing the player for contact & collison

0:36

Contact skills introduction

Warm ups should include contact and collision work

1:49

Warm up torso on ground

An active warm up is best, for all the body