To prevent injury, it's important to ensure your players have done some upper body / contact exercises before doing any tackling drills.
Various light resistance exercises to prepare the upper body for contact work.
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.
A progression for preparing the player for contact & collison
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.
Warm ups should include contact and collision work
A good warm up for contact that also gets players thinking about their body position for tackling.
Warm ups need to include dynamic preparation exercises
Developing good body shape is key in the warm up, especially prior to any contact or scrum work
An active warm up is best, for all the body
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