Okay, Ruby, netball. You can run. It's a three second rule on how long you can have the ball you playing between the halfway the 20 to the 15 and the touchline 20 passes? three four five six seven come on accuracy, three, four, five six seven good eight. Nine ten, eleven twelve thirteen. No more of those 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 20, what was good in the middle of that what happened chat or some decent chat, but not enough what else? Movement. Yeah, where do we put the ball space? Alright, we put the ball into space The Defenders have to move we create space somewhere else. Yeah, and then we can exploit that space V. Good KK 7 8 9 10 11 12 13. Excellent 14 lucky 15 16 17
Jake Sharp from Oaklands college delivers a fun game that requires a range of skills from the players. The coach uses lots of questioning to cement the learning and talk about why games are such an important coaching tool
A warm up that uses some simple games as the central theme. The session planned is for kicking so the coach conditions the stretching accordingly
Owen Davies provides the main points for "Egg in the nest" game and why he uses games to keep the players engaged and active
Owen Davies provides the main points for "Egg in the nest" game and why he uses games to keep the players engaged and active
Some simple but fun games to use for getting very young players enjoying rugby
Saracens academy coaches explain why they use games for their warm ups and show some examples
Chris Kibble of Esher RFC & Whitgift school says to start your sessions with a game. In this clip Chris runs a game called "Drop touch" where the players run back to a line when they make a touch. This is good for fitness and creating wholes to attack
A clever game created by Russell Earnshaw to encourage players to experiment and learn about communication
A great fun game that combines rugby and football, that also tests the players skills for catch & pass, awareness and support play. This can be played with age groups from 13 / 14 upwards
Another great conditioned game for pre-season training. With the addition of 'reptile crawls' for players who have made a touch, you incorporate an excellent core strength exercise that requires concentration under fatigue.
Young players are very rarely taught how to hold the ball. This video explains why this is important, how to coach it and incorporates some fun grip games to enforce the technique.
This great game helps you work on your ball transfer and fend. It teaches players how to keep the ball away from contact increasing ball retention on the pitch!
Here's a full dynamic warm up from London Scottish, try this at the start of the next session.
Add a competitive element to your warm ups to engage your players and mentally prepare them for the session.
Heres a full warm up focussed on agility that adds a competitive element to engage your players and mentally prepare them for the session!
Use this quick warm up drill to switch your players on for the session. It works on defence and attacking decision making as well as handling.
Get in pairs and players start in a press up position. Players hold onto opposite arms whilst still in the press up position. The aim is to remain balanced and work to pull the other player over
In pairs. Each player grabs one end of the tackle pad. The players wrestle to grab the tackle pad from the other players grasp. Repeat a couple of times.
This 4-man handling grid tests the coordination and peripheral vision of the central player. They have to accurately pass two balls quickly among the other 3 players. Change the central player regularly. Key factors : Communication - Concentration - Timing - Use wrists and not arms
A quick handling game to warm up. Handy if there's a few players standing around at the beginning of a session, waiting for others to turn up.
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