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Quins Defence - Tackling in units 3 v 3

This exercise is part of a tackle technique progression and pitches 3 attackers v 3 defenders. As in match play the attacking players will present different challenges to the defenders. The coaches can choose to alter the conditions to put more or less pressure on the players

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Go ahead go to scan. Yeah, you got to come get drawn in combo watch go. Hello good defensive line. Great line speed give them no room go. shoulder on him go Good. Come on. Get a line Spade. Get off the line go. Okay, where are we where we weaken the defensive line at the moment? So again, the line speed the line speed is dropped off. Ok, the line speed has dropped off what else loads of space on the outside? Well, that's fine because it takes a bit of time for the ball to get to the outside. What about down this channel? Yeah, we're getting on the drift. We're getting on the drift very early. Now. We don't need to drift here why three on three and that is the key it's three on three. Okay, we don't need to drift we can take the space up knowing I've got him. He's got him. He's got him bang bang bang. We come up we gon get them. Yeah don't stand off go and get them be aggressive coming off the line, but we've got to hold this inside Channel because that's the weakest area. Yeah don't kill him good go forward forward pass, but we're sitting back there. Well Hal James well held well seen go. It's all right shoulder on it shoulder on it's not a full tackle go. I think we'll finish with that one. Why was he able to take the interception for lunch? Yeah, great line speed. Yeah, you know, you know seen it when we when we analyze the first team games whatever when players come off the line and you know fly our sand inside centers are trying to Ping that flat past someone's on the end of it and we're under their post as opposed to the other way around. Yeah, get the line speed. The last thing you want as an attacker is for the thinking space to be taken up and you have to rush things.