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Breakdown Fundamentals - Breakdance

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Breakdown Fundamentals - Breakdance

This is TOUGH!! Fundamental movements for rugby now include more combat style techniques to build up strength for contact and breakdown work. This exercise works the core to improve balance, power and speed

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I replace my legs and my hands like that. Nothing touches the floor. So what I'm going to do is we're going to go diagonally. Okay the line job to the life.

Combat & Collision Fitness

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Crazy fitness drills

Keeping fitness & conditioning exercises fun and fresh is very challenging as coaches want to ensure these drills are tough and get the players fit. This clip highlights when fitness work should be done and shows some weird and wonderful examples to improve fitness & strength at the breakdown

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Breakdown Fundamental - Rollovers

This exercise combines a number of movement skills to improve players ability around the breakdown and ball presentation. The drill uses three players at a time so the players need coordination skills and it is great fun. Use this for stretching, motivation and conditioining

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Breakdown Fundamentals - Spiderman walk

Along with other groundwork exercises this is a fantastic drill to build flexibility and strength while in a low position - Also known as "Aligator" walks they are very hard to do

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Breakdown Fundamentals - 123 Push-up walk

A combination of stretching and conditioning this exercise prepares the body for contact and ground work. Building up a range of techniques and movements on or around the ground is helping to improve contact work for may players

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Fitness - Bear crawls

Groundwork fitness has been introduced by professional clubs over the last two seasons. Getting players fit for the contest at the breakdown is about specialist conditioning and these exercises are very tough when done properly

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Fitness - Reptile crawls for rucking

Fitness exercises to help players improve their effectiveness in contact are very popular at present. Jack Crehan talks through this exercise and demonstrates how it should be done

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Combat fitness - Press Up Jackal

Our combat & collision skills are behind the southern hemisphere and elite coaches are working hard to change this. Here is a simple exercise for both technique and fitness

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Collision Fitness - Spinning Bears

Another innovative exercise from "The Athlete Factory" which combines speed & power with technical accuracy. These exercises can be applied to all age groups to build confidence

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Collision Fitness - Slaps & Taps

Combat style exercise for agility, tackle technique and general warm up. This should make players work hard on the their feet for 60 second bursts

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Breakdown Fundamentals - Bridge Endurance (Frogs)

Body position and supporting your own body weight is a contentious issue at the breakdown. In this drill a combat coach explains how to become better at supporting your own body weight. This is a series of body movements to strengthen the core and improve flexibility