Rugby Essentials for Young Teams

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Author: Alex McLachlan

When coaching a young team you may have many children that have no rugby experience. It is very important for coaches to show the new players the correct technique in tackling, handling and scrummaging.  Good drills for young, inexperienced players for each of these skills are knee tackling, horizontal passing in lines of 4 and one on one tackling. Knee tackling helps the kids improve their technique and teaches them wfhere their body should be in relation to their opposition. Horizontal passing in lines of 4 involves the players passing to one another while running in a straight line. A good scrummaging drill for players of all ages is one on one scrummaging, this teaches the players the best body position to be in to prevent injury in scrums.


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