Position & Unit Skills
There's more to playing rugby than having the right skills. To a greater or lesser extent all positions are specialised. Players need an awareness of where they fit within the team and their roles within their units. For others an understanding of the team's tactics and good decision making skills are also vital.
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Lineout Lifting
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The lineout is a key part of the game. Ensuring your jumpers and lifters work together is vital.
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A Great Scrummaging Session (Part 1)
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How to run an effective scrummaging session in 30 minutes.
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A Great Scrummaging Session (Part 2)
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How to run an effective scrummaging session in 30 minutes.
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6 Attributes to Look for in Your Captain
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The captain's job is to ensure that each player is in the right frame of mind to give all they have to the team. Peter Tann offers his advice.
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The Role of the Fly Half - 5 Ways to Create Space (Part 1)
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The tactics you can adopt to create space, and therefore time, not just for the fly half, but for all your backs.
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The Role of the Fly Half - 5 Ways to Create Space (Part 2)
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The tactics and strategies you can adopt to create space, and therefore time, not just for the fly half, but for all your backs.
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Training the Back Row
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Ways to help improve this unit's performance.
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The Role of the Inside Centre (Part 1)
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The guide to the essentials and the extras of playing number 12.
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The Role of the Inside Centre (Part 2)
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The guide to the essentials and the extras of playing number 12.
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The Winning Secrets of Magic Space
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Tactics to get your fast winger into the game.
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The Role of the Blindside Flanker
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You need to blend the talents of three players to produce a back row unit whose whole is greater than the sum of its parts, says Peter Tann.
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Realignment - The Centre Shift
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It's not easy playing in the centre. Some of the specifics are difficult to define, but here is a clever little "adjustment" you can use.
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The Role of the Number 8 (Part 1)
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The guide to the essentials and the extras of playing in this vital position.
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The Role of the Number 8 (Part 2)
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The guide to the essentials and the extras of playing in this vital position.
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Secrets of the Front Row - Better Binding
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The power of the binding between front row players is an important part of winning and losing games.
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Quick Draw McCaw
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A training session to get your players to tackle and win turnovers like Richie McCaw.
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The Outback Full Back
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With kicking being such a feature of the modern game, the positioning of your full back in defence can be critical.
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How to Play with a Small Pack
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Strategies you can use to deal with the challenges of having a small set of forwards, to play the most exciting rugby in the league.
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Secrets of the Front Row - The Props
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Despite seeming to perform the same role - though in reverse - what's required of each prop differs in a number of key ways.
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Scrummaging with the ELVs
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The ELVs (experimental law variations) came into force on August 1st. You will have to adapt your coaching, or your team will struggle.
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The Scrum Half and the ELVs
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How scrum halves have to adapt their defensive duties at scrums under the ELVs (experimental law variations).
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The ELVs and Lineouts
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The ELVs have resulted in a number of changes to the lineout laws.
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Kicking from Your 22 Under the ELVs
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When the whistle blows in your next match you'd better be prepared.