Passing & Handling
Passing and handling are the essential parts of rugby, yet even the best international players drop the ball. This section looks at ways to improve these core rugby skills, whilst keeping training fun, interesting and challenging.
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Catching Passes
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Even the best international players drop the ball, so it is useful to remind ourselves what the key principles are. And we are not just talking about a normal catch and hold.
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Touch Rugby to Make Your Players Shine
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This simple game concentrates on running, support play and passing ability, ensuring a great skills and fitness workout for the entire team.
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9 Ways to Train with Tyres
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A fun alternative to the usual drill equipment, to boost core skills and fitness.
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Making Core Skills Fun
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Core skills training can be a chore. Here's how to add some variety to make the process more fun and develop the skills quicker.
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Training with Tennis Balls
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Tennis balls make a welcome alternative from the usual rugby ball work and also teach good technique.
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Passing Along the Floor
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A lucky break, or a potent attacking weapon?
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Blind Passing – Silent Support
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Are you brave enough to try these things?
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Rugby in Union?
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What rugby union can learn from rugby league.
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Stop Slow Ball Killing Your Game
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A key feature of rugby is the speed the ball is recycled. Quick ball provides options. Slow ball causes teams to struggle.
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7 Ways to Improve Passing with Footwork
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Which of your players concentrates on getting their feet right before they pass the ball?
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Training in the Rain
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Making the most of a session when it's raining.
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Tramlines Rugby Practice
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For Frank Hadden, the Scotland coach, practising the basics is an important part of training.
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Touch Rugby to Make Your Players Shine
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Simple games with big skills and fitness gains.
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Pop Cycles
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A full session to boost your team's short passing skills.
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It's Not What You've Got, It's How You Use It (Part 1)
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Ways to improve your team's go forward.
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It's Not What You've Got, It's How You Use It (Part 2)
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Ways to improve your team's go forward.
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The Dangers of the Offload
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An offload is a ball that is passed after the ball carrier goes into the contact. Most commonly a player is tackled and, as they fall over, they "flip up" the ball to a player in support.
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Strategies and Tactics for the Youth Game (Part 2)
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Youth rugby has a number of differences from the adult version and requires different strategies. In this article I look at moves and plays.
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Seven Uses of Funny Feet to Improve Your Team's Passing
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Games to develop passing skills, particularly when unbalanced.
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Rugby Quidditch
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Teaching younger players about space and evasion skills.
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Quick Hands
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How to coach players to catch better and so improve their all round handling and evasion skills.