Core skills and fitness drills
It is important to introduce rugby skills training into your training drills as soon as possible, and preferably during the pre-season programme.
This has many benefits. Not only will your players' skills improve, they’ll be more motivated to train hard if a ball is involved, and their fitness levels will get a timely boost.
Set up a core skills and fitness circuit.
Continuous passing gate
- Players take and give a pass as they run through the gate.
- Passes must be accurate – dropped balls cost press ups.
- Players work continuously for 30 seconds and then swap places.
Extend the drill - Challenge the players to catch poor passes.
- Change the width of the gate so players have to adjust their passes.
Sprint relay race
- Players sprint to the cones, turn, sprint back and high five the next player who then sprints
- Players work continuously for 1 minute.
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Extend the drill- Players run backwards on the way back.
- Players have to do a press up at the cones before sprinting back.
Truck and trailer
- Players work in pairs running, round the small square.
- The "trailer" has to stay as close as possible to the leading player – the "truck". They keep giving soft pop passes between them.
- Players work continuously for 1 minute.
For more core fitness skills drills, click here.
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