Touch, TAG and Sevens Rugby
Mini, touch, TAG and Sevens are all great ways to introduce new and young players to rugby. But we mustn't forget that touch and TAG rugby are particularly good variations also to use in training with experienced players.
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Touch rugby top tips
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Playing touch rugby can pay dividends when it comes to full contact matches.
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Using touch rugby to improve the basics
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A look at how touch rugby can allow your players to experiment and extend their core rugby skills.
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The one-session rugby workout
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Ken MacEwen shows you how to build your team's fitness and improve your players' rugby skills at the same time.
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Tramlines rugby practice session
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Getting your rugby players to practise the basic skills is an important part of every training session.
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Fun invasion game for rugby skills
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An exciting all-action invasion game, that can easily be applied to rugby.
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Touch rugby basics
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Rugby coaching tips looking at the pros and cons of touch rugby. These games have big skills and fitness gains for your players but read on to avoid the pitfalls.
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3 Man, Sweeper, Chain and Arc for 7s Defence
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Colin Hillman, former Welsh Sevens coach, describes ways to set up your sevens defence.
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The Best Sevens Attack in the World
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"Score off scrums, stretch the defence from lineouts and breakdowns, then score", says Mike Friday, the highly successful former sevens coach.
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Rugby Quidditch
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Teaching younger players about space and evasion skills.
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Red Zone Madness
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Training players to score more tries.
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The Honey Trap
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Five games to improve your players evasion and footwork skills.
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No Mistake Touch Rugby
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A no tackle game requiring constant movement.
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Touch rugby drill to vary training
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Paul Tyler recently assessed an U10 coach. The coach used touch rugby during the rugby training drill session in an innovative way. This got Paul thinking about how touch rugby can be used as a viable alternative to contact rugby in training.
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Evasion skills game for young rugby players
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This fun chasing game is aimed at helping young players improve their evasion skills and tag and touch tackling, while encouraging them to run with the ball in two hands.