Scrums and Lineouts

It is sometimes said that good scrummaging players are born, not made. Although some rugby players are the "right shape" to play in the scrum, the truth is you never stop learning. And with at least 11 factors affecting every one of your lineouts, it’s important you keep working with your forwards to perfect this vital set piece too.

Coaching tips for lineout lifting - The rugby lineout is a key part of the game. Coaching your jumpers and lifters to work together is vital.

Wrong footing the lineout tail gunner - Study their last man at your lineout and you may find yourself changing your strategy early on.

Coaching tips for a great scrummaging session - Work on your team's scrummaging technique and skills with the effective 30 minute coaching session.

Scrummaging coaching tips to win the hit - Rugby coaching tips to improve your players' scrummaging techniques.

Rule reminders for problematic rugby laws - The refereeing fraternity is always under the microscope. Six Nations and Super 14 games are dogged by interpretation and language difficulties. So we thought now would be a good time to look at a few of the more problematic areas.

Secrets of the front row - better binding - The power of the binding between front row players is an important part of winning and losing games.

Rugby coaching tips for training in the rain - Use the following rugby coaching tips to make the most of your training session when it's raining.

Rugby drills and tips to coach a great lineout session - Use the following rugby coaching tips and drills to run closed and open lineout training sessions.

How and when to use shortened lineouts - The when, where, how, tactics and options of shortened lineouts.

The best attacking options from lineouts - It's vital you make best use of possession, says Jim Love, head coach of Viadana in Italy.

Strategies and tactics for coaching youth rugby - Youth rugby has a number of differences from the adult version and requires different strategies. Here, I look at the lineout and attack kicking differences.

A Great Short Lineout - Having less than seven players in lineouts can have lots of benefit.

Secrets of the Front Row - How Players Cheat - It is helpful to know how cheating happens, so you can work out what strategies to overcome it.

How to Play with a Small Pack - 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.

An Aggressive Lineout Defence - Defending against the lineout maul remains a vital part of the game.

Secrets of the Front Row - The Props - Despite seeming to perform the same role - though in reverse - what's required of each prop differs in a number of key ways.

Scrummaging with the ELVs - The ELVs (experimental law variations) came into force on August 1st. You will have to adapt your coaching, or your team will struggle.

The Scrum Half and the ELVs - How scrum halves have to adapt their defensive duties at scrums under the ELVs (experimental law variations).

The ELVs and Lineouts - The ELVs have resulted in a number of changes to the lineout laws.

Encouraging Young Players to Be Confident in Contact - It is vital we get younger players confident to take and make contact.

5 Secrets of the Front Row - The current techniques used by front rows at the top of the game, from Andrew Millward.

Drop to Jump Higher - Getting more height from your lineout jumper is crucial to winning more ball.

The Starting Point for Every Good Lineout - Your own lineout is a key attacking platform in the game. However good your jumpers and tactics are, the throw is essential to success.

Lineout Throws - A great Ford Academy training tip. Please search the site for more clips of coaching drills in action.

Coaching binding basics - It is essential that all your players are taught the basics of scrummaging properly from a young age. Use rugby training drills and games to ensure they develop safe and effective techniques to use throughout their playing career.

Coaching binding for locks and back row - After coaching your players in the basics of binding for the front row (Coaching binding basics), the next drill focuses on binding of the locks (five man scrums) and the back row (eight man scrums).

Contact warm-up drill - Dominate the contact zone and you dominate the game, so warming up contact drills to prepare players physically and mentally are crucial to success.

Rugby drills for defending at the back of the scrum - With defences and attacks now set five metres back from the scrum, the need for a cohesive defensive strategy between your back row and scrum half is vital. Use the following rugby drills to work on these skills.

Lineout 3v3 rugby drill - To help you build better coordination in your lineout pods, try the following rugby training drill, working on attack and defence.

Rugby drills to get your front row binding tight - This rugby drill session focuses on making sure your front row is binding tight enough to allow your hooker to strike.

Rugby drill session focusing on effective lineouts - This rugby coaching one-session wonder shows you how to drill your players in preparing an effective lineout in only thirty minutes.

Rugby drill to speed up your scrum half pass -
The scrum half is a key player in your rugby team. He's the link between the forwards and the backs, the co-ordinator who dictates when the ball is to be produced, and he needs to be able to deliver great ball.
These rugby drills, skills and tips are aimed at increasing the speed of your scrum half's pass.

Scrummaging rugby drill - Scrums do not happen in isolation in a game. It is essential that scrum practices include an element of continuity, both before and after the scrum is set. For instance, a quick-handling rugby drill could be performed, then a scrum, finishing with a play off the back row.

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