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Hi-
I wanted to find out how other coaches handle field channeling -- i.e., how you indicate the location on the field where the ball is going to go for support purposes (for the purpose of this question, I'm not dealing with vertical positioning [i.e., inside our 22, inside their 22, halfway, etc.]).
I've seen it done two ways:
1) simply divide the field into 3-4 channels, referring to them by name (channel 1 is the closes to source of ball/set piece, channel 3/4 is the widest).
2) apply the channel system based on players position (channel 0 is blindside, channel 1 is anything in 10's channel, channel 2 is anything in 12's channel, etc.).
I'd be interested to hear what you are using and why.
Thanks,
Nipper
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One method popular in Australian RL is to divide the field across ways from 0 to 100 - 0 being the LH touch line, 100 the RH touch line so you have points across the field, 10, 20 etc. If you follow these things you might have read of teams attacking the 30/70 points or the 60/40 points and so forth.
In gridiron football they number the gaps between defenders, odd numbers going one way, even numbers the other. So when calling a play they can indicate which gap the runner is heading for. At the end of the day it will be a case of sitting down with your team and working out a common language that works for all of them.
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& ppl say rugby's a simple game! 
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| Nipper, I use two reasonably simple sets of channels. For first phase/phase play purposes, we use three channels which are probably like your example. Channel 1 is the space around the Set Piece/Tackle Contest, and generally refers to forwards ball, or keeping it tight. Channel Two is away from the TC area in a bit of space, but still reasonable distance for forward support. Channel Three is really wide, out in space. With my last team, we had a great back row and midfield backs, with a small tight five and slow-ish outside backs. So we used a lot of Channel Two ball, set moves for the centres/fh at set piece, back row taking quick ball from that TC. Forwards getting in behind the fh/ic in broken play, having a few more forwards movements in Ch 1/2 to buy a little room and eat up defenders to have a go at Ch 3 after a few phases. They were Colts, so we were prescribing sequences, but practiced them in theory in un/semi opposed sessions a lot and the phase play was almost always a treat to watch as everyone knew pretty much what we were trying to do based on our strengths. We also toyed with an idea like player numbers, but it only seemed useful during set piece when it was easy to get who was what number. So we stuck with channels, but some of the backs were getting in the habit of declaring a strike run 'inside' or 'outside' - ie. get the ball to Joe, who'll run an 'inside' (unders) line, and the others would know who's hitting the line, and think about what angles of support they might take off his run. So instead of running set moves, the fh would declare who'd strike the line and his support would pick their angles/loops, etc. based on how the defence reacted to our strike. That worked nicely sometimes, though we needed to practice it more. The other way we used channels was to nominate places to kick, and with a really accurate 1st5 and 2nd5, we used five channels (each with letter). Kicker would yell a word that began with that letter and everyone would know where his kick was meant to go.
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Thanks, guys. good info!
-Nipper
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| The channels that I have seen used most prominently are the 10,20,30,40 (sometimes 50) across the pitch which is very straightforward. In addition to this there is another route use in the numbers on players shirts. 11,10,12,13,14 - know off the first digit replacing it with any you wish. 21, 31, 41, etc ball becomes 1 channel 10,20,30,40,etc ball becomes 2 channel etc Alternately if you forget the channels and associate the number with a man (this being the point at which support is most needed) which allows some freedom. e.g. - inside center crashing us for the off-load would be 42 (or any number ending 2) e.g. - DSP to outside center would be 23........... Doesn't matter what happens in the period between
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It clearly depends on the age and experience of the team. With ball-handling attack, and side defence (i.e first phase and from a ruck), I have found that the easiest system; one that players seldom get wrong is odd numbers for the left, and even numbers for the right, starting with "0" (right) and "1" for the left. This way, it doesn't matter where the play is, everyone understands. I found this easier than numbering from touchlne to touchline, because those with their head down often had no idea where they were relative to lines, but they did know where they were relative to the area of play.
SteveJ
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