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| I would suggest widening his stance and therefore reducing his height. Remembering good technique of being parallel with touch and square with goal lines.
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| At the risk of stating the obvious for me the key is always thinking about my hips & lowering them - I find the best way to coach this is to use the analogy of sitting down on the toilet, or otherwise try Sumo, then they must bend at the waist to get the upper body angle right (ir not too upright, level back or very slight incline upwards from hips to waist (no more than 10 degrees). I saw them demonstrated very well on the London Coaching Conference this summer & must apologise but I can't recall the guys name, but ISTR he coaches the England Women's scrum, Graham Smith is it? Anyway he did a whole 90 minute session called "The Tower of Strength" using mostly 1 on 1 practice, after working on individual body positions, using broom handles across the shoulders & along the spine to demonstrate to the other players & coaches the correct angles. I have found this works really well with my own players & have built on it by using a digital camera to show them instantly what their own body position looks like relative to the other players. What your tall leggy prop needs is a key thought that you can remind him of as he sets up to engage, especially when he is tired & reverting to his default natural position which is in a too higher plane. Hope it works - I just shout SUMO or SH*T (sounds like SIT)! Tobes6
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| This problem might not only be a loosehead problem. Remember that the front row works as a unit, and I would like to know what the hooker and tighthead looks like, physically, before offering my 2c worth.
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