Filed under: Dan Cottrell, Rugby Coaching, Rugby Skills | Tags: Amercian football coaching, footwork in defence, gridiron, tackle technique
I enjoyed this clip for a number of reasons. I am going to replicate some of the ideas for my Smart Sessions. I am perhaps not going to do much with the coaching style though!
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Here is a very interesting article from Paul Ackford of the Daily Telegraph:
In summary, he says that he is meticolous, with his attention to detail almost of OCD proportions. He has an incredible record of wins with Wales and the All Blacks. He lacks some soft management skills. He is not always that popular with the press or indeed some of his players.
What has struck me about Graham Henry has been his ability to learn from his mistakes, try something new and keep his distance from the players. He said his time with Wales and the Lions taught him much about the international game.
Do you measure his legacy on the style of rugby, the consistency of winning or the fact that his team lost two games of rugby, one against Australia and one against France?
Filed under: Dan Cottrell, ELVs | Tags: bridging, refereeing the contact area, sealing, usa rugby
Here is an excellent video from the US Rugby coaching newsletter.
Many thanks to Jen Gray for allowing me to post this piece.
USA Tackle Video
It is often difficult to safely and effectively coach a tackle, especially to new players of the game. However, if coaches had more insight as to what the Referee’s will be looking for on the pitch, then your team would have an advantage. Check out the helpful link below!
To attain better consistency at the tackle, USA Rugby Referee Management have put together 20 minutes of 40 clips (all 2009 RSL matches), covering most aspects of the tackle and ruck– what is allowed and what should not be allowed. Also included, are recommendations for unplayables – understand that a quick unplayable is a key tool to communicate a message to players.(Note: an unplayable is when a player falls over the ball and makes it unplayable to either side. Sanction a penalty kick.) Link to the video is here:
VIDEO
Filed under: Dan Cottrell, Rugby Fitness, Rugby Skills | Tags: rugby fitness drills, Rugby World magazine, rugby wrestling
Here are some basic ideas for rugby wrestling drills from Rugby World. The drills are rugby specific and can easily form a part of your warm up routines.
Filed under: Dan Cottrell, Rugby News | Tags: Cardiff Blues, Heineken Cup, Leicester Tigers, Martyn Williams, penalty shoot out, semi finals
The Heineken semi final between Cardiff and Leicester was decided on a penalty shoot out. Cardiff lost when the Tigers’ number Jordan Crane slotted over the seventh attempt in sudden death after the Wales and Lions openside Martyn Williams had missed his previous attempt.
Williams may become unique.
With all the clamour for the end of the “penalty shoot out”, high profile cup matches may finish in a different fashion. It won’t need a prop’s kick to decide the outcome.
It won’t be a toss of a coin either . However the mechanic will be just as contrived as the shoot out.
Whatever the decision on how to decide a tied game, I would seriously worry about adding more time to a semi final. By its nature, it is not the final game of the season. In fact, for Leicester, they have potentially three more intense games (the Premiership final and semi finals, plus the Heineken Cup final) ahead of them.
These players are running on empty by the final whistle. That’s how they are conditioned and then put themselves into the game. The risks of injury increase quickly with fatigue and they are not of the mind to hold back.
That might sound unrugby-like. What are these people? Men or mice? They are very determined, motivated, heavy, strong and fast. They have also got careers to think of and life beyond rugby. It was a cruel blow for Martyn Williams to miss that kick. If he had carried on a further ten minutes of rugby he could have damaged himself enough to miss the Lions tour.
Filed under: Dan Cottrell, ELVs | Tags: ELVs, IRB, rolling maul, rucking, rugby laws
This week, the ELVs came closer to becoming Ls.
The IRB rugby committee has ratified which laws it thinks should come into force and which shouldn’t. It is now up to the IRB council to confirm these on 13 May. It is likely they will become law for the start of the 2009 Northern Hemisphere season.
What’s in:
All the lineout laws EXCEPT any numbers.
5m at the scrum and the scrum half offside line.
Quick throw ins going backwards.
Passing into the 22m area invalidating the kicking compensation out of the 22m.
Corner flags not being part of touch.
What’s not in:
Pulling down the maul
Sanctions for rucks and mauls (that is free kicks for certain infringements)
What might be coming in:
Rolling subs in the community game
U19 scrum laws in the community game (that is the wheel and pushing distance laws)
Penn State Rolling Maul vs. Standford @ 2007 Nationals
