Filed under: Dan Cottrell, Rugby Fitness | Tags: agility, footwork, rugby league, visual cues
Something from the New Zealand Rugby League community. A footwork and agility drill which works on acceleration, slowing down and then changing direction, based on visual cues.
Filed under: Dan Cottrell, Rugby agility, Rugby Coaching, Rugby Conditioning, Rugby Fitness | Tags: Rugby Drills, Rugby Fitness, US rugby, warm ups, women's rugby
Here is a warm up routine that has the following great attributes:
1. It works the whole body.
2. It’s organisational – it promotes teamwork.
3. It’s reactive – there is no set pattern.
4. It is rugby related.
AND, it is easy to replicate across all levels.
Filed under: Dan Cottrell, Rugby Coaching, Rugby News | Tags: Barefoot rugby, Lions, safe tackling Lynn Evans
In South Africa, many schoolchildren play rugby barefoot. It is not a financial issue. It is because the grounds are so hard boots would be uncomfortable.
It also removes one of the fears of contact: a foot in the face is far less scary than a bunch of studs.
I was interviewing Lynn Evans yesterday who has just returned from coaching for the IRB in South Africa. He witnessed some very interesting training and games, alongside the test matches and provincial games for the Lions. I think he was most amazed by an Under 9s game where the players were barefoot, played 15-a-side on a big pitch, with full scrums and lifting in the lineout. “Apart from the lifting and scrums, the game was like any normal Under 9s game”, he told me, “with the players congregating around the ball.”
Filed under: Dan Cottrell, Rugby Coaching, Rugby Training | Tags: binding, flanker, player centred approach, scrum
Here is a New Zealand coaching video which shows how the angle of the flanker’s bind.
The rugby technique is great, the method of coaching better! Loads of questions and player involvement.
