Filed under: Dan Cottrell, Rugby Coaching, Rugby Skills, Rugby Training | Tags: contact skills, drills, London Irish, rucking, Toby Booth
The coaches at London Irish are full of excellent ideas. Here is a video of a drill created by David Williams and London Irish Head Coach Toby Booth.
It is quick to set up, interesting and slightly unusual. It gives you an excellent chance to concentrate on honing good technique.
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
Filed under: Dan Cottrell, Rugby Fitness, Rugby Skills, Rugby Training | Tags: conditioning, mauling, rucking, Rugby Fitness, scrum, training, wrestling
In the January 2008 edition of Rugby Coach I explained how Greco-Roman wrestling could be used in rugby training. Here are the reasons for using it in your training.
3. Greco-Roman wrestling
Fitness. A minute bout of wrestling is tiring and closely related to rucking, mauling and scrummaging in terms of the type of physical activity used. Try six rounds with your team over a period of ten minutes.
Conditioning. The methods used in Greco-Roman wrestling use similar muscle groups to those in the contact area.
Techniques. Body positions and grips can be replicated in rugby.
Mind. The domination of an opponent requires mental as well as physical prowess.
Discipline. It is not the angry wrestler that wins the contest, but the one who controls their aggression through strength and technique. Poor technique in a moment of madness can lead to penalties and misdirected moves, very much like rugby.
On Monday, I will look at golf.
Filed under: Dan Cottrell, Rugby Coaching, Rugby Training | Tags: leg drive, missing players, rucking, Rugby Training, rugby weather, scrum, Smart sessions, training plans
Last night at 6.55pm I was standing in the local park, in the lashing rain, waiting to take a session with the senior team I help out with.
The misery was not complete though. The local council had shut off the electricity, so no lights, or hot water (who needs to wash if you are a real man). And of course, the steady stream of excuses for not training was pounding down the cell phones nearly as fast as the rain.
Then the sun appeared, the 20 players who had showed started up some touch rugby and we were away. There was no chance to do anything as a possible unit for the first league game at the weekend, because there were too many players missing. But those who had braved the weather were keen.
