This week we will be looking at simple ways we can create space where it doesn’t exist and to preserve space for team mates when making such moves. This will mostly involve the classic loop, switch, and miss pass (back inside / loop) moves, which I feel are under used or too often planned too [...]
Archive for February, 2012
Sunday Session #2 – Creating and Preserving Space, 2-(Wo)Man Moves
Posted in Tactical, tagged attack, communication, drills, running, tactics, technique, training on 16/02/2012 | Leave a Comment »
Sunday Session #1 – Agility and Running Lines
Posted in Technical, tagged drills, footwork, running, training on 12/02/2012 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve started indoor sessions with a local club and will be posting the details of those sessions so the players present (or not) can make greater sense of what we did. As much as possible, I will try to add some supportive video content and will reflect upon where I’d tweak the session if I [...]
Communication in Defence
Posted in Defence, tagged analysis, communication, defence, philosophy, tackle contest, tackling on 12/02/2012 | Leave a Comment »
I was reading an article today by Aussie, but wannabe-Irish (by the way he says ‘we’ when talking about them on tv), coach Matt Willaims about Ireland’s defensive woes. Simply put, he was criticising coach Declan Kidney’s use of the sliding defence, whereby players come forward and then move across the field with the ball, [...]
Great Drill Videos (in French)
Posted in Technical, tagged drills, tackle contest, video on 05/02/2012 | Leave a Comment »
I recently discovered that the French Rugby Union has it’s own video sharing account at Dailymotion. In addition to interviews and clips from big matches, they’ve got some great drill videos that I’ve only just started going through. Have a look at this clip on the tackle contest, and note that there are plenty more [...]
