Rugby Coaching Drills Video Library

L2 - Kicking Target Game

Skill Practice Description • Scan and make decisions. • Set up the kick that makes the win scenario by moving the opposition. • Hold and drop of the ball. • Head over the ball and weight forward to reduce scope for error. • Don’t lean back and open scope for error. • Contact with lace, point toe and straight follow through. • Leg speed to generate power. • Catch with hands ready and elbows close. • Keep eye on the ball and watch the ball into the catch. • Gather, scan and return kick accurately Relevance to the Game • This game develops scanning and tactical decisions. • Develops technical accuracy.

Video Subtitles

Okay gents is say it's a kicking game. It's about tactical kickers are trying to move your opponent round out of the space that you want to land the ball in. So what you're trying to do is move them about, you know, allow past the halfway line and then when you kick it if you manage to land it in the yellow zones, you get three points in the white zone you get one point and the back blue zones you get Five Points. Okay, no height restriction, but it has to land flushing there. Let's go to three points. I'll give you that one. just short still three nail to Yellow Just out I use this one. Is that one? unlucky still three no talk me through what you're trying to do tactically here move around say okay. And what's the reason for trying to kick it and make it land rather than allowing him to catch it on the phone. Yeah. So if it bounces it gives you more time for you if your kick Chase. Okay, so it's really up to you stir. Yep, so you can start with it. Let's go. Don't worry about it. unlucky now now he's catching. It's probably spending more time in the air. So what can we do to try and make it spend less time in the air? Okay, so I'm going to get it. I'm going to give it up just on the line outside 6/5.