Rugby Coaching Drills Video Library
Warm Up - Upper Body Resistance
Contact Warm-Up
Back-to-back Wrestle
Players sit back-to-back and link arms. The coach calls either left or right, and the players try to get the corresponding shoulder to the ground; thus fighting against their partner. A great warm up before going into contact.
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Players get into pairs and take up a press-up position facing each other. They then attempt to slap away their opponents arms. The exercise requires balance, core and upper body strength.
Squat Piggy Back
A good warm up for contact that also gets players thinking about their body position for tackling.
Contact Preparation
To prevent injury, it's important to ensure your players have done some upper body / contact exercises before doing any tackling drills.
Contact skills introduction
Warm ups should include contact and collision work
Upper body / torso stretch
Developing good body shape is key in the warm up, especially prior to any contact or scrum work
Warm up resistance with wrestling
Warm ups need to include dynamic preparation exercises
1 to 1 Scrum
A great start for learning about correct and safe body shape in beginners. Also used with advanced senior players for effective scrum preparation and warm up.
Warm up with collision
A progression for preparing the player for contact & collison
Hit and drive shields from floor
Getting off the floor quickly and back into the game is a key part of continuity and of playing a high tempo game.
Tackle Bag Relay
This is a great drill for building confidence in young players and establishing an understanding how contact and collision occurs in the game. It is also a good fitness drill or contact warm-up for all levels.
Warm up torso on ground
An active warm up is best, for all the body
Warm up resistance with fend
Adding in a warm up for collision work is essential with older age groups
Group 1 v 1 scrummaging
This exercise allows you to develop good body shape in all forwards - they get multiple opportunities to practice foot positions and correct body shape and movement.
Press ups
An exercise for the chest, shoulders and triceps using only your body weight.
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