This exercise is only for those who have worked on their conditioning previously. The star push up works all areas of the body and is a great way of strengthening your body for the contact elements of rugby, this exercise is a series of fundamental body movements to prepare the body for more agility and power close to the ground
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The next push up is called the star push up. Remember something your body reacts to what you give it.
A combination of stretching and conditioning this exercise prepares the body for contact and ground work. Building up a range of techniques and movements on or around the ground is helping to improve contact work for may players
This is TOUGH!! Fundamental movements for rugby now include more combat style techniques to build up strength for contact and breakdown work. This exercise works the core to improve balance, power and speed
This exercise combines a number of movement skills to improve players ability around the breakdown and ball presentation. The drill uses three players at a time so the players need coordination skills and it is great fun. Use this for stretching, motivation and conditioining
Body position and supporting your own body weight is a contentious issue at the breakdown. In this drill a combat coach explains how to become better at supporting your own body weight. This is a series of body movements to strengthen the core and improve flexibility
Along with other groundwork exercises this is a fantastic drill to build flexibility and strength while in a low position - Also known as "Aligator" walks they are very hard to do
The contest at the breakdown is always changing and new techniques are often introduced however there are some fundamental skills required and this clip explains some of them
After starting with a defence-focused game, this drill can be used to focus on organising a drift defence from the breakdown. The four defenders touch all cones in the tackle area to simulate chaos before getting into position.
In this exercise, players practice side-stepping followed by a front and back pivot. Progress to work in pairs with a ball to develop co-ordination and gently pushing each other to improve stability.
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