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Back Play - Attack From Scrum - Younger Youth

To take advantage of the forwards being grouped and to utilize the space this provides, young players should be encouraged to develop their decision making from a non-prescriptive environment.
It’s not a matter of going through a strike move repertoire. Its a matter of attacking the space between the two teams and running support lines that will assist the ball carrier

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These under 13 players show good examples of natural awareness and techniques and back play see how the fly-half assesses the options in back play and decides to change direction to the less defended side of the scrum. He does this not by Running With The Ball but by passing across the back of the scrum a link player passes immediately to his faster teammate who attacked the white space. from this scrum each player attempts to attack space And while the final bull is ambitious the timing is excellent. In this example the attack create a breakdown from this break down notice how the center indicated straightens passes and gets back into support. Again, the same player straightens passes and gets back into support. Are we see under 14 players showing awareness of white players and the ability to get the ball to them? The sequence shows an excellent phase quickly turned into a try scoring opportunity. Children will rarely make excuses for not using the ball how many adults would run and handle the ball in similar conditions? In this final clip watch the basic running and handling skills of these young players. Hands ready to receive the pass. Straighten the line commit Defender and pass and ready. Straighten the line commit and pass. Perhaps the ball could go now but there may be an issue with depth. However, the ball is presented and possession retained.