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L2 - Support Line Breaks

Skill Practice Description • The objective is to increase the commitment to supporting a line break. • The teams play continuous touch, grip or tackle. • Stage 1: when a score is made all attacking players must touch the try line within 3 seconds or the try is disallowed and a turn over is awarded. • Stage 2: when a try is scored all attacking players must touch the ball on the ground within 5 seconds or the try is disallowed and a turnover is awarded. • Play starts again direct from the try line. • The coach may split the defence so cover defenders can challenge the effect of support play once the first line has been breached. Key Coaching Points • Encourage supporting players to angle toward the line break and not stay wide and lateral. • Encourage all attacking players to react and support a line break. • Speed of reaction. • Communication and team work

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Okay gents this pitch we're going that way again, the blue lines the try line for the blacks those cones as a trailer for the yellows those Blues the touchline and the halfway line this touchline as well. And what we're looking for is a game of touch if you take it forward, it's a two-handed touch you can then take two steps on once you've been touched and we're looking for support to come in close and take a pass like that. So we're looking for you to support either side if you can so he's got two options each time. There's a touch. Okay happy with those rules. All right. But take it forward. Then there's a touch two steps. I'm score. Its course Court. Well done. Give it turn it around the other ball. Take it forward. Let's go. So sure good offload gray support. Finish it off. But ball, let's go Tasha two steps take you for the skill. Where's the support? But I always come back words. That's what to get support both sides. So sure. Where is it? Good eye floater shallow for the support and score. Okay now to encourage you to encourage all of you to think about working hard to get in those support positions if I break through and score now. I break through and score. Everyone else on my team has got three seconds to get there and touch the try line of why the tries not going to count and I'll count it down from three. Okay, bloat Take It Forward the school was your support - yeah. There's a truck three two one. Okay, but bull I'll give you that one year as well done. Take it forward. Let's get us support other side work off the ball touch it too many steps. Let's go play take you forward. Tasha my own plans go backwards pressure low for the support go for with it and score. Three to give me that one going to make it a little bit more difficult. Now as soon as you cross the try line, you have to put the ball down well done for thinking though. And now all the other players on your team have to get there and touch the ball within three seconds for the try to can play Take It Forward Tasha goddess work defense to get him back. Three two one. No not quite half a second out turn it around. Let's go. Let's get great support three, two one. I'll give you that one. Well done.