Cold weather session #1 Tuesday 13th Decemember 22 🥶
Please read the information below to get the best benefit from this session, take your time, particularly on the first part of the session. The more you 👀 look, the more you will see.
Links 1-6 are 4v2v2 activities.
Please watch the ones that show you as either an attacker or defender (1,2,3 are for older players 4,5,6 are for younger players). During the first two clips, I give some commentary. Once you have watched these I suggest a couple of times each please go to the third clip which is silent and do your own commentary for every time that four attackers take on the two defenders.
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Older Videos 🌳
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Younger Videos 🌱
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4v2 Older green attack
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4v2 Younger green attack
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4v2 Older blue attack
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4v2 Younger blue attack
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4v2 Older silent
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4v2 Younger silent
If you have the option slow the clip down, pause it or watch it several times. I find it best to use the arrow keys and go through very slowly, when I do this I can toggle forwards and back and see which way the defender's hips were facing, where the ball carrier was looking and where the player in the best position to run through the defensive line was.
I am looking to work out what needs to change to get a successful outcome or what happened when there was an unsuccessful outcome.
It does take a bit of time but as you develop your understanding of what you and other players might do differently, you grow your rugby intelligence and become a much more aware player.
You will also start to see patterns, for example, are you a player that only passes one way or is always on the end, or dummies or only passes to the same player? Understanding your patterns is always useful, but it’s really important to have the option of adding variety to your game. If you see a pattern, next time we do 4v2v2 see if you can do other things as well, it will broaden your play.
We know that there are four attackers and two defenders so the challenge is to understand what the attackers could have done differently to get through the defence. For example, could the pass have gone to another player or did the space open up in front of the player with the ball. Was it a bad pass to the right player or could the player trying to catch the ball have done better, and if so what?
When the attackers did get through the defence, explain to yourself (out loud if you wish) why they were successful? What happened? Was that down to poor defence or good attack? When they did not get through explain what they would need to change.
Link 7 is a series of 5 differing types of tackles, can you see the differences in what the tackler does, can you commentate on the tackles. Go through the clip slowly, and commentate for example: on how the arms and how legs are used. Does the tackler use the shoulder? Do they have control of their body? How does the tackler get back to their feet and what do they do next? Could they have used another tackle? And was their head always in the right place? 📽 Watch Video
Link 8 is an explanation of why we don’t teach the chop tackle at the clinic. 📽 Watch Video
Link 9 is an opportunity to see two different tackles producing two differing outcomes. Can you commentate on what happens and the differing outcomes? 📽 Watch Video
Link 10 shows two refereeing decisions do you know what they are? 📽 Watch Video
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