Aims / Key Factors / Organization / Equipment / Time / Diagrams
Warm Up
Stuck in the mud + passing
Ball carriers evade the chasers and can pass at any time. If caught with ball, ball is placed on the floor and team mate must pass the ball to stuck player to release him. Chasers can only get ball carriers / Ball held in 2 hands
Move into space
Look for targets to pass 2
Push the pass across the body.
Pick the ball up with wide base. / 30 X 30 Grid
Attackers in yellow bibs
Defenders in red bibs /
GAME
Colours Game
Players to identify the space left by retreating defenders, and work out the best way to attack that space / Ball carrier must go Forward
Ball passed backwards. Rugby specific passes
Targets shown by support players.
Support players to be running onto the ball
Q: Is it best to run into the space of pass the ball to someone in the space? / 20 X 30 pitch
10 vs 10
Specific defenders must retreat back to the corner of their colour.
When the colour is called 50% of defenders will leave space for the attacks to attack.
Let one team attack for 3 minutes allowing success before changing over. /
SKILL DEV.
2 vs 1
(Lots of small channels so every one is active as possible)
SKILL DEV.
3 vs 2
(Lots of small channels so every one is active as possible) / Ball carrier to attack the space
Depth of support
Angle of support
Decision and timing of pass
Support lines of attackers – Running from depth
Decision making of ball carrier – pass to support player who is free / Ball carrier decides which date to go through.
Defence must react and copy. Support can go anywhere but must stay behind the ball carrier
Ball carrier to attack and can only pass once been tagged,
This will make it obvious which support player is free.
Progress this to passing before getting Tagged.
Defenders are restricted to the channels. /

GAME5 vs 3
Continuous attack / Ball carrier to go forward, with support either side. Decision making, to pass before or after tag? Support to come from depth
Q: Is it best to run into the space of pass the ball to someone in the space? / 20 X 30 Pitch
Attack to play for 2 minutes. Team with most tries wins
Fatigue will effect support lines, and Decision making /
GAME
Colours Game
Players to identify the space left by retreating defenders, and work out the best way to attack that space / Ball carrier must go Forward
Ball passed backwards. Rugby specific passes
Targets shown by support players.
Support players to be running onto the ball
Q: Is it best to run into the space of pass the ball to someone in the space? / 20 X 30 pitch
10 vs 10
Specific defenders must retreat back to the corner of their colour.
When the colour is called 50% of defenders will leave space for the attacks to attack.
Let one team attack for 3 minutes allowing success before changing over. /
Game
Full Game
Important this is not a fixture. Teams are mixed together and points are reward for demonstrations of game understanding / To incorporate everything from today’s SDD. / 30 X 20 Pitch /

TAG GAME UNDERSTANDING RELATED RFU PROFICIENCY AWARDS

STUCK IN THE MUD AND PASSING

PROFICIENCY AWARD / AWARD / ACTIVITY
INTRODUCTION TO RUGBY AWARD / 14 / STATIC CATCH AND PASS IN PAIRS
15 / STATIC CATCH AND PASS IN THREES
16 / STATIC (AND MOVING) PASS IN FOURS
20 / TAG TACKLE
MINI RUGBY AWARD / 2 AND 3 / ONE V ONE
RUGBY SKILLS AWARD / 2 AND 3 / ONE V ONE

GAME – COLOURS GAME

PROFICIENCY AWARD / AWARD / ACTIVITY
INTRODUCTION TO RUGBY AWARD / 15 / STATIC CATCH AND PASS IN THREES
17 / RUN, CATCH, SIDESTEP AND SCORE
19 / RUN, CATCH AND PASS IN THREES
20 / TAG TACKLE
MINI RUGBY AWARD / 2 AND 3 / ONE V ONE
7 / CATCH, PASS AND LOOP
8 AND 9 / TWO V ONE
RUGBY SKILLS AWARD / 2 AND 3 / ONE V ONE
5 / CATCH, PASS AND LOOP
6 / SWITCH PASS
10 AND 11 / TWO V ONE

SKILLS DEVELOMENT – TWO V ONE

PROFICIENCY AWARD / AWARD / ACTIVITY
INTRODUCTION TO RUGBY AWARD / 14 / STATIC CATCH AND PASS IN PAIRS
19 / RUN, CATCH AND PASS IN THREES
MINI RUGBY AWARD / 8 AND 9 / TWO V ONE
RUGBY SKILLS AWARD / 10 AND 11 / TWO V ONE

SKILLS DEVELOPMENT – THREE V TWO

PROFICIENCY AWARD / AWARD / ACTIVITY
INTRODUCTION TO RUGBY AWARD / 15 / STATIC CATCH AND PASS IN THREES
19 / RUN, CATCH AND PASS IN THREES

GAME – COLOURS GAME – SEE ABOVE

GAME – FULL GAME

PROFICIENCY AWARD / AWARD / ACTIVITY
INTRODUCTION TO RUGBY AWARD / 17 / RUN, CATCH, SIDESTEP AND SCORE
19 / RUN, CATCH AND PASS IN THREES
20 / TAG TACKLE
MINI RUGBY AWARD / 2 AND 3 / ONE V ONE
7 / CATCH, PASS AND LOOP
8 AND 9 / TWO V ONE
RUGBY SKILLS AWARD / 2 AND 3 / ONE V ONE
5 / CATCH, PASS AND LOOP
6 / SWITCH PASS
10 AND 11 / TWO V ONE