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19/08/2015

Kenya Rugby Union
National Sevens Circuit

The 2015 National Sevens Series returns from August 1, running all the way to September 6. Be sure not to miss this exciting spectacle of sevens rugby that will not only unearth the next generation of Kenya Sevens stats but will also see the overall winner being crowned the Kenyan club sevens champions.

Round 1: Christie Sevens, Nairobi 1-2 August
Round 2: Dala Sevens, Kisumu 8-9 August
Round 3: Driftwood Sevens, Mombasa 22-23 August
Round 4: Prinsloo Sevens, Nakuru 29-30 August
Round 5: Kabeberi Sevens,Nairobi 5-6 September

06/08/2015

MeruSevens - tournament going down this month

Better Rugby Coaching | Rugby coaching tips to make footwork drills fun | Rugby 06/07/2015

Sell the benefits of fast feet

Coaches can sometimes be accused of "telling" the players what is best for them. Use the examples of Joe Worsley or Steve Thompson to show what fast feet can achieve.

Four ways to make fast feet drills fun

1. Obstacles: Use cones, tackle bags, flag poles, players bodies, tracksuits, balls and the like for your drills. Put them all on the ground as alternatives to specialist ladders. Make the players move through these obstacles, making sure they do not step on any.

2. Fast feet adventure courses: Set up courses which require lots of different footwork skills. Each player can be timed over the course, with seconds added for failure to complete a section correctly. For instance the drills at station 1 could be jumping back and forward over a tackle bag six times, followed by a zig-zag through cones, then running backwards through some poles.

3. Dance moves: We can learn a lot about footwork by trying to copy some of the steps used by dancers. Ballet leaps, break-dancing, Cossack leaps, two players performing the quick step and many more could be employed.

A session with a professionally trained dancer might be an excellent, if unusual, alternative to a normal rugby coaching session.

4. Slow, fast, slow: Sometimes footwork drills can become repetitive, without challenging the player. Change the rhythm of the footwork drill by changing the pace of the activity.

A ball handling drill can be enhanced by players performing with high knees, followed by tip toes, then heel flicks.

Footwork game

Split your players into three named teams, such as Sharks, Warriors and Lions. Put them in a grid. The size of this depends on the number of players, but leave enough room to at least jog comfortably.

Have the players run around passing a ball among their team-mates. This helps improve avoidance skills. Ask them to move in different directions or ways, for example, backwards, sideways, hopping on one foot. Carry on until the players have become accustomed to moving into empty spaces.

Shout a team name. That team needs to put their chests on the ground and get to their feet as quickly as possible. In the meantime, the other players need to keep moving, whilst avoiding the players on the ground. Repeat this randomly for each team a number of times.

Finally, though you can easily develop further actions, shout out a team name twice. These players must remain with their chests on the ground for a count of ten before getting back to their feet. In this time the other teams must increase their speed of movement, again avoiding stepping on the players on the ground.

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Better Rugby Coaching | Rugby coaching tips to make footwork drills fun | Rugby The following rugby coaching tips and tactics will help if your players are tired of working on the usual core skills footwork drills.

Better Rugby Coaching | More coaching tips for the inside centre role | Rugby Co 06/07/2015

Following on from our guide to The inside centre's role, this article looks at more skills and tips for your number 12.

Strike kicker or back up kicker

The inside centre (12) may also need to be able to kick the ball instead of the fly half (10):

Because it can relieve the pressure from the fly half. A good defence will target the fly half, probably attacking their kicking foot. A pass to the inside centre can gain some more time.

A pass before a kick will bring the defence up, therefore leaving more space for the centre to exploit with the kick.

The inside centre will often have a better angle from which to clear the ball. Here the ball will normally clear away from where the pass comes from. This is known as a "wiper kick".
12 wiper kick
Skills to practise: Most 12 kicks will be long, not high. They will also be at an angle. The inside centre will need to stand a little deeper than normal, so as to run forward to kick. They will also need to turn their shoulders in the direction of the kick before they receive the ball. This will probably mean they are moving away from the pass.

The centre will need to be wary of where the opposition wingers are lying, so they don't plant the ball down their throats. So, they should be lying deeper to receive pass with their shoulders away from pass and their head up to see gaps, and then head down to kick long for space.

Tactical kicker

Some teams employ the inside centre as the "tactical kicker". The difference between a strike kicker and a tactical kicker is that the first is a predetermined move, the second is "off the cuff".

Here the centre takes on a more dominant role in the backline. The fly half is more likely to kick only in defence, whereas the inside centre will be placing the ball over the defence to probe the corners or pressurize the full back (15).

It is very difficult to play both fly half and inside centre as tactical kickers, so one must assume the role. The centre has the advantage of a little more time to see the spaces and will receive a more sympathetic pass than the fly half.

The second fly half

If the centre is an experienced player, they can act as the player who releases the strike runners. Here the emphasis of attack moves further away from the pack, perhaps creating more space or gaps for runners. It also means that if the fly half ends up in the ruck or maul, then there is someone to take on the responsibility to make a quick decision. The advantages of this tactic are especially useful if there are two good fly halves in the squad.

The pivot player

The fly half can use the inside centre as a pivot player. Passing the ball to the centre and then running around them to receive it back, creates a number of options. First, it stops the defence momentarily, as they focus on the centre. Second, it allows the fly half a chance to pass the ball further infield, with a better view of the runners. Third, if the defence moves with the fly half, the centre may have an option to run through the gap.

Move caller

Like acting as the second fly half, it may be better for the inside centre to call the backs moves and allow the fly half to concentrate on receiving the ball and executing the move. The other advantage is that the centre is more likely to be able to see the wider picture from a bit further out. Second phase as well as first phase moves could be called.

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Better Rugby Coaching | More coaching tips for the inside centre role | Rugby Co Following on from our guide to The inside centre's role, this article looks at more skills and tips for your number 12.

Better Rugby Coaching | The role of the fly half | Rugby Coaching Drills to Impr 06/07/2015

The role of the fly half


Coaching tips and tactics you can adopt to create space, and therefore time, not just for the fly half, but for all your backs.

The pass from the scrum half (9) to the fly half (10) can be rushed, especially if your scrum or ruck is under pressure. This can result in teams being "squeezed" and hurried as the defence rushes up. This is a particular problem for the fly half.

The wider the fly half can stand, the better. It means the opposition flanker has further to travel to make a tackle, opens up space on the inside, and ensures that the opposition fly half is less likely to drift. There are then three running lines that the fly half can make to take a short pass from the scrum half.

1. Towards the pass

The fly half runs towards the pass. The opposition flanker will have to hold his line to tackle the fly half, and the opposition fly half will probably be set for some form of drift defence, if not a straight run.

Consequently, space is created on the outside shoulder of the fly half. A backs move with a pass or switch from the fly half to a player running back to the space can then be very effective.

10 Towards the Pass
This is the most unusual line to take and therefore one which is only worth using on the odd occasion. Have the fly half take the ball straight and then angling in can be even more effective.

2. Straight ahead

The fly half runs straight ahead at the gap between the opposition flanker and fly half. As one or both of them step in to make the tackle, the fly half passes into the space, either left or right.

10 Straight
This is the simplest way of creating space. Assuming a shortish pass from the scrum half, it is also easily defended. This is mainly due to the smaller gap between the flanker and fly half.

3. Working the big drift, finding the "different space"

The fly half runs further away from the scrum half pass than normal. This is the most contentious angle to take, because we normally expect fly halves to straighten the line. In other words to prevent the space being used up for the outside backs.

However, as an ex winger I know that there are few times in a game when the ball is moved along a back line to the winger, and thereby allowing him to run outside his opposite number. The big drift looks to create a "different space".

10 Big Drift
The fly half receives the ball moving forward and aims at the outside shoulder of the opposition fly half. The angle of run is then widened to change the aim to the inside shoulder of the opposition inside centre (12). The opposition fly half is then dragged further than he expects or wants. Though the defensive inside centre should be drifting, he is instead looking to tackle your fly half running at him.

The fly half now straightens his run at the last moment before contact, to hit the gap between the opposition fly half and centre. This creates space in a channel between the defensive flanker and fly half, since the flanker is having to cover more distance than he expected, and perhaps between the two defensive centres (12 and 13).

A simple pop pass to a straight runner, which is safer and more secure than a switch, then has a good chance of breaking through the defensive line.

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Better Rugby Coaching | The role of the fly half | Rugby Coaching Drills to Impr Coaching tips and tactics you can adopt to create space, and therefore time, not just for the fly half, but for all your backs.

Better Rugby Coaching | Coaching tips for a great scrummaging session | Rugby Co 06/07/2015

This is not a guide to introducing the scrum for the first time. The constituent coaching bodies provide excellent resources on how to build a scrum for the uninitiated. We want to be able to move onto the next stage of improving our teams' scrummaging.

This rugby coaching session uses a methodology known as "Whole-Part-Whole". After the warm-up, the players pack down and scrummage, before breaking off to look at more individual aspects. They then return to the full scrummage, with further elements added, such as pressure.

However, I start by listing a few rugby coaching points you might like to consider.

Every player scrummages

A great scrummage drill session should ensure that every player, including replacements, improves their scrummaging technique and skills and is prepared to scrummage in a match. This is part of getting the players to have the right mindset.

Tired players

Sometimes players are going to have to scrummage in a game after a sustained period of high intensity. Therefore the session must involve scrums where the players are tired.

"DIY" drills

Scrum techniques can be tried out individually away from the training pitch.

For less experienced players: The player can use a friend or family member to practise some gentle scrummaging. This is to purely look at the bind and body position to help them understand the shapes and positions they are trying to achieve. Sometimes, the less experienced the volunteer, the better. The player can then work out the sorts of problems you might encounter because they will naturally arise.

More experienced players: Ahead of your rugby coaching session, take aside the more experienced player to discuss the techniques you are going to look at. Their experience will be valuable. Especially if they are props, they will be more likely to want to demonstrate the positions with you. And when you are running the session, you will have consulted one of the players, putting them into your frame of thinking, allowing greater acceptance of what you are proposing.

The warm-up drill

Have a gradual physical and mental preparation period of about five minutes, assuming that the team as a whole has been working together before the scrum session. Start by making sure all the players are dressed properly, avoiding delays when moving onto the next drill. A spare scrum cap in the coach's bag is often invaluable.

All the warming-up, rugby drills should be aimed at static situations, with very little running needed, such as wrestling, press ups. It is important to include neck exercises.

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Step 1: "Whole"

After the warm-up drill, the next step is to form a scrum, whether against a scrum machine (preferable), or against another group. If the numbers are not enough, then build backwards from the front row. Form at least five scrums for each combination, with a player putting the ball into to be hooked.

This part of the session will be short, but necessary to understand the progress to be made. Ensure that the engagement is under control. That is, that everyone understands the instructions "CROUCH, TOUCH, PAUSE, ENGAGE".

Players should learn to fold into a scrum at first, making a big "hit" comes much later. If not then injuries can occur.

Step 2: "Part"

There are three areas a scrummager can always improve upon in technique:

Body position in the scrum: Either against the machine, or against another player, a series of exercises can take place where the player moves from being on all fours, with the knees on the ground, through to the correct position to scrummage. With this technique, a player approaches the scrum from the ground up, as opposed to the actual scrum position where most players are approaching from a higher starting point.

You must ensure that all the players' shoulders are above their hips and that all players look up. This prevents the scrum from collapsing, and helps the players keep their backs straight.

Strength of the lateral and forward bind: The lateral bind is how the player holds the team mate scrummaging next to them (prop on ho**er, lock on lock, flanker on lock). The tightness of this bind, aligned to the comfort to then work together increase the whole power of the scrum. A simple two on two situation, with different binds experimented with, increases the player's ability to bind in different positions and with different players.

The forward bind is how the player interacts team mates in front of them (locks and flankers on props, number 8 on locks). Practise with three man scrums, with either two at the front and one in the back, or the other way round, will help improve this area.

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Power transfer: A strong body position and effective bind needs the final element of forward drive. Body shapes dictate where the bulk of the power comes from, but there needs to be transference of power through the legs, up through the shoulders, with a straight spine, and into the player in front.

Practise with a one-on-one drill, with one player pushing, the other holding, or straight onto a machine, with one player on each contact pad.

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Better Rugby Coaching | Coaching tips for a great scrummaging session | Rugby Co Work on your team's scrummaging technique and skills with the effective 30-minute rugby coaching session.

Better Rugby Coaching | Rugby drills using tackle bags | Rugby Coaching Drills t 06/07/2015

Rugby drills using tackle bags


This man-sized tube provides you with a chance to improve your players' tackling skills. Follow these tips and drills to make sure you're getting the most out of your tackle bags.

1. Tackling drills

Don't let your players dive into the bags. Make sure they have at least one foot, two feet preferably, on the ground when they hit the bag. Your players also should change shoulders when hitting consecutive bags.

Use the whole of the bag to hit. Get the players to drive in at different heights. Some bags will come with the manufacturer's name printed down the tube. Use the letters to indicate the heights (e.g. the "N" in RHINO).

2. Carry the bag tackling

One player carries the bag forward and the second player then drives into it. This makes the tackle more dynamic. Carrying the bag means that the tackler has a moving target and has to adjust their tackle accordingly.

3. Plyometrics at the tackling session

Bags can be used as part of a plyometric drill session. Placed on their sides they become wide hurdles. Players can use them to bounce over using one or two feet. A hurdle course can also be made with several bags.

4. Step over

Used to simulate a tackled body which needs to be stepped over to drive. Having defenders on the other side of the bag, perhaps with tackle shields will promote better body positions. An idea is to get the player to graze their backside over the back, making them drive up from the bag in a stronger position.

5. Ball on top

Tackle bags can be used to simulate a turnover ball from a good tackle. The ball is placed on top of the bag. When the bag is tackled, the player or players need to recover the ball as quickly as possible and move with the ball to another drill.

Equipment care tips

Tackle bags are expensive pieces of equipment (but you know that already). Do not drag them along the floor to take to and from training sessions. This damages the seams at the bottom of the tube. This leads to a situation where the foam becomes exposed and eventually gets worn away.

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6. Narrow vertical channel

By placing two tackle bags held up by players close together, a narrow channel is produced for a ball carrier to go through. This will encourage a good body position especially, with shoulders turning sideways to get through the gap - the "shoulder turn". This drill coaches the skills to enable players to offload the ball after taking a hit.

Shoulder turn tip

The shoulder turn
Use tackle bags to create the two defenders, D1 and D2. When a player reaches the defenders (fig. 1), they turn their body so their shoulders become a thinner obstruction (fig. 2). This will help them to ease through the gap, as well as leaving them better balanced and in a better position to offload the ball.

7. Bounce drill

Place the tackle bag on its side. Players approach the bag from its bottom end with a ball. They then dive on top of the bag. They will need to react quickly to where they land, either to hand the ball off to another player or recovering to carry on themselves.

8. Ball on the deck

Players put the ball next to a bag on its side and then another player has to reach over and pick the ball up. Encourage players to put one foot over the bag to provide a stronger base and also not to lean on the back. Pressure can be applied by making other players compete for the ball.

9. Hidden players

Tackle bags standing up make a good screen for attacking players when setting up a defensive drill. The attackers come from behind the bags, through different gaps and at different angles. Defenders then have to react to where the ball carrier is.

10. Carry bags for a warm up drill

A fun and hard-working warm up drill could include relay races which involve carrying a tackle bag. A two player or even three player drill. But remember, don't let them drag the bags.

11. A tackle drill with one bag

Set up three cones placed 1, 2 and 3 metres away from the tackle bag. Player 1 holds the bag. Player 2 hits the bag then retires to the first cone, and hits it again, before retiring to the second cone and so on, up and down the cones for three repetitions. The hard work comes from hitting the bag, getting up, repositioning and then hitting again.

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Better Rugby Coaching | Rugby drills using tackle bags | Rugby Coaching Drills t This man-sized tube provides you with a chance to improve your players' tackling skills. Follow these tips and drills to make sure you're getting the most out of your tackle bags.

Better Rugby Coaching | Coaching tips to get your rugby players tackling more ef 06/07/2015

Dispelling the myth of tackling

"All players should be able to tackle hard." This is not true. Tackling has an important role to play, but you cannot win games by just tackling and therefore you may need to have players who may not be as defensively "hard" as others. Johnny Wilkinson is unusual in the number 10 channel at international rugby. In fact, most international sides will have a less defensively strong
fly half.

Tackling is not just about bringing a player to ground. It is a multifaceted action which requires different techniques in different situations with different players. Hence rugby tackling drills and training practices need to have as much variety as passing drills.

Physical strength is not the key to tackling. Good tackling requires a balance of mental strength, technique and physical ability. There are naturally some better tacklers, but, like most things in life, better tackling can be taught. It takes patience and good understanding of how to create the right circumstances for all the players.

Rugby drills need not be a chore

Creating the right atmosphere in training helps make tackling drills seem less like a chore. Rugby drills and practices need to be set up in such a way that weaker tacklers are not in a situation where they may be embarrassed. It may seem perverse not to put them under pressure. After all, how are they supposed to make the big tackle in the game if they are not exposed to similar circumstances in the game?

However, I like to draw an analogy with goal kickers with a poor run of kicking form, because we all know how easy it is to knock a player who is not kicking well. Poor confidence tightens the mind and body, further reducing the likelihood of achieving success, the kick. The same is true for a weak tackler. Build their confidence, don’t destroy it.

Phil Larder, the former England defence coach, talks about the positive attitude defenders must have. Terms such as "fear" and "injury" do not help develop the right frame of mind. Health and safety are important to emphasise, but it is better to say "a good head position will ensure you land on top of the player", than "if you put your head here, you might get knocked out".

Better Rugby Coaching tackling guide

This guide puts players into the category that most suits them. The aim is to move the players into the "hard, terrific tackler" category.

The "hard" tackling player

Bad technique = terrifying tackler

Flies into tackles without fear.

Little understanding of what needs to be done to achieve a good tackle.

Can be effective, but also dangerous. Likely to be involved in injuries - theirs and others.

Can miss tackles because of poor technique, but not lack of effort.
Good technique = terrific tackler

The best sort of tackler.

Uses the right technique to maximum effect. Looks to make tackles happen.

Imposes themselves physically in the tackle.

Rarely misses tackles.
The "soft" tackling player

Bad technique = terrified tackler

Timid and avoids tackles.

When has to make a tackle, has little or no concept of what to do.

A danger to themselves.

Can miss tackles because of poor technique, but not lack of effort.
Good technique = tactical tackler

Does not have a bad technique.

Is not keen on making tackles.

Will only make a tackle as a last resort.

Can sometimes be fired up in a big game, however.
A key rugby coaching tip is to split the groups to enhance their individual needs, rather than lump them all together. Recognising where players are in the guide will enable you to differentiate your training drills more effectively. "TERRIFYING" tacklers could usefully spend more time on their technique, "TACTICALS" on their confidence and "TERRIFIEDS" on their remedial work.

Rugby drill tips for remedial tacklers

Here are some rugby coaching drill tips to give the "TERRIFIEDS" some confidence.

The ball carrier runs backwards. The tackler has to chase and put them on the ground. Develop this by making the ball carrier walk backwards and stand still. Then with the ball carrier moving forward.

In the same rugby drill, move from tackle shield standing, to tackle shield moving, to ball carrier standing, to ball carrier moving.

Put a piece of tape on the shoulder of the tackler. This is what they need to focus on when hitting the target. Then put a piece of tape on the shorts of the ball carrier. This is the target. This might be difficult in wet weather when the tape can fall off, but the pressure of putting the tape onto the hitting point works in the mind of the tackler.

It's a good rugby coaching tip to make sure the player tackles with both shoulders during a practice drill. A common-sense statement, but something often overlooked.
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Better Rugby Coaching | Coaching tips to get your rugby players tackling more ef Work out your players' tackling mindsets so that rugby training drills and practice sessions can be directed more strategically at their weak points.

Better Rugby Coaching | The role of the inside centre | Rugby Coaching Drills to 06/07/2015

The role of the inside centre


A guide to the essential skills and the extra roles required from those playing number 12.

The basic role

These are the aspects of the game that the inside centre (12) must perform, over and above the normal core rugby skills and team play:

Tight, hard defender.

Decoy runner for the fly half (10) and/or releasing the outside backs (13 to 15).

Attacking the gain line.

Recovery player for the fly half.

Strike kicker or back up kicker (as covered in part two).
Extra roles

The extra roles that inside centres may be asked to perform, enhancing their role in the team, are:

Tactical kicker .

Second fly half.

The pivot player.

Move caller.
Tight, hard defender

Tight defence: As a defender, the inside centre needs to come up level with the fly half (10) and outside centre (13). Obvious though this may seem, it is more likely that the inside centre needs to "glue" the fly half and outside centre together. The focus is on going up with the fly half until the ball moves beyond the inside centre channel and then covering the inside of the outside centre.

The outside centre needs absolute confidence in the inside centre because they are in the hardest tackling position, with pace, angles and space to contend with. Therefore the inside centre needs to keep communicating with the outside centre all the time.

Hard defence: Inside centres make more of their tackles head on. Most good tacklers have a preferred shoulder for a hard tackle, but the best inside centres will need to be able to make an aggressive tackle with either shoulder.

Coaches can design drills where the weaker shoulder is always used. Mental imagery can help here. Getting the player to imagine in the days before the match tackling well with the weak shoulder time and again.

Attack

In attack the inside centre has three main roles:

1. Decoy: As part of a set move to release a strike move which intends to break the defensive line first time. For instance run as a dummy runner on a switch or miss move. Of course they could be passing the ball to release a strike runner, which can be more effective since the focus of creativity has moved one out, perhaps confusing the defence.

2. Attacking the gain line: To deliberately set up a second phase ball and tie in defenders. As part of a strategy to disorganise a defence, the inside centre might be involved in a move which requires them to hit contact.

This will require the player to be comfortable in contact, being able to release the ball either in an offload to a flanker, or present the ball effectively for the support players. It might be that they are required to be the first player to the breakdown for a second phase move.

In which case, and as illustrated, 12 does not necessarily run straight towards the opposition. Instead they may run two sides of a triangle. This should encourage their opposite defender to move in line with the first side of the triangle. The chances are that they will then be ball watching somewhat and so the late change of angle will mean they are not in a strong position to make the tackle.

12 running triangles
The other advantage of "triangle running" is the pace at which the player arrives. Running away or towards the pass helps the inside centre judge the pace at which to arrive. They can start slowly and then accelerate on the short side of the triangle as they turn.

3. Recovery attacker: Here the inside centre is likely to be needed to take the ball from the fly half if there has been a breakdown of the original move, or the fly half has received poor ball. The inside centre needs to go forward, "stay strong" and give his side every chance of recovery, so the team can reset for another attack.

Running lines

A running line is the angle that the player takes to receive the ball and continue with it in hand. They are determined by where the player starts in the first instance. A good running line may be taken up by changing direction once. Of all the players in the game, the running lines of the inside centre can create the most space relative to that which they have available.

Breakdowns – the third flanker

The mindset of any good inside centre should be to clear away defenders at a breakdown, to allow the ruck or maul to be won. The inside centre is most likely to be in a good position to do this. Therefore they should be training alongside the back row to help make themselves more effective. It is often said that there is little to choose between a 12 and a 7 (except that the former tends to be a little prettier!).

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Better Rugby Coaching | The role of the inside centre | Rugby Coaching Drills to A guide to the essential skills and the extra roles required from those playing number 12.

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