1. CD-ROM INDEX Smart (( RUGBY )) SA Practice Plans (Coaching Sessions) “ Practice Plans” for age 7 – 9 years “Practice Plans” for age 10 – 13 years “Practice Plans” for age 14– 18 years Exercises / Drills Individual Skills Stability, Balance & Agility Evasion & Running Handling Contact & Breakdown Tackling Unit Skills Scrums Line-outs Kicking Skills Games Click (Esc) to exit program Mauls A few words and acknowledgements from Jan Oberholzer

2. Smart (( RUGBY )) SA Practice Plan 1Practice Plan 2 Practice Plan 3 Practice Plan 4 Practice Plan 6 Practice Plan 5 Practice Plan 9 Practice Plan 8 Practice Plan 7 Practice Plan 11 Practice Plan 10 Practice Plan 12 Practice Plan 14 Practice Plan 13 Back to CD-ROM INDEX Click (Esc) to exit program Practice Plans for age 14 – 18 years Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Practice Plan 16Practice Plan 15 Week 8 These “Practice Plans” have been constructed to allow a coach to follow a sequential plan through a season ( 16 “Practice Plans” ). Although these plans are only a guide, they do however have several important features:- 1. Skills and drills are repeated, because you do not want a new skill and drill every week. Try to follow the “Practice Plans” from 1 to 16 2. Coaches can easily move individual skills, unit skills and team skills around to suit their individual team’s circumstances.

3. ACTIVITYTIMESKILLS DEMONSTRATION EXERCISE / DRILLOBJECTIVE Warm-up15min 1) FOLLOW THE COACH 2 2) THE TRAFFIC RUN 2 1) To develop players’ visionary and running skills. 2) To develop players’ visionary, handling and running skills Individual Skills 1) Contact 2) Ground skills 3) Handling 45min 1) The placing of the ball inThe placing of the ball in contact 2) The picking up of the ballThe picking up of the ball from the ground 3) The swing pass;The swing pass catching the pass 1) THE MAXI CONTACT DRILL 2) PICK UP AND PASS DRILL 3) PASS PROGRESSION 2. 1) To develop the basic skills of placing the ball and the clean-out in the contact and ruck situation 2) To improve the players’ ground and passing skills 3) To develop the fundamental skills of the lateral pass Unit Skills Team Development 20min Play a game of TAG RUGBY or MINI RUGBY or FULL MATCH PRACTICE Use one of these games to practice the skills technique for placing the ball in contact, picking the ball up and the swing pass.. Warm-down/ Skills Games 10min 1) THE PASSING WORM.1) THE PASSING WORM. 1) Improve communication and co- ordination between players. PRACTICE PLAN 4 Click (Esc) to exit program * CLICK on the blue SKILLS DEMONSTRATION to see the necessary skills information * CLICK on the blue EXERCISE / DRILL to see the complete exercise or drill Practice Plans Smart (( RUGBY )) SA Age Group 14 - 18 years Back to “Practice Plans for 14 – 18 yrs” Print “Practice Plan”

4. Individual Skills: Contact & Breakdown Smart (( RUGBY )) SA Exercise / Drill 54 “ The Maxi Contact Drill ” Objective: To teach players the basics skills of how to hit and place the ball in contact. Exercise / Drill set up Exercise / Drill explanation: 1) The players stand in rows behind marker cone A and B. 2) Stage 1: On the signal of the coach the first player at A runs to B and drives into the first player at B, goes down and places the ball on the ground away from his body. 3) The defending player steps over the player on the ground and picks the ball up, then runs back to A, drives into the second player at A, goes down, places the ball for the defending player to pick the ball up to continue the drill. 4. Stage 2: Now a supporting player can run with the ball carrier to perform a clean-out on the defender. The coach can also use thee players, one to go down and place the ball, the second player to do the clean-out and the third player to bridge over the ball. Key coaching points: Teach the players to hold the ball tightly against their body before they make contact with the shoulder furthest from the ball. On the ground they must place the ball as far as possible using their upper bodies. Equipment: 1) A ball per drill. 2) 2 Marker cones to form the grid. 5m Press (Esc) to EXIT Back to HomePage A A B B Video Clip CLICK to play to stop to play again