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“The most courageous people in the world are the ones who
are willing to PREPARE TO WIN.”
- Bob Dwyer Australian World Cup Winning Coach
AN INTERACTIVE GUIDE TO MODERN RUGBY COACHING
For all our non-professional
Modern Rugby Coaches
How to prepare
to win?
written by
Jan Oberholzer
better known as “Coach Jan”
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To all our non-professional coaches - HOW TO PREPARE TO WIN?
INTRODUCTION
For all our non-professional (amateur) coaches - on how to prepare their teams to win?
The big difference between an amateur and professional coach is the limited time the amateur coach has to prepare his
team. The amateur coach has between two and three training sessions per week, where the professional coach has at least
eight sessions available. The result of this is that it is very important for the amateur coach to know how to prepare his team in
the limited time available and it always boils down to the one question - What is important and for how long?
In this practical guide, our coaches will discover just how to do that! Our coaches will find six simple steps on how to
improve their coaching sessions, regardless on what level they are coaching. I know that these steps work, because we have
been using them with great success over the last few years.
Our coaches’ journey to become winning coaches starts with these six steps:
• Step 1 - Get your players match fit.
• Step 2 - Develop your players’ essential rugby skills.
• Step 3 - Develop your players’ ball winning skills.
• Step 4 - Develop your team’s scoring abilities.
• Step 5 - Develop a well structured defensive system.
• Step 6 - Practice to win!
In each of these areas I shall give our coaches information, practical suggestions and simple choices that will help them to
manage their coaching sessions better.
I also hope that the contents of this guide will keep our amateur coaches enthusiastic and positive in their coaching
abilities - not for a day, or a week, but for the rest of their coaching careers.
Remember, we all coach rugby, because we love the game.
Coach Jan
Special acknowledgements :
To Ann Whitfield who, after leading me to the Lord, was my inspiration behind the writing of this guide.
To all the thousands of coaches all over the world who believe in my unique philosophy on Modern Rugby Coaching.
All the glory to the Lord, who gave me the wisdom.
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Step 1: Get your players match fit
Rugby stamina, strength, speed and agility
Step 2: Develop your players’ essential rugby skills
Handling, contact, running and defensive skills
Step 3: Develop your players’ ball winning skills
Scrums, line-outs and rucks
Step 4: Develop your team’s attacking abilities
Modern rugby running lines and moves
Step 5: Develop a well structured defensive system
Modern rugby defensive systems and patterns
Step 6: Practice to win!
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Part 1
Get your players match fit
Phase 1: Pre-season Fitness programme: A second period of 3 to 5 weeks
The initial period is followed by a three to five week period in which the fitness activities must grow in intensity and for this I mainly use
rugby related stamina drills. For me the players get fit more quickly with stamina drills, because of the intensity of the drills and the
concentration and communication players need to succeed, and as a added bonus, they are becoming more skillful.
I recommend the following very important drills for this period:
1) Main stamina drills (A)
Stations stamina drill
Gauntlet stamina drill
Figure 8 Stamina Drill
Two Sided Stamina Drill
2) Other stamina drill (B)
Handling skills
Contact skills
Tackling skills
Gladiator Stamina Drill
Continuous Tackle Drill
Zig-Zag Tackle Drill
3) Typical weekly program for this period.
1st Training session
2nd Training Session
3rd Training Session
Drills from (A)* - 40 min.
Drills from (B)* - 30 min.
Drills from (B)* - 30 min.
Forwards & backs ** - 30 min
Drills from (B) - 30 min.
Squad training *** - 30 min.
* The coach must select drills from the above stamina drills
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** Scrums, line-outs and backline play
*** Mini or full match practice
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Part 1
STATION 1
Get your players match fit
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“SHUTTLE RUNS” STATION
The continuous tackle stamina drill
Equipment:
1) 4 tackle bags per drill.
2) 2 Rugby balls per drill
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Exercise / Drill explanation:
1) The first player runs to the first bag, puts the ball down
in front of the tackle bag and then tackles the bag.
2) The second player, holding the bag, then picks the ball
up, runs to the opposite tackle bag, puts the ball down
and tackles the bag.
3) The third player, holding the second bag, then picks
the ball up to continue the drill.
Coaching Points:
Setting out and running lines of the drill
1) The players must pick up the ball and put it down to get
in the correct low body position for the tackle.
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STATION 1
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Get your players match fit
“SHUTTLE RUNS” STATION
The continuous tackle stamina drill
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Part 2
Develop players’ essential rugby skills
Skills development drills
I recommend the following skills development drills :
Great players - great skills
1) Handling skills drills
Continuous Passing Drill
Square Slip Pass Drill
Crowded Passing Drill
Tunnel Quick Hands Drill
Super Contact Drill
Continuous Rucking Drill
Pick up and Drive Drill
The Super Off-load Drill
Alignment Drill
The 3 on 2 Attacking Drill
2) Contact skills drills
3) Running skills drills
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Part 2
Develop players’ essential rugby skills
Square Slip Pass Drill
Equipment:
1) 4 Marker cones
2) 2 Rugby balls
3) 5 Tackle bags
4) 8 Contact shields
Exercise / Drill explanation:
1) 1) The players run though the drill from A to B to C
to D. Using their handling, driving, tackling and
running skills to overcome the gauntlet
Coaching Points:
Setting out and running lines of the drill
Animation of the Drill
1) The players with the contact shields must offer maximum
resistance to the running player.
2) To make the drill more effective the players can compete
on a time basis with each other.
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Part 2
Develop players’ essential rugby skills
Square Slip Pass Drill
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Part 4
Develop your team’s attacking abilities
The zones
Modern Rugby Moves
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The criteria I have used for the selection of the moves is the following:
1) Are the moves practical and easy to use, i.e. are the moves user friendly?.
2) Are the moves designed to beat modern rugby defenses ?
3) Are the moves successful, i.e. do the moves work?.
1) Forward orientated moves
1.1) The red zone
Short pass in the first channel move
Green
Red
Gregan “X” pass move
1.2) The green zone
Drive round the back of the line-out
Apple line-out move
Pick up and drive move
2) Boackline orientated moves
2.1) The red zone
Natural 1 move
Single dummy runner
2.2) The green zone
Skip one move
Blindside wing in the 1st channel
The dummy dummy move
The inside drift move
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Part 4
Develop your team’s attacking abilities
Gregan “X” pass move
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Description of the Move:
The scrum-half breaks away from the ruck
and then gives a “X-pass” or switch pass to
the forward runner running straight in the first
channel.
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Coaching Notes:
1) This move can be executed
on both sides of the ruck.
Advantage of the move:
This move is designed to draw the first
defender out of his position next to the ruck
when he follows the running scrum-half, which
then creates a gap for the forward runner to run
into.
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Part 5
Develop a well structured defensive system
Tackling and defensive drills
DRILL 1: A drill that teaches
players how to maintain a straight
defensive line
The new defensive line drill
DRILL 4: A drill that teaches
players how to tackle and get back
in the defensive line
The tackle and shift drill
DRILL 5: A drill that teaches players
how to effectively execute the double
hit
The double hit drill
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DRILL 2: A drill that teaches
players how to effectively get into
the defensive line
DRILL 3: A drill that teaches
players how to get up and join the
defensive line
Get into the defensive line drill
Getup and defend drill
DRILL 5: A drill that teaches players
how to effectively defend the full width
of the field channel
The numbers defensive drill
DRILL 6: A drill that teaches players
how to effectively defend the first
channel
First channel first defender drill
DRILL 7: A drill that teaches
players how to execute the double
hit in the first channel
First channel double hit drill
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Part 5
Develop a well structured defensive system
“The new defensive line drill”
Description of the drill:
1)
Two lines of players stand on AB and CD, with two
opposing players working together.
2)
On the signal of the coach the two lines shoot forward
and clap hands at line 1-1, while trying to keep their
lines as straight as possible. After clapping hands the
players fall back, also in a straight line, still facing
each other.
3)
The following moves can be incorporated in the drill to
disorientate the players before they fall back:- The players run around each other and then back to
their original starting line.
- The players run around each other and then to the
opposite starting line.
Setting out and running lines of the drill
Advantage of the drill:
A defensive drill that teaches players on how to keep their
defensive line straight, especially when they move forward
for the tackle and fall back on the reload.
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Develop a well structured defensive system
“The new defensive line drill”
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