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Rugby League: Running Warm Up

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Steve, Clayesmore Prep School

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Players work individually

Players run in any direction in grid trying to avoid contact by running into space

When teacher calls stop, all players must be at least 1m from the nearest player

COACHING POINTS

Use if not enough balls for each player to have one.

Change so that the players have to be 2m apart.

Make the grid smaller to make players think.

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Agility Fitness Drill:

Set up the practice as shown above.

40m x 20m Grid.

Groups of 4

Player start in the bottom right corner and on the command sprint as a group before doing 5 press ups.

They then side step left to the next set of cones to do 5 sit ups before sprinting to do press ups. The group follow this routine until the end before the next group go.

Warm up

Agility Slalom - Race:

Set up the cones as shown.

12 Cones with 2 balls.

Start with 2 players on the centre cone, each with a ball, and facing each other. On GO, the both run backwards to the first cone then side step up the grid to the second cone before running through the slalom cones back to the start where the ball is passed to the next players who only go when each player has received a ball.

Warm up

Touch the runner:

2 groups of 3 Players 1 ball in side a very small grid.

the team in possession has to pass the ball to each other to try and touch the player in the middle (moving around). Whilst the team not in possession is trying to intercept the ball.

Warm up