Rugby: Offloading Grip Game

Develop a early hand catch, quick transfer of the ball across the body, and follow through towards the support player...

• The aim of the drill is to develop mechanisms to unlock defences in open play
• The first defender/feeder starts with the ball at a cone set up on the touch line five metres out from the try line
• Set another 2 cones 15 meters up on the same touch line. Two players (defenders of the 3v2) start from here once the 2v1 is completed.
• Set 2 cones on the try line 5 metres apart to create the start position for the two attackers and the attacking channel for the 2v1
• The ball is fed from the first defender, with the attackers completing a 2v1
• The defender joins the two attackers to create a 3v2
• Two attackers then become the two defenders for the next repetition of the drill

• Players work in groups of three, each starting with a ball.
• They move the ball around the circle making one handed offloads to eachother 

Progression

• Players stand further apart

• The aim of the drill is to develop a high ball over head catch with a support player behind to catch anything over head.

• Ball 
• Groups of 3+ 

• 2 attackers line up opposite a defender.
• The defender makes a low leg tackle on the atttacker. 
• The attacker being tackled tries to get arms free and perfom an offload to the supporting runner.