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Rugby: Low Tackle and Clear | Contact Conditioning Circuit Exercise 3

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This is the third exercise in a series of three that can be put together to form a contact conditioning circuit. The circuit can be sets of 30 seconds of hard work followed by 30 seconds of rest. Swap in this circuit for your usual fitness routine to give the players something a bit more interesting and transferable to a game.

Alternatively, this would be a great exercise to include as part of a warm up.

Players work in pairs, one player holds a tackle bag behind a tackle sausage.
The other player makes a low tackle on the sausage and then drives through, clearing out the player holding the tackle bag.
This player then goes to ground and gets back up to complete another repetition in the other direction.
It is the job of the player holding the tackle bag to lift up the tackle sausage after each repetition.

This drill will increase players overall fitness levels while being very relevant to game situations.

0.21 - Why is this important for players?

COACHING POINTS

Players should have a low approach and then drive high through the tackle
Coach your players to keep their heads up and pump their legs through the tackle.
Encourage players to work hard and to try and maintain the same intensity throughout the 30 seconds of work.

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Bag Slams | Contact Conditioning Circuit Exercise 2:

This is the second exercise in a series of three that can be put together to form a contact conditioning circuit. The circuit can be sets of 30 seconds of hard work followed by 30 seconds of rest. Swap in this circuit for your usual fitness routine to give the players something a bit more interesting and transferable to a game.

Alternatively, this would be a great exercise to include as part of a warm up.

Players work individually, picking up a tackle sausage and driving it into the ground.
Repeat for the whole 30 seconds.

This exercise will develop your players core strength, which is immensely important in most areas of the game.

Moreover, this exercise simulates how players will have to maintain power in a game. For example when going from making a tackle to then contesting the ruck.

0.40 - What is the purpose of these conditioning circuits?

Warm Up

Contact Square - Inside Clear:

Set up a 5mx5m grid
Work in fours - two attacker and two defender
The ball is fed from a player from the 1st defending player who also holds the tackle pad and will simulate the âjackalâ threat player in the 2v2
The first attacking player receives the ball and engages the pad holder and passes to the second attacking player
The second attacking player engages the second defender (tackler) and bounces out to a weak shoulder
The first attacking player (inside clear out) and the 1st defending player (jackler) then try and race to support
The inside clear looks to support the attacker and clear out the jackler

Ruck Clear Out

2 x Hit then pass:

Set up the practice as shown inside a 30m x 30m Grid.

6 Shields and 1 Ball.

Player 1 carries the ball before passing the ball to player 2 who bursts through the shields. Once through the other side, 2 passes to 3 and receives a return pass before bursting through the next set of shields

Once they are through the last two players with shields can move and try and block the runners. Player 2 has the option to pass to either player or go it alone.

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