Basketball: Flip It

Split your players into two teams, giving one group of players a set of coloured bibs to set them apart, and quickly tell your players the following laws:

• Keep the law briefing, brief! Get your players moving as quickly as you can.
• Normal rules of rugby apply in terms of knock on laws etc. If normal laws are broken - the ball is turned over to the opposition. Make judgement calls that take into account the age and skill level of the player.
• If a player is touched, shout touch! Allow them to keep running and to hold onto the ball. They can have one more touch. While holding the ball after being touched, the player can: score, pass, keep running, stop and then pass, or even set the ball down - but to do so would be crazy. If they set the ball down - it's in play and can be picked up by the opposition.
• If the ball carrier is touched a second time - they must pass the ball immediately. If the pass is too slow or there is no support to pass to, the ball is turned over to the opposition.
• A defensive player cannot simply touch a player twice in short succession. You may decide that two different players must make the two touches, or that a second touch can only be made by the same player that made the first touch 10 meters beyond the first touch.
• There is no kicking.
• Have fun with this and let us know any law changes that worked well for your team!

The following are the laws for this game:

• Equal number of defenders and attackers. Use bibs to identify both teams.
• Normal laws of rugby apply; a knock on etc. results in a turn over.
• The attacking team gets 8 touches before the ball has to be turned over. Change this to suit your training goals. It would be ok to have unlimited touches, changing the defence and attack after a set period of time.
• A player is touched only when two defenders have all four hands on them, if this is not the case - the attacker can play on.
• Defenders cannot hold the attacker, nor can the attacker use significant force to push through defenders.
• If a player is touched: they stop, set the ball down, stand over it, and the scrum half is allowed to move the ball again to restart the attack.
• The defence must remain onside following a touch.
• Only when the support player passes the ball out can the defence press up on the attack.
• If the defence goes offside or operates illegally, the attack gains 10 meters.
• Don't forget to switch the teams around.
• There is no kicking.

• Within each group of 10, there should be 4 attackers and 6 defenders.
• The defenders should be in the outer grid and the attackers will be in the inner grid.
• The defenders cannot enter the inner grid.
• The players can pass the ball in any direction inside the inner grid, and can move around as much as they like.
• When they attack outside the inner grid, they can only use non forward passes.
• The aim of the game is for the attackers to touch the ball down outside the outer grid, without getting touched.
• If the attacker gets touch, they swap places with the defender that touched them - they become a defended and the defender now becomes an attacker.
• Decide on two handed or one handed touch, it's your call.
• You might also decide to give your four attackers a period of time and unlimited touches before switching defensive and attacking players.
• Don't forget to give everyone a chance in attack and defence.

The following are the laws for this game:

• Normal laws of rugby apply; a knock on etc. results in a turn over.
• The attacking team gets 8 touches before the ball has to be turned over. Change this to suit your training goals. It would be ok to have unlimited touches, changing the defence and attack after a set period of time.
• A player is touched only when the defender has made a two handed touch, you can change this to one hand if you wish.
• Defenders cannot hold the attacker, nor can the attacker use significant force to push through defenders.
• Defenders who make a touch run to the furthest in goal area and back before being back to re-join the defensive line. You will find that several defenders will be making their way forward and back at any given time.
• If an attacking player is touched while in posession of the ball: they stop, set the ball down, stand over it, and the scrum half is allowed to move the ball again to restart the attack.
• The defence must remain onside following a touch.
• Only when the support player passes the ball out can the defence press up on the attack.
• If the defence goes offside or operates illegally, the attack gains 10 meters. Don't forget to switch the teams around.
• Tries only, no conversions - keep the game tempo high.
• There is no kicking.