Fellas, here's a some lunch time entertainment to reiterate some of the finer points made at practice last night. (2009 Hong Kong 7s finals)
Few notes (approximate minute)
(1:02) support scores tries, keep your feet on attack and keep your head on a swivle knowing who's runing support and where
(3:33) drop back into position (behind the ball), don't run through after you pass, you're useless otherwise
(8:10) keep a flat line on defense, otherwise teams will punish you. we see this last one all the time, if we don't come up hard and fast TOGETHER on defense guys with any pace can weave right through our line and we're put on our heels. don't give them the opportunity and come up together and hard as a flat line.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
A Note From Reuben
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Another thing....notice how each man with the ball uses his feet and his hands to keep the defender off of his body giving him a chance to dish the ball to support.
The extra 3 feet you get barreling through a tackle are rather meaningless in rugby and should only be used as a last resort.
Watch the Tackles at:
2:18
3:40
4:00
4:10
4:51
6:40
8:17
You'll see three main things:
1) A tackle, ball carrier goes to ground and puts the ball back to his side all in one motion.
2) A tackle, ball carrier goes to ground and pops to the man running at speed to the tackle.
3) How a fight for a ruck degenerates into what a "Hands in the ruck" penalty looks like.
Who is "Jimmy Bob?" -KJ
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