Martin's Rugby Coaching Forum

Break down rucking in terms of key factors and focus on them:

[list]body position
binding
step over
where to bind
how many players over the ball? [/list]

You can think of lots of exercises to practise these skills. Do not try to achieve everything in one exercise. On decision making, players have to ask themselves:

[list]do I go over?
do I pick up and drive?
do I pick up and pop to a player who drives?
do I pick up and pass wide? [/list]

Again, think of exercises where players need to make these decisions, game based learning!

I am 16 years old and play for my school and local rugby club. In our last school match our biggest weakness was our rucking/ pick up and driving. Is there any drills that you can tell me that would help us to improve this area? thanks.