Total Rugby

Part 1 Background to the game: the meaning of total rugby; understanding the game; team selection. Part 2 Practical coaching: basic coaching techniques; the structured session. Part 3 Basic preparation: stretching; intensive handling practices; resistance exercises. Part 4 Personal skills: the importance of personal skills; the ball in your hands; the ball on the ground; the ball in the air; the ball in the opponents' hands; cyclic exercises. Part 5 Unit techniques - the forwards: scrummaging; back row at the scrummage - attack and defence; line-out; supporting, mauling and bucking. Part 6 Unit techniques - the backs: half-back play; three quarters in attack - spinning the ball, moves, flair; kicking. Part 7 Team defence: team defence. Part 8 Team practices: varieties of team practice; unit v unit practices; unopposed rugby; tactical guidelines. Part 9 Fitness for rugby