This outing with Wayne Smith will contribute a great deal to this rugby team.

A great advantage to them – until their opponents look to develop the same ideas in a similarly efficient and economical way as Wayne guides here.

Excellent all round particularly in passing technique, keeping the ball alive and highlighting support play

This is an excellent piece on the value of good passing technique, showing how and why you should be developing it. Good to hear that the All Blacks couldn’t pass well in 2004, it means we are only 7 years behind them!!

Great video. Im a New Zealander and I havn’t seen this coaching before..haha. This should be taught from U/6’s, then by the time the kids reach this age group they will be masters of the draw, catch, pass and support skills & plays…obviously when dealing with younger kids you have to make it a bit more exciting coz all kids want to do is run with the ball not pass…haha

Excellent video showing progression from basics of passing technique to use in game situations. Good to see how Wayne Smith builds the session and engages the players.

love it. I am a U9 coach and my son is excited to give it a go with his team. Thanks The Rugby Site. :-)

The passing and support work was very good, especially the support lines as they aren’t taught very often. I also liked the way Smithy presented the session to the players. He kept it simple and progressed it according to their understanding.

The thing that strikes me is how practical and simple the session is. Smith is economic with words so the explanations aren’t over complicated and the drills are clearly linked to game situations. As Smith says "If you don’t try it here (passing off a players ‘wrong’ foot’ for instance) then you’ll never try it in a game. Essential viewing for any Coach of young players who wants to help really develop their ability to run, catch and pass. Great stuff.

One of the mosts dificult skills to teach is hands technique to spin the pass. I used the very first activitie with my new players last training and it really worked! Congratulations.

Easy to see why Smithy is considered one of tho top coaches in the world!

great video and advice! Thanks!

excellent and simple passing techniques that can be taught to all age groups! also for the older boys the old draw and pass….running to draw the defender and the supporter running the straight lines….we all know we should coach it but this made it pretty easy for the players to see the best way of doing it! Nice One Smithy! Go The AB’S

Excellent session, lots of good practical advice which can be used by every team. No complex drills. Good stuff!!!

Great video, learn a lot from it!

i learned a lot of great language to express certain concepts, and found the linking of exercises super useful. i bet the boys would take some time to digest the take away message which i think was just be a threat with the ball, or without and execute fundamentals. seems simple but is a real challenge! great video!

its simple things that really change the pace of the game, who better to teach this than Wayne Smith?

is it me or has anyone else had trouble getting this content to play?

Hi David, just wanted to check that you have been able to access the video alright? If you have any further issues please email me at support@therugbysite.com. ^Chloe

Can’t wait to try this at practice and then at the game! It makes so much sense to strengthen the pass at speed, draw and support, pop pass, and most important enjoy the game with your new skills. Thanks Wayne Smith and The Rugby Site.

This is gold dust I have to say. I can see why Smith is one of the best attack coaches in the world

very good down to earth coach’ cant wait to go through this with my son :)

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Ray Williams used to say that the coaches job is to reduce complexities to simplicities and what a great job Wayne Smith does on that!

Outstanding!

Thought this was wonderful, but the two main points that make this so are not just the drills but: the progression from isolated technical movements to more dynamic ones which employ those in ‘game related’ activities, and that Smith doesn’t simply deliver answers but uses open ended or leading (if need be) questions to get the boys to understand the concepts more fully.

Good material that is relevant to me. I coach U10’s and we are trying to develop a continuity playing style, seeing how Wayne introduces individual skills is a game environment is impressive and can work for players of all abilities.

Very good video, simple and very effective training. The only problem we have spanish speakers is that we lose details of the teachings of Wayne by language. No possibility of subtitled videos?

great vid. but as a person where english is not my first language i sometimes miss out on a few things. mainly to do with the accent. so maybe subtitles would do the trick?

Smithy did a great jo, I have started a Rugby team in florida and the kids finally get what we have been trying to get through to them. While the drills arent new they are well produced and Smithy explained in easy to understand terms and the kids love the explanations. Great job Rugby Site

Thanx helped a lot !

Unfortunately we are at the end of our season but I plan to implement these drills next season. Great site,