Get access to the whole library

including this course and much more!

Get instant access, trial period available!

Subscribe now
Video library

Breakdown - Ball Carry into Contact - Y and HS with Brendon Ratcliffe

This is about contact technique, it’s not something that needs to be done at a hundred miles an hour, but at a low tempo, low impact approach will help give your players confident.

Part 1. Starter Coach Contact 6:46 Free video

New to the game of rugby and want to learn and understand how to be powerful in the contact and stay safe? Ex Rugby Site Manager and Otago coach Ben Herring explains good safe technique for going into contact in this video.

Play video

Part 2. Ball Carry into Contact 4:47 Member content

Who is the most critical person in dictating whether you retain the ball in the tackle? When is it best to go to ground? What does generate the ‘force’ mean? How best to ‘keep the ball away’? Find out in Brendon’s latest video.

Play video

Part 3. Eton Manor RFC - Contact & Cleanout 9:35 Member content

How to set and deliver a contact and clear out session for junior players?
Watch Bristol player Junior Fatialofa takes the juniors through a contact and clean out session during our Eton Manor clinic. It’s all about delivering clear messages with good safe technique and having fun.

Play video

Part 4. Taking the Ball into Contact   9:57 Member content

How do you take the contact on your own terms?

Successful British and Irish Lions and Wales Coach Warren Gatland explains in detail in his Contact video.

Buy time!

Dance into the tackle

Hitting and spinning

Using a fend

Spinning when on the ground

It’s all about getting the ball back onto your side and retaining possession!

This part is for subscribers only!

Subscribe now to get access to the full course, and the rest of the library.

Start a FREE trial

Part 5. Ball Carry into Contact 4:31 Member content

This session from one of the most physical players in world rugby, focuses on the ball carry into contact
British and Irish Lion and England lock Courtney Lawes uses all of his 6’ 7" frame to demonstrate how to get your team on the front foot, retain possession and deliver fast, effective ball in the contact area.

Play video

Course Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5
Duration 35:36
Topics Breakdown Youth Coaching
Applicable to Coaches  
Languages English

Click on CC button at top left of video for other translation options.

Course reviews

All the basics reinforced.

England

Love the development on this set of drills

USA

Great hints and information

New Zealand

Subscribe now!

Get full access to all videos in this course and the rest of the video library. Learn with in-depth courses from the best rugby minds in the world, including:

  • Graham Henry & Warren Gatland
  • Wayne Smith & Eddie Jones
  • Sam Warburton & Richie McCaw
  • Leigh Halfpenny & Victor Matfield

Get instant access
Trial period available!

Learn from the best now