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We start the session with some Breakdown Primer drills. It is important to get the body right for the Breakdown contact plus develop the right techniques along the way. Hawkes Bay coach Josh Syms shares his innovative ideas around developing breakdown skills.
It is all about preparing the body for the Breakdown ground work.
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Successful British and Irish Lions and Wales Coach Warren Gatland explains in detail how do you take the contact on your own terms. 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!
Successful British and Irish Lions and Wales Coach Warren Gatland’s details how to retain possession in contact and looks at the best ways for ball placement after contact. Buy time! Get the ball away from the contact zone. Make it uncomfortable for the defence to get at the ball. Repetition and practice at every session!
Use Warren’s Clear Out video to explain the how and why of the key elements of the clear out.
Time to introduce players contesting for the ball. Jase Ryan’s Momma and Poppa drill can be used here but for this session we will use Josh Sym’s FOG drills.
Fog stands for ‘Fight on the Ground’ – fight to retain the ball in contact.
Now it is time to hop on the other side of the ball and stop or ‘steal’ the ball.
Again there are many videos about how best to do this on site from the world’s best players and coaches including All Black great Richie McCaw, Wallaby great George Smith, Welsh great Sam Warburton, England coach Eddie Jones and Lions coach Warren Gatland. However for this session we will continue with Josh Syms as he presents drills and insights to help slow or steal the ball.
Finish the session with a Breakdown contest from George Smith.
It helps reinforce the skills learnt during the session.
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Part 5, in trying to shake the jackler, wouldn’t the ball carrier get called for not releasing?
Great presentation, simple and clear.
excellent warm up ideas
Why am I just learning FOG now?
Great coaching and tips…. However. Isn’t “squeeze ball” and entering in from the side (as seen on the”head tracing” exercise in part 6) illegal now? Not sure when these videos were done but the rule changes may have dated them?!
what a brilliant set of primer drills some i have never seen before. will definitely use them in my next breakdown session
Awesome stuff here, just vocabulary is valuable to have when coaching!
Clear out great drill for America high schoolers.
these sessions from world class coaches really focus on the 1% and are fantastic to learn from
Excelent video part.1. Great concept “pass the shoulder”
Brilliant explanation from a top Coach.
