Tackle Tech with Lesley McKenzie
Japan women's head coach Lesley Mckenzie returns to The Rugby Site with a really effective new Tackle Tech series, showing that size isn’t the most important factor in achieving effective, dominant tackles.
Filmed at the National Rugby Summit, in San Francisco.
Part 1. Setup to Transfer the Power 14:41 Free video
Hand to the Shoulder: Defining Tackle Power
Maximising tackle power can help overcome size differences – as demonstrated by Japan’s Women’s team.
In this new series, Japan Women’s Head Coach Lesley McKenzie introduces a simple yet effective technique at the San Francisco Coach Summit, helping her players to setup power transfer and measure how effective the power transfer was in their tackle.
Part 2. Push away to feel the Power 11:04 Member content
Outside hip of the ball carrier
is Lesley Mckenzie’s Japan’s Women’s HC point of focus for the tackler’s push target and tackle drive.
Keeps the tackler’s hips square and aligned with the ball carrier.</i
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Lesley McKenzie
Lesley McKenzie is a Canadian rugby union player with 25 caps and the coach of the Japan women's national rugby union team.[2] She played in the 2006 and 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup.| Course | Part 1, Part 2 |
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| Duration | 14:40 |
| Topics | Tackling Women's Rugby |
| Applicable to | Coaches Players Youths, ands, highs, and schools |
| Languages | English |
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Jason Stine USAExcellent and well explained/demonstrated way to improve tackle technique – my team’s biggest problem. I’ll definitely be using this one.
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