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.
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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.
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.
It keeps the tackler’s hips square and aligned with the ball carrier.
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Take the space 1st
to give yourself time to close in on the ball carrier and make an effective tackle.
Japan Women’s Head Coach Lesley McKenzie walks through the key contact elements of the tackle to ensure it’s safe and effective.
Drop your height quickly before contact.
Build Tackle Confidence – the Smart Way
Zipped up. Outside hip focused. Hips square – north to south.
Lesley McKenzie’s latest release – a Low Impact Tackle Drill, puts detail to the Chop Tackle technique without heavy contact.
Ideal for the start of practice or to ease into your tackle-focused sessions.
Accelerate off the line then controlled accuracy into the tackle.
Lesley McKenzie in her latest release adds speed into the Tackle Tech to take control of the tackle.
Peer to peer feedback is a great way to give players positive insight into their Tackle Tech.
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Pressure through the body – zipped up to transfer tackle power via the T1
Japan Women’s HC Lesley McKenzie, in her latest release, prioritises safety and feeling secure as she builds power into the tackle contact.
Reps, reps and more reps to build the skill and player confidence.
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Control the tackle situation
How you arrive at the tackle dictates how effective your tackle will be.
Japan Women’s HC Lesley McKenzie, details the tackle contact to complete her excellent Tackle Tech series.
Extend through not up to maximise the power transfer.
From the community
Lesley shows great ways of teaching tackle technique and the progressive steps.
Great tackling drills. The build up and progression was absolutely brilliant. Keywords : Zipped up, Outside hip focused, hip square, movements to stop movements – are so vital for better understanding. Thanks so much Lesley for sharing your insights!
Love the way to build up technique and confidence without it always being about smashing each other. The “It’s Tuesday, I only have 17 players, I don’t want to break anyone” comment really resonates.
Great videos series, it would be really good if I could favourite these or save them to my account as a video library or some sort.Great to refer back to.
Thanks so much, great details and explained so straight forward and easy to understand for trainers and players.
Excellent and well explained/demonstrated way to improve tackle technique – my team’s biggest problem. I’ll definitely be using this one.
