Rugby drills
Rugby catching drills
Rugby catching drills train early, soft hands and a catch that holds up when players are tired or under pressure. Several work alone with a ball or a wall, and support and pass adds the simplest live decision.
- Drills
- 4
- Time each
- 6 to 15 minutes
- Group
- Ball skills
All 4 catching drills
- Self Throw and CatchBuild basic catching confidence and hand-eye coordination with nothing but a ball.
- Wall Reaction CatchSharpen reaction catching off an unpredictable rebound, alone.
- Back and Forth Catch-PassHold catch-pass quality as fatigue builds, which is when handling errors actually happen.
- Support and PassDraw a defender and time the pass, in the smallest possible live decision drill.