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    Kicking drill

    Touchline Channel 50:22

    Build the low driven spiral that wins a lineout in the opposition 22 from your own half.

    Time
    30 minutes
    Players
    1 to 4 players
    Intensity
    Medium
    Equipment
    Ball
    Space
    Own 10m line to opposition 22
    Positions
    Fly-halves, fullbacks, halfbacks, wings

    Setup

    Any marked pitch with a touchline, 22m line and halfway line. Five to eight balls. Excellent solo economics - every ball goes out of play and stops.

    How to run it

    1. Start on your own 10m line, 10-15m in from the touchline.
    2. The kick must bounce inside the opposition 22 and then cross the touchline; if it goes out on the full it is worth zero, because you have just handed them the lineout where you kicked from.
    3. The kick you need is a low driven spiral with a long first bounce and a shallow angle to touch, not a high hanging ball.
    4. Work three bands of 6 balls: from your own 10m line, from halfway, and from your own 22 to their 10m as a straight touch-finder.
    5. Also practise kicking to the far touchline - the tactic is to pull the defence one way and kick the other.

    Coaching cues

    • Bounce it inside the 22, don't reach touch in the air
    • Toe down, hip forward
    • Low and driven, not high and hanging

    Common mistakes

    • Going out on the full, which concedes the lineout at the point of kicking
    • Not knowing the exclusions - it doesn't count if a tackle, ruck or maul happened in your half, if an opponent touched it in your half, or at any restart

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