Monday, November 26, 2007

TIPS! Offense and Defense

I was thinking about writing a detailed play-by-play description of how you should play offense and defense, but then I thought better of it. As you play rugby, you learn rugby. played rugby for about two years before I really knew what was "going on"! So instead I think I'll just give you some tips that I learned from some of the best rugby players I've ever met.

For offense, some important things to note are to always run straight, run into tackles hard, and to hang onto the ball.

Always run straight. If you run sideways you carry with you the risk of not giving your teammates outside of you enough room. For instance if you run all the way to the right sideline you will effectively negate the presence of your teammates on your right. This does not utilize your whole team, and as rugby can only be won with an entire team in unison, you will disadvantage your side.

You should do your best to run into tackles as hard as you can. A coach once told me that if I took a hop step and then put all my weight into the tackler, unless they were very good tacklers they would be knocked down. This works most of the time.

"You're dropping the ball with your (insert noun here)". This phrase really does have a valuable meaning in rugby. As a national coach once instructed my team before our championship match, "the ball is gold" (meant to be spoken in a guttural Scottish accent). The worst thing you can do on offense is to drop the ball because this mocks the performance of every other player on your teams that got you the ball.

On defense, a few techniques I have been taught and employed have never let me down, including field position in defense and tackling.

In defense, stand a meter outside the player you are guarding. Also, let them know you are there by yelling and pointing. No foul language, but feel free to get into their psyche. Pointing at a player and yelling, "This is my man!" or "I've got him" really gets players scared of you, which is good when that person is twice your size.

In a tackle the two most important things to do are to hang on and get low. This will give you a significantly lower center of gravity and the ability to tackle effectively. In addition, hanging on ensures the other player isn't going anywhere.

Also, playing as a team is paramount in rugby. In a very good team all players will get an equal share of the ball because only then can the team win. It is very difficult for one player to score all the points in a game. Most of the time the fastest runner sets a play up, but does not complete it
because they must pass the ball away to score.

Lastly, remember, rugby is a thinking game. As I discussed in the past, it is sometimes even in a teams' advantage to give penalties. But once again, the only way you will know how to think about rugby is to experience it through watching and playing.

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As for your defensive tip, wouldn't you want to stand a meter inside of the opposing player, cause them to slide until they have no more space on the outside? Last thing you want is the guy to cut inside on you and have a free break with open space.

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