Master the skills, master the game. Rugby: Steps to Success covers all of the skills, tactics and strategies you need to improve your play and dominate the pitch.
With 13 progressive instructional steps, you’ll learn all aspects of the game. Detailed descriptions, illustrations and photo sequences demonstrate the essential skills, including footwork, ball handing, tackling and kicking. Then practice and improve with 90 drills, each featuring a personal scoring system to gauge and accelerate your progress.
After mastering the individual skills, you’ll learn to apply them in match play. From retaining possession to attacking the opposition’s weaknesses, you’ll learn the strategies to dominate the pitch.
Become a complete player and lead your team to victory. As part of the popular Steps to Success Sports Series - with more than 1.5 million copies sold worldwide - Rugby: Steps to Success will elevate your performance to new heights in all facets of the game.
Contents
Foreword Climbing the Steps to Rugby Success The Sport of Rugby Union Key to Diagrams
Step 1 Ball Handling Step 2 Footwork Step 3 Tackling Step 4 Kicking Step 5 Contact Step 6 Mini-Units in Attack Step 7 Mini-Units in Defence Step 8 The Front Five Step 9 The Middle Five Step 10 The Back Five Step 11 Team Attack Step 12 Team Defence Step 13 Strategies and Tactics
Glossary About the Authors
Released 2009 240 Pages
About The Author
Tony Biscombe was already a very experienced rugby teacher and coach of 25 years when he joined the Rugby Football Union (RFU) as a development officer for the North of England in 1989. In this role, he traveled extensively, taking on a variety of coaching assignments for the RFU.
In 1997 he was recruited by Sir Clive Woodward to the England Management Team as the technical support manager, where he provided video analysis and statistical support to the coaches and players on the England squad. In 2005 he had the same role with the British and Irish Lions in New Zealand.
Peter Drewett is the England Students Team Manager for the rugby team. He is a former director of rugby and head coach for the Exeter Chiefs. He is an RFU senior coach and was the England U21 manager, winning the Six Nations Grand Slam in 2004 and 2006. He has played and coached rugby at various club, county, divisional and international levels.
