Ireland
Provincial Rugby
Club & Community
The IRFU
Tournaments
More
Development : Skills & Drills : Individual Skills

Skill: Trailing

Set Up

1 v 1 & trailer. One defender against an attacker & trailer (run around).

Attacker & defender run outside the marker; trailer runs inside the marker.

Trailer waits 2 sec. Before leaving.

Trailing

Key Factors:

  • Attacker (ball carrier) must concentrate on attacking the defender on his inside.
  • Trailer must support at depth on the inside of the ball carrier & judge his pace so as not to over-run the ball carrier.

Over load:

  • Wider grid- more difficult for defender i.e. lateral movement!
  • Narrower grid - more difficult for ball carrier i.e. more driving attack!

Groups:

Minimum of 3 players.

© 2013 Content © Irish Rugby Football Union Privacy & Cookies delivered by Sotic powered by OpenText WSM