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Coaching Manuals

New Coaches
Coaching Rugby A practical guide for new coaches (4MB)

Warm Ups and Games
Warm Ups More than 100 quick, easy and fun ways to kick-start your coaching sessions(2MB)
48 Rugby Skills Games Coaching precision, timing and trust (13MB)
Games for Coaching Sessions 25 fun games to promote teamwork and skills (1MB)
Fun Mini Rugby Games for 5-8 year olds (7MB)

Fitness
Rocket Rugby Supercharge Your Rugby Fitness (9MB)

In the Mind
Match Day Tactics to give your team an edge (2MB)
Motivating Your Team for their best ever season (2MB)

Attack
50 Great Backs Moves Part 1 (1MB)
50 Great Backs Moves Part 2 (5MB)
50 Great Backs Moves Part 3 (5MB)
50 Great Backs Moves Part 4 (4MB)
50 Great Backs Moves Part 5 (4MB)
50 Great Backs Moves Part 6 (3MB)
Rugby Attack! A playbook of 27 core offensive moves - Part 1 (7MB)
Rugby Attack! A playbook of 27 core offensive moves - Part 2 (5MB)
Smart Sessions Core Skills 4 training sessions for powerful attacks (1MB)

Breakdown and Restart
The Ruck and how to win it (1MB)
The Lineout and how to win it (6MB)
Secrets of the Front Row (4MB)

Sevens
Sevens Strategy, tactics and training (5MB)

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