Goal

Teach the tamariki about rucking and knighting.

Key skills

• Plant both sides, with correct hand

• Initiate touch, on the hip or pocket

• Hold ball in both hands, so defender cannot tell which side

• Short steps, so you can change direction

• Lunging haka stance

• Eyes up before plant

Extensions

• Add defenders

• 2v1 quickee

• Defender can knight to make plant hard

Goal

The kids race each other in a velodrome style, running race

Set up - 3 cones, 10m apart in a line

• 2 teams (3 per team), line up either side of the middle cone with you, facing opposite directions

• They race around their end cone, down the other side, around the other end cone and back to the middle cone (where they started)

• The front player drops off and the other 2 keep running

• Next lap, the front player drops off and the last players sprint the final lap

Key skills

• Running and racing

• Planting

Extensions

• Add a ball, plant and scoop at the end of each lap

• After each lap, lead runner lies down and other runners jump him

• One runner at a time, tag new runner at end of each lap

• Pop pass at the end of each lap, to new lead runner

Goal

Teach the tamariki how to do a strong quickee with 2 options (outside or inside)

Set up - 1 cones, 7m from the tryline

• 2 attackers, plant and perform a strong quickee

Key skills

• Strong plant and split

• High speed to draw the defender

• Take the correct option - inside or outside

Extensions

• Add a defender

• Add a cone and a stop watch

• Add a pass option

• Add a second defender

Goal

Teach the tamariki how to do a strong 5-10m pass from stationary

Set up: 4 rows of cones, 5m apart for spacing purposes

• Pair up the kids, with a ball between them

• Start them 5m apart and complete 10 passes and sit down

• Move the kids back, extend them to 10m and 15m

• Bring them back to 5m and the completion rate should be better

• Change arm, pass both sides

Key skills

• Targets for the catcher

• Elephant arms to increase power

• Spiral passes for 10m+

Extensions

• Catcher can run in to catch short passes

• Watch an adult throw

• Add a pass option

• Add a second defender

Goal

Teach the tamariki how to do a strong 5-10m pass while running

Set up: 4 base cones, 5m apart for distance purposes, and 2 cones to make a tryline

• Pair up the kids, with a ball between them

• Ball carrier runs a tight turn around first cone, then passes to partner

• The catcher times to run with them from the base line

• Start with a small pop pass, then extend

• Score on the tryline

• Change sides, pass both sides

Key skills

• Timing and distance of the pass

• Timing of the runner

• Spiral passes for 10m+

Extensions

• Add a defender

• Add slide dive