10 MUST DO Tackle Drills! Build Tackle Confidence

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Ready to level up your rugby tackle skills? In this video, I’ll show you 10 tackle drills you can try right after your team training session. Grab a teammate and work on mastering these key elements:

Foot Placement & Same Shoulder
Chop Your Feet & Control Your Height Drop
Hit and Explode Through the Tackle, Staying Square
Many players lose power after the initial hit – we’ll break that habit by focusing on exploding through the attacker, like a sprinter out of the blocks.

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[loving-plumbing]

Awesome Video. Thanks. Love that Tackle mat. I can't seem to see it online. Any ideas where to get it ? Thanks 👍🏻

[Investreal]

Hey great video! Im using your tackle technique from now on because my tackle technique before wasn’t working and your one sounds great and you said in this one vid to drive up and stead of planting it because it gives more power and to do short steps when trying to tackle them so that I have a better reaction to tackle them😮 thank you so much this is gonna help me a lot 🎉

[garethjones]

Hi, where did you get the equipment from please? The mats look brilliant 👍

[christianmonturanoii]

I do jiu-jitsu and play football I mightbplay rugby again too. Bjj take downs can help with others