About Joshua Barlow Expertise Hi, I’m josh I can answer questions on every position on a rugby field. I can tell you how to kick, tackle, catch, ruck, maul, play every position, also how to pass, I also can tell you every referee signal, and every law of the game of rugby.
Experience I have played rugby for eleven years at amateur level and I have had trials for Yorkshire at my age group, I originally play fullback, flanker and winger.
Organizations Wheatley Hills RUFC
Education/Credentials Maths-C
English-C
science-C
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Btec sport-B
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Awards and Honors I got the most improved player of the year 2007/2008
Question my boy is playing for the under 11 rugby team in his school,he start at scrumhalf from under 9 and under 10 this year his playing wing or flank,because his passes is to slow to the flyhalf and then put the backline on the back foot,so my question is what training can i help him with so that his passes can inproof because his the right size for a scrumhalf and have the right attitued for this position and is always busy around the scrum.
Answer Hi, Ferdie
Right first of all you need to make sure he nearly always has a rugby ball in his hands, so that he can get the fell of the ball.
Here a few drills for short passing,
Get some people together all ready to pass in the same direction, with the correct forward and there elbow up creating the channel, then pass the ball down the line and back, this can be done in two's also make sure its done to perfection and then when it gets better move further apart.
Spin passing- gets to the player quicker
The hand position fro spin passing or long passing is not massively different from the hand position in a small pass, but it shifts slightly. For a pass out to the right drop the left hand further down, towards the base of the ball and the lower end point and keep the right hand further up. In the pass itself the left hand does all the work and the right hand is the guide.
A good drill is just passing between you and your child
