U10 rugby game sense drills

25 game sense drills a U10 squad is allowed to do, each with the set up, the coaching points and what it looks like from the touchline when it is going wrong.

Open them in the app

Free to read with no account. They work at a pitch with no signal too.

What U10 is allowed here

Game sense arrives at U7, so a U10 squad has had it for a while. Nothing below that grade sees any of these, in the app or on this site. What U10 rugby allows is the rest of it.

The drills

Under each one is what it looks like when that drill is going wrong.

Numbers scramble 5 min · 8 to 24 players · 20 x 20 m Standing still waiting to be picked up by a group
Corner ball 10 min · 8 to 20 players · 20 x 20 m Everybody piling towards whichever corner the ball is nearest
Numbers up 12 min · 9 to 21 players · 25 x 20 m Passing straight away without looking at the defence
Square and pass 10 min · 8 to 21 players · 30 x 20 m The whole line drifting further towards the touchline every pass
Taking a free pass 8 min · 6 to 20 players · 15 x 10 m The ball put on the grass or rolled rather than passed out of the hands
Follow your mate 9 min · 6 to 21 players · 20 x 15 m The two without the ball drifting in front of the carrier
Hit the hole 9 min · 8 to 20 players · 25 x 20 m All three running at the same gap
Support the break 10 min · 8 to 21 players · 40 x 20 m Support setting off once the carrier has already gone twenty metres
Narrow to wide 10 min · 10 to 21 players · 40 x 25 m Carrying the ball out towards the touchline instead of passing it
Two touch attack 12 min · 10 to 24 players · 40 x 25 m Everybody stopping to think when the ball arrives
Drop off touch 10 min · 8 to 20 players · 30 x 20 m The attack running at the same defenders with a gap out wide
End ball 10 min · 8 to 24 players · 25 x 20 m Everybody standing where they passed from
Four goals 10 min · 8 to 20 players · 25 x 25 m All of them charging at the nearest goal
Keep ball 8 min · 8 to 20 players · 20 x 20 m Passing to whoever is closest, marker and all
Two ball chaos 9 min · 10 to 24 players · 30 x 25 m Both teams converging on whichever ball is nearest
Defend the line 10 min · 10 to 24 players · 30 x 25 m One keen defender shooting out ahead of the rest
Ten metres to decide 9 min · 8 to 20 players · 20 x 20 m Taking the ball then looking up to see what is on
Turnover game 12 min · 10 to 24 players · 35 x 25 m Winning it back then stopping to celebrate or reorganise
Scoring zones 11 min · 10 to 24 players · 35 x 30 m Going straight for the wide zone from the first pass
The quiet game 8 min · 10 to 24 players · 30 x 25 m Shouting constantly in the loud half so nothing is heard
Outnumbered defence 11 min · 9 to 21 players · 30 x 25 m All the defenders converging on the ball carrier
Three phase game 12 min · 12 to 24 players · 40 x 30 m Every player piling into the first ruck
Defend your channel 11 min · 8 to 20 players · 20 x 20 m Lunging from two metres and grabbing a shirt
Who goes in 11 min · 10 to 21 players · 25 x 20 m Everybody following the ball, so nothing is left outside
Scrum and away 10 min · 8 to 16 players · 25 x 20 m The backs standing flat footed watching the scrum

What else U10 can work on

The same at other grades

Every U10 drill is the whole grade rather than one theme. Rugby drills by age group is all six grades.