U11 rugby kicking drills
5 kicking and catching drills a U11 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.
Free to read with no account. They work at a pitch with no signal too.
What U11 is allowed here
U11 is the first grade the RFU allows kicking work at, so this is where it starts. Nothing below that grade sees any of these, in the app or on this site. What U11 rugby allows is the rest of it.
The drills
Under each one is what it looks like when that drill is going wrong.
- High ball hands 6 min · 4 to 24 players · 15 x 10 m Hands coming up only once the ball has started dropping
- Punt to your partner 8 min · 4 to 24 players · 20 m channel The ball tossed upwards out of the hands before the foot arrives
- Grubber into the space 9 min · 6 to 18 players · 25 x 15 m The ball bouncing up over the chaser's head
- Take the high ball 10 min · 6 to 18 players · 20 x 15 m Arms straight up with the elbows locked, so the ball bounces off
- Kick off and chase 10 min · 8 to 20 players · 30 x 20 m The ball struck out of the hands before it hits the ground
What else U11 can work on
- U11 rugby passing drills
- U11 rugby evasion drills
- U11 rugby tackling drills
- U11 rugby ruck drills
- U11 rugby scrum drills
- U11 rugby game sense drills
The same at other grades
Every U11 drill is the whole grade rather than one theme. Rugby drills by age group is all six grades.