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Whole Team Attack - A with The Rugby Site

Engage the whole team in your Attack Structure.
Joker, Protector, Ball Carrier - A Game Plan without numbers just positions in Attack. No more stress, am I in the right position! Ex North Harbour, Auckland, NEC and Toyota coach Allan (Polly) Pollock introduces the 1-4-4-4-1 attack structure.

Part 1. Game Plan & Attack Shape 1-4-4-4-1 explained   7:45 Member content

This session, Polly with his whiteboard at hand, details how to engage all your players in the Attack – creating attack options across the pitch. Enjoy!

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Part 2. Game Plan & Attack Shape 1-4-4-4-1 in Action 21:17 Free video

In this video, Allan ‘Polly’ Pollock demonstrates with his players out on the pitch, 1-4-4-4-1. Enjoy!

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Duration 29:02
Topics Attack
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Course reviews

Adapting from a 1-3-3-1 to this 1-4-4-4-1 as many inexperienced in our club. As a coach I really liked this. Taking this training to the next level would have been components around the Joker and Blindside attack.

Canada

traducir los videos en español, por favor!!

Argentina

Hi, I’ve implemented this into junior rugby and have had two season’s undefeated(regional AU). Goes without saying requires some junior adaptation.

Australia

Love the system but in reality surely you will have certain players gravitating towards the same role that suits them.

England

No closed captioning?? Come on!

USA

it is such innovative change to the systems being used.

South Africa

Polly makes structure easy to understand snd not overly complicated. I am struggling however to share with my other coaches

Wales

Awesome presentation Polly

Australia

Really practical instruction on attacking using pods and good reminder of the total rugby concept; all players being able to execute the attacking structure irrespective of the number on your back.

England

brilliant to fine tune it you do it with defenders

South Africa

This is a great adaption of a standard forward pod structure.

Australia

Traducir al Español los vídeos. Gracias.

Spain

Great video…well explained and the drone view shows the development well. Just wish there was one more video showing the ‘joker’ role and combining all.

Ireland

Great idea! well filmed video! a few essential principles of play including the fundamental compressing / stretching opposition. The latter difficult to illustrate in the absence of opposition. Also a properly marked rugby field would also have tremendously helped the demonstration. Nevertheless, great work all together; Thanks Polly

Belgium

Interesting ideas, which would make the defence think about their own strategies. However, I feel that the amount of information from the coach, both before and during the run through, which could potentially confuse the players. Perhaps, allow the players to make their own decisions within the set up, to improve their decision making processes. Unopposed ‘run through’s’ fail to take in the actions of the defence. Hope this doesn’t seem too negative. “I hear I forget; I see I remember; I do I understand!!”

Great Britain & Northern Ireland

Very empowering for the players to have the autonomy to use this setup and adjust depending on what the defensive picture looks like. My players are enjoying it. Brilliant.

Australia

Absolutely loving your ideas, Polly! Love your focus on fun and ‘having a carry’ too. Will be applying this this season!

New Zealand

The most critical part of this video is when Polly states, “there are no numbers, because I believe that all players should have the confidence and be trained in the skills to perform any role in this attacking dynamic.”

USA

Nice structure and simple to learn Polly makes it easy to understand simplicity is best

New Zealand

Most of my team play for the love of the game and this gives us a process to involve everyone. The drone aerial camera was a great angle to observe the structure. Good job!

USA

brilliant

Arabian Gulf

Good

New Zealand

a good addition to the playbook

New Zealand

hola,la esplicaciones son muy bueno, pero, no tiene subtitulos, ni tampoco esta traducido el español muchas gracias

Argentina

traducir

Argentina

An excellent review/adjustment of a number of systems that are in use nowadays and a very good explanation of how to make it easy, to do the required job For the required situation, with a free flowing style.

England

Great video. The attacking shape provides a great foundation to find the weakness in the defence. In addition the edict that everyone has a role fits neatly with my view and approach. Finally the words of Polly – empowering the players, being committed 100% to your choice, having fun and play play play.

Australia

Really great video, bit of basic structure and shape to keep things organised but also gives players freedom to play what’s in front of them. Very interesting pattern and really creative. Sums up why Kiwis are so good.

Singapore

Really great coaching this, clearly explained ideas. Am sharing widely. Thanks

India

Great insight ,simple but effective..Thanks

Fiji

Great explanation of quite a complex game plan, made to sound easy!

New Zealand

Simple yet effective

New Zealand

Nice, simple but effective.

New Zealand

This is genius stuff. I arrived at this idea independently through A combination of standing in damp fields with 15 year olds, the genius of Wayne Smiths videos on this site about incorporating forwards in attack and the General Movement ideas which came out of France.

Ireland

Fanciful & patterned

Ireland

Love the idea…only backs and forwards in 1st phase!

USA

This is just 1/3/3/1 but his decided to add backs.

Ireland

Great pattern to involve all players in an attacking systems with tonnes of options. Very difficult to defend. Thank you for the insight in expanding on the 1331 pattern which is now very common to a 14441 attack system.

New Zealand

great points explained simply. thanks.

Australia

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