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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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In this video, Allan ‘Polly’ Pollock demonstrates with his players out on the pitch, 1-4-4-4-1. Enjoy!
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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.
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Hi, I’ve implemented this into junior rugby and have had two season’s undefeated(regional AU). Goes without saying requires some junior adaptation.
Love the system but in reality surely you will have certain players gravitating towards the same role that suits them.
No closed captioning?? Come on!
it is such innovative change to the systems being used.
Polly makes structure easy to understand snd not overly complicated. I am struggling however to share with my other coaches
Awesome presentation Polly
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.
brilliant to fine tune it you do it with defenders
This is a great adaption of a standard forward pod structure.
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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.
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
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!!”
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.
Absolutely loving your ideas, Polly! Love your focus on fun and ‘having a carry’ too. Will be applying this this season!
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.”
Nice structure and simple to learn Polly makes it easy to understand simplicity is best
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!
brilliant
Good
a good addition to the playbook
hola,la esplicaciones son muy bueno, pero, no tiene subtitulos, ni tampoco esta traducido el español muchas gracias
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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.
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.
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.
Really great coaching this, clearly explained ideas. Am sharing widely. Thanks
Great insight ,simple but effective..Thanks
Great explanation of quite a complex game plan, made to sound easy!
Simple yet effective
Nice, simple but effective.
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.
Fanciful & patterned
Love the idea…only backs and forwards in 1st phase!
This is just 1/3/3/1 but his decided to add backs.
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.
great points explained simply. thanks.
