Catch and Pass - Basics with Ben Herring

To start the series, analyst Hamish Webb highlights some good and bad passes during a high school match.
Hamish explains the positives and negatives from the passes and recommends how to improve the players skills.

While hands are the most important part of the catch and pass, the feet play a big part in the successful execution of the pass. Ben looks at positioning the feet when catching and passing.

In this 3rd video of the Catch and Pass Basics Series, Ben looks at the importance of peripheral vision.

In the 4th part of the Catch and Pass Basics series, Ben looks at the role your Core muscles play to successfully activate the pass.

In the 5th part of the Catch and Pass Basics series, Ben explains what ripping the grip means, why is it important and how to execute it.

In the 5th part of the Catch and Pass Basics series, Ben explains what pointing your hands to the target pass means. When to do it and why it is important and how to practice it.

In this video, Blacks Ferns Assistant coach Wesley Clarke explains the basics of how to hold the rugby ball so you can pass it to the target.

Now the technique of the pass and catch is complete. We will add a couple of simple drills for you to put them into practice with your players.

Ben adds another classic Run Catch and Pass drill for you to use with your players.

In this latest video Ben introduces some fun games your players can do at training.

Building on Wesley Clarke’s Catch and Pass series with the Manawatu Turbo women, Ex Blues assistant and now Lifewest coach Adriaan Ferris addresses the fundamentals of the catch pass for players new to the game like ‘cross over’ players.

Working with his local Blue Angels women players, Adriaan works through the fundamentals of the Catch and Pass.

Rugby Site Manager and now Otago coach Ben Herring has put together a Practice Plan focusing on Catch and Pass activities.

Looks like lots of fun involved!

This week we continue our match warm up series featuring drills to get you ‘game’ ready.

Nottingham coach Alex O’Dowd introduces a Run Catch and Pass warm-up drill.

Remember these drills are training drills as well.

Keep straight lines

Hands to the target

Use the post as the defence and target

Can vary the position to the goal posts to change the lines and time to pass

This week, we feature Hamish Webb (our UK Rugby Site Rugby Manager), at our UK clinic with the Hackney Rugby Club.

Hamish having coached at London Irish Academy, Wellington College and Scotland U16s has successfully developed many junior players, and teams.

Hamish has an excellent session with Hackney’s U13 team (many new to the game), developing their Catch and Pass.

Grip the ball properly to pass

Hands out early to greet the ball

Point the ball at the target

Pass the ball like it’s on a rope to the targe