Catch & Pass with Wayne Smith

Wayne Smith is fantastic in breaking down the pass to its component parts and then helping players understand while it is important as he implements the skills into various drills. If you can’t pass you can’t play rugby!

Charlie Yorke Brooks England

Its Wayne Smith, its simple and brilliant

Simon Mair Great Britain & Northern Ireland

This is awesome stuff!

JJ Vakalala USA

Rugby is such a simple game and Wayne Smith makes it look so easy. This is a great video and which shows core skill to game skill progression. Worth a watch.

Roger Hodgson Australia

la verdad es que me gustaria subtitulos en español

Adrian Espinosa Argentina

necesito subtitulos en español

manuel vera Argentina

yeah nah mean az

laurence smith New Zealand

Is that Maro Itoje in the video?

Zach hendrix USA

These concepts are so important for support runners. Excellent.

Colette McAuley Canada

Could you add the “Includes companion PDF” ?

Sebastian Suarez Argentina

Muy didactico , simple y practico.

Sergio Testori Argentina

Great progression from the skill to functionality into the game . I’ll use this in my sessions. Well done. Thanks.

Joe Santos USA

Very good video, one question though is that a young Maro Itoje among the Harrow lads?

Joel Caddy England

Super Master Class

Mike Tango New Zealand

Important aspect of the game and great technique well explained and demonstrated by Wayne

Gerhard.Coetzee South Africa

Noone in rugby has fresher ideas, clearer coaching techniques or a better break down of essential mechanics. Guy’s a legend.

Daryn Henry USA

excellent video!

Mark Pattinson USA

Wayne Smith has a very clear philosophy. He conveys this very precisely in his instructional videos. His ideas are very easy to apply at many levels.

Mark S Sweden

Muy bueno y facil de aplicar!!

Matias Aristarain Germany

Awesome.

Matthew Pickston USA

i can’t see it

Pablo saenz de Zumaran Argentina

..umm, opening title displays ‘Haro Coaching Session’ it should be ‘Harrow’….?!

Michael Francis Pollin England

Great.simple stuff but v effective . Great site

edward merrett Great Britain & Northern Ireland

Simply brilliant

Min Sae Chae USA

no lo puedo ver..

juan pablo mauro Argentina

I’d love to review this video, but the site seems confused about my subscription to the extent that I’m going to cancel mine.

Simon Banyard Great Britain & Northern Ireland

Excellent demo on draw&pass,punch pass,you don’t see enough young lads coming through with these skills, I’m sure this video will set a lot of them on the right path.

Mark shaw Australia

Great drills. Our never coach us to pass from the wrong foot. Love it!

Johnny Pretorius South Africa

Excellents drills, Wayne is very clear, very easy to apply with the players

Santi Beltran Argentina

Clear, simple instructions and great demonstration of the whole-part-whole learning. Easy to practice the punch pass at home or alone.

James Hogan England

This is a superb and meaningful nuts and bolts session . Is there any chance that subscribers could receive a PDF summary of this please?

Brian Jackson USA

Great drills for young players learning how to pass and draw and pass,also run ,catch,pass is something many players don’t do.Thank you

john collins New Zealand

Great video really simple principals that didn’t take the players long to learn and use in the session.

Giovanni Silanesu Australia

great for high school kids.

Amato Moli USA

Great basic skills and application thereof.

Wayne MacKay New Zealand

excellent video like all of Smithies Videos

Mike Diamond Hong Kong

very good video one that can be used from the moment tackle rugby starts

bailey warner New Zealand

excelente video!!!! gran sesion de entrenamiento, grandes ejercicios, grandes conceptos. muy util! I`m sorry, but my english is not very well. I can read and hear, only

gonzalo martin Argentina

Great training video.. after applying this one with my team .. i ll buy the others..

Ghassan Akl Brazil

Great training video – been practicing the passing with my son (U9’s) and will recommend this video to everyone!

Mike Southern Great Britain & Northern Ireland

Unfortunately we are at the end of our season but I plan to implement these drills next season. Great site,

Bruce Linenberg USA

Thanx helped a lot !

Philip Ligthart Zimbabwe

Smithy did a great jo, I have started a Rugby team in florida and the kids finally get what we have been trying to get through to them. While the drills arent new they are well produced and Smithy explained in easy to understand terms and the kids love the explanations. Great job Rugby Site

steve USA

great vid. but as a person where english is not my first language i sometimes miss out on a few things. mainly to do with the accent. so maybe subtitles would do the trick?

Kasper Johansen Denmark

Very good video, simple and very effective training. The only problem we have spanish speakers is that we lose details of the teachings of Wayne by language. No possibility of subtitled videos?

Luis Traba Argentina

Good material that is relevant to me. I coach U10’s and we are trying to develop a continuity playing style, seeing how Wayne introduces individual skills is a game environment is impressive and can work for players of all abilities.

Chris Sweetapple England

Thought this was wonderful, but the two main points that make this so are not just the drills but: the progression from isolated technical movements to more dynamic ones which employ those in ‘game related’ activities, and that Smith doesn’t simply deliver answers but uses open ended or leading (if need be) questions to get the boys to understand the concepts more fully.

Rob Canada

Outstanding!

John USA

Ray Williams used to say that the coaches job is to reduce complexities to simplicities and what a great job Wayne Smith does on that!

brian jackson USA

comment capturer cette video ?

jean michel France

very good down to earth coach’ cant wait to go through this with my son :)

patrick noutch England

This is gold dust I have to say. I can see why Smith is one of the best attack coaches in the world

bokkedurant Ireland

Can’t wait to try this at practice and then at the game! It makes so much sense to strengthen the pass at speed, draw and support, pop pass, and most important enjoy the game with your new skills. Thanks Wayne Smith and The Rugby Site.

Hunter Gassaway USA

Hi David, just wanted to check that you have been able to access the video alright? If you have any further issues please email me at support@therugbysite.com. ^Chloe

The Rugby Site New Zealand

is it me or has anyone else had trouble getting this content to play?

David Vasselin Ireland

its simple things that really change the pace of the game, who better to teach this than Wayne Smith?

Dan Leeson Great Britain & Northern Ireland

i learned a lot of great language to express certain concepts, and found the linking of exercises super useful. i bet the boys would take some time to digest the take away message which i think was just be a threat with the ball, or without and execute fundamentals. seems simple but is a real challenge! great video!

John Christopher lavery Canada

Great video, learn a lot from it!

Alexandre de Souza Pereira Brazil

Excellent session, lots of good practical advice which can be used by every team. No complex drills. Good stuff!!!

Paul Walsh India

excellent and simple passing techniques that can be taught to all age groups! also for the older boys the old draw and pass….running to draw the defender and the supporter running the straight lines….we all know we should coach it but this made it pretty easy for the players to see the best way of doing it! Nice One Smithy! Go The AB’S

Glenn Pickup Great Britain & Northern Ireland

great video and advice! Thanks!

hakwa Australia

Easy to see why Smithy is considered one of tho top coaches in the world!

Goach Australia

One of the mosts dificult skills to teach is hands technique to spin the pass. I used the very first activitie with my new players last training and it really worked! Congratulations.

Guillermo López Spain

The thing that strikes me is how practical and simple the session is. Smith is economic with words so the explanations aren’t over complicated and the drills are clearly linked to game situations. As Smith says "If you don’t try it here (passing off a players ‘wrong’ foot’ for instance) then you’ll never try it in a game. Essential viewing for any Coach of young players who wants to help really develop their ability to run, catch and pass. Great stuff.

grant crawford Arabian Gulf

The passing and support work was very good, especially the support lines as they aren’t taught very often. I also liked the way Smithy presented the session to the players. He kept it simple and progressed it according to their understanding.

Mike Storey Ireland

love it. I am a U9 coach and my son is excited to give it a go with his team. Thanks The Rugby Site. :-)

Donald Great Britain & Northern Ireland

Excellent video showing progression from basics of passing technique to use in game situations. Good to see how Wayne Smith builds the session and engages the players.

Stuart Keys Great Britain & Northern Ireland

Great video. Im a New Zealander and I havn’t seen this coaching before..haha. This should be taught from U/6’s, then by the time the kids reach this age group they will be masters of the draw, catch, pass and support skills & plays…obviously when dealing with younger kids you have to make it a bit more exciting coz all kids want to do is run with the ball not pass…haha

Cuz New Zealand

This is an excellent piece on the value of good passing technique, showing how and why you should be developing it. Good to hear that the All Blacks couldn’t pass well in 2004, it means we are only 7 years behind them!!

Ian Gould Great Britain & Northern Ireland

Excellent all round particularly in passing technique, keeping the ball alive and highlighting support play

Martin Maguire Great Britain & Northern Ireland

This outing with Wayne Smith will contribute a great deal to this rugby team.

A great advantage to them – until their opponents look to develop the same ideas in a similarly efficient and economical way as Wayne guides here.

John Arthur Graham New Zealand