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The Gift of Footwork - All with Dave Ellis

Gift your players the key skill of footwork to evade players.

In this series EllisRugby and Bristol Bears' Skills coach Dave Ellis looks at how to develop 2 key evasion skills - the step and swerve.

Suitable for ALL players of all levels.

Part 1. The Gift of Footwork - The Step   8:20 Free video

STEP AWAY FROM THE CONTACT!… keep your feet operating and go forward

are Dave Ellis key starting points as he ‘gifts’ his Waimea and Nelson college players the footwork to step into the space rather than the player.

This skill can be trained by players at all levels at any time and anywhere.

For more about Dave Ellis’ coaching go to Ellis-rugby

 

Part 2. The Gift of Footwork - The Swerve 5:49 Member content

Pushing off the inside foot

and accelerate off the outside foot is Dave Ellis’ key messaging in his how to swerve drill used by the ABs and Brisbane Broncos Rugby league team.

Players of all levels can develop this skill and learn to swerve like Christian Cullen!

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Course Part 1, Part 2
Extras Includes a companion PDF
Duration 08:20
Topics Player Programme Youth Coaching Attack
Applicable to Coaches   Players   Youths, ands, highs, and schools  
Languages English

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Course reviews

Love what Dave said about growing into the game and his progression of footwork for all, thank you, hope lots coaches see this, simple but useful.

Canada

Great drill, little things that determining the momentum of attack. Individual skills, very simple but spot on. Thanks for sharing. This is your everyday thing… love it.

Arabian Gulf

Excellent

Ireland

Great session. Hardly ever coached to younger players. Y.A.C will increase enormously if ALL players work on this. This is the best west way to increase ruck speed.

England

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