EPTThe biggest thing i see football players too is run side-to-side too much and don't know when to go down in a tackle. Make sure you're running more north-south and look for your support. Also, make sure you wrap up on your tackles, just hitting someone with your shoulder/high tackles are penalties. Mostly it's going to take time/experience.
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decafchicken
United States20083 Posts
The biggest thing i see football players too is run side-to-side too much and don't know when to go down in a tackle. Make sure you're running more north-south and look for your support. Also, make sure you wrap up on your tackles, just hitting someone with your shoulder/high tackles are penalties. Mostly it's going to take time/experience. | ||
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Jitsu
United States929 Posts
On December 21 2011 12:12 decafchicken wrote: Where are you playing at? The biggest thing i see football players too is run side-to-side too much and don't know when to go down in a tackle. Make sure you're running more north-south and look for your support. Also, make sure you wrap up on your tackles, just hitting someone with your shoulder/high tackles are penalties. Mostly it's going to take time/experience. Tackling shouldn't be a tackle. Playing at Linebacker, Wrap Up tackling was my forte`. Shoulder Tackling is a penalty though? You really need to wrap up or it's a penalty? | ||
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decafchicken
United States20083 Posts
On December 21 2011 12:49 Jitsu wrote: Tackling shouldn't be a tackle. Playing at Linebacker, Wrap Up tackling was my forte`. Shoulder Tackling is a penalty though? You really need to wrap up or it's a penalty? You at least need to make an attempt at wrapping. If you just shoulder check or clothes line you'll get called for it. Do you mind sharing what team you're playing for? | ||
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phyre112
United States3090 Posts
On December 21 2011 12:49 Jitsu wrote: Tackling shouldn't be a tackle. Playing at Linebacker, Wrap Up tackling was my forte`. Shoulder Tackling is a penalty though? You really need to wrap up or it's a penalty? It's also going to be a HUGE change to you cardio-wise. I've seen statistics that the average pro football lineman covers about a tenth of a mile during games. The average rugby forward covers almost 4 miles at a pro level. There are not expected to be many breaks in play, besides the half time, and immediately following any scores and there are not usually any substitutions. What position will you be playing on the rugby team, do you know? | ||
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Catch
United States616 Posts
Having practice only 2x a night would be okay I suppose; I'm not too sure. I am taking anatomy, chemistry, and biology this year though and since I have to keep my scholarship (min. 3.2), I would be putting my academics over athletics. But yo, we'll see. In the mean time, it's time to get strooong. | ||
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Jitsu
United States929 Posts
On December 21 2011 14:05 phyre112 wrote: It's also going to be a HUGE change to you cardio-wise. I've seen statistics that the average pro football lineman covers about a tenth of a mile during games. The average rugby forward covers almost 4 miles at a pro level. There are not expected to be many breaks in play, besides the half time, and immediately following any scores and there are not usually any substitutions. What position will you be playing on the rugby team, do you know? I literally have no idea. The season just ended, and spring practice doesn't start until the new year. What would you recommend I try out for? | ||
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decafchicken
United States20083 Posts
On December 22 2011 01:56 Jitsu wrote: I literally have no idea. The season just ended, and spring practice doesn't start until the new year. What would you recommend I try out for? It's not like football where you go out for a specific position, esp when you've never played before. There's your backs (generally the smaller and faster guys) and the forwards (bigger, slower guys). A lot of the times you can move around positions. A more in-depth description of positions is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_union_positions | ||
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decafchicken
United States20083 Posts
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Boblion
France8043 Posts
On December 22 2011 01:56 Jitsu wrote: I literally have no idea. The season just ended, and spring practice doesn't start until the new year. What would you recommend I try out for? If you are fast they will make you winger and if you are a good tackler you will probably play as flanker. Those are the less "skilled" role, you can be decent even without having a lot of experience. You won't be doing a lot of passing usually. Fly-half / scrum half / full back are impossible to play if you are new player. You need to have good passing and a lot of experience. Fly-half and scrum half are the most important players. locks / props / hooker / are also quite technical and dangerous if you have no experience with scrums. Number 8 is technical too. Need a lot of experience to be good ( and you need to be huge lol ). Centres need good passing and good defense. | ||
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Balgrog
United States1221 Posts
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phyre112
United States3090 Posts
On January 13 2012 09:04 Balgrog wrote: I just found this thread and am extremely happy. I have been playing rugby for 8 years, if anyone has any question, needs ideas and suggestions or anything, feel free to ask. What position/what level? As someone just starting out it's always nice to great from people with experience. First practice of spring semester today, but I won't be back st school because the weatheris too terrible. Getting in late tonight I'll make practice tomorrow. | ||
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decafchicken
United States20083 Posts
Sunday we get to play in the indoor-football field our football team uses and we're basically just going to scrimmage for two hours. its going to be AWESOME | ||
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decafchicken
United States20083 Posts
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phyre112
United States3090 Posts
On January 31 2012 12:22 decafchicken wrote: Been playing flanker last couple weeks, having a blast running around and hitting people :D So much more to do then playing center. Also got to jump in a lineout, was fun cause i'm pretty tall and long arms makes it easy to steal ball ^_^ Oly lifting definitely helping my ability to truck through people, threw multiple people back ~3-5 yards yesterday. I've wondered why you were a back. Were you noticeably smaller when you started playing? You're certainly a good size for flanker/8 man, and would make a great second row if you were a few inches taller. Flanker is great, your whole job is to keep your head up in the scrum, watch when the scrum half pulls the ball, and then either get around to hit him before he gets rid of it, or get to whoever the first pass is to. Don't have to worry so much about that pick and go, since all the forwards are bound into the scrum. Make sure to get your endurance up though, if you expect to be playing a lot of flanker. We're not allowed to be as lazy as the backs. | ||
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Lyter
United Kingdom2145 Posts
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decafchicken
United States20083 Posts
On January 31 2012 14:05 phyre112 wrote: I've wondered why you were a back. Were you noticeably smaller when you started playing? You're certainly a good size for flanker/8 man, and would make a great second row if you were a few inches taller. Flanker is great, your whole job is to keep your head up in the scrum, watch when the scrum half pulls the ball, and then either get around to hit him before he gets rid of it, or get to whoever the first pass is to. Don't have to worry so much about that pick and go, since all the forwards are bound into the scrum. Make sure to get your endurance up though, if you expect to be playing a lot of flanker. We're not allowed to be as lazy as the backs. When i started playing rugby i was faster than i was bigger. Since then i've put on 50 pounds lol. But i'm currently the only proper center on our team and one of the fastest in general, otherwise i would love to play flanker (would really have to work my endurance :-p) | ||
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MajinMojo
266 Posts
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decafchicken
United States20083 Posts
On February 03 2012 05:17 MajinMojo wrote: decaf, I don't know if I ever told you. But a few months back I bought this jersey of the team Ireland 2010 alternate away colors. It's pretty badass.+ Show Spoiler + Sickkkk nasty. My gf got me a stade francais jersey for xmas, it's fucking awesome: ![[image loading]](http://image-load-balancer.worldsportshops.com/Images/watermarked_thumbnail.aspx?img=59368&photoNum=1&t=I&catalog=Rugby&w=300&h=300) | ||
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MajinMojo
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churbro
New Zealand55 Posts
This season I'm expecting an all new zealand final. Last years victory for the Reds was probably the biggest fluke I have ever seen, and the South African teams were nothing short of unimpressive. However, the Bulls and Stormers are always dangerous. | ||
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