Passes should be straight from the floor unless being pressurised by a defender and you HAVE to get away from them. If you don't have enough time this probably means you were late to the breakdown, the ball has come out of the ruck uncontrolled or the defender is offside. Picking the ball up first and taking steps delays the pass and reduces the time and space available to the back line because defenders have been able to break the offside line as soon as the ball is out of the ruck. The longer it takes for the ball to get to the first receiver, the closer the defenders will be to them.
Hey Alex, some really good reflections in there and if we were discussing 15s I would agree with you on most of them. This would be the 'ideal' scenario but misses out the nuances of 7s. When approaching base passing from a 7s point of view, more often than not, its very useful to take some steps: - Firstly, there are less players in a ruck, and there is often more of a contest over the ball compared to 15s. You rarely get a completely clean passing lane due to the speed of the tackles and the quality of the jacklers. So the emphasis is to get it away from even your own players legs so they don't dislodge the ball. - Adding to this, with less players in a ruck there is a far shorter distance for a defender to pressure the 9 from an onside line and a lot of teams send their shortside defender after the 9 to start their defensive line off. - So with these two points you will very likely create a cleaner and quicker pass away from the base compared to just passing off the floor. And top 7s players can take these two steps and pass only slightly slower than passing off the floor. - Secondly, by taking some steps from the ruck you can become an attacking threat. An inexperienced defence will fly up on the first receiver and this isolates and creates an attacking opportunity against the defensive players around the ruck. Even against an experienced defence who pressurises well, you can use your feet to create space for the attack. - Thirdly, you're always thinking of your next job in 7s and with far less of you on the pitch, compared to 15s, you're very likely to be involved in the next contact. So taking steps gets you off and running after your pass. You can then be an option for an offload, to clear the next ruck or play 9. Hope this helps clear that up 😃
Your videos have helped me out so much when it comes to understanding technique and positions!
Thats awesome to hear Ellie! Glad they're helping😀
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Passes should be straight from the floor unless being pressurised by a defender and you HAVE to get away from them. If you don't have enough time this probably means you were late to the breakdown, the ball has come out of the ruck uncontrolled or the defender is offside.
Picking the ball up first and taking steps delays the pass and reduces the time and space available to the back line because defenders have been able to break the offside line as soon as the ball is out of the ruck. The longer it takes for the ball to get to the first receiver, the closer the defenders will be to them.
Hey Alex, some really good reflections in there and if we were discussing 15s I would agree with you on most of them. This would be the 'ideal' scenario but misses out the nuances of 7s.
When approaching base passing from a 7s point of view, more often than not, its very useful to take some steps:
- Firstly, there are less players in a ruck, and there is often more of a contest over the ball compared to 15s. You rarely get a completely clean passing lane due to the speed of the tackles and the quality of the jacklers. So the emphasis is to get it away from even your own players legs so they don't dislodge the ball.
- Adding to this, with less players in a ruck there is a far shorter distance for a defender to pressure the 9 from an onside line and a lot of teams send their shortside defender after the 9 to start their defensive line off.
- So with these two points you will very likely create a cleaner and quicker pass away from the base compared to just passing off the floor. And top 7s players can take these two steps and pass only slightly slower than passing off the floor.
- Secondly, by taking some steps from the ruck you can become an attacking threat. An inexperienced defence will fly up on the first receiver and this isolates and creates an attacking opportunity against the defensive players around the ruck. Even against an experienced defence who pressurises well, you can use your feet to create space for the attack.
- Thirdly, you're always thinking of your next job in 7s and with far less of you on the pitch, compared to 15s, you're very likely to be involved in the next contact. So taking steps gets you off and running after your pass. You can then be an option for an offload, to clear the next ruck or play 9.
Hope this helps clear that up 😃
I would like to know how to throw the ball into the line-out
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I can definitely look at doing a video on this! 😁👌
th-cam.com/video/NACP9Mh4Zt4/w-d-xo.html Throwing episode 😁
Really good
Thank you Patrick!
Whats the tape around the ball for?
Just covering up a few logos is all Henry
@@luketreharneTi7s understood, thanks!
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