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First Hand Scrum Experience
DIR By: GrantB
Date: September 11, 2013, 2:09 pm
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Evening Blowers...
I had the opportunity to attend a Jebel Ali Dragons training
session this evening where full contest scrums were in use. I
thought i would share my observations...
Overall, teams were knowledgeable but there are certain
management issues that i would like to highlight that may be
worth considering. This being said with full respect of the
coaches input that may come as the early weeks tick by and not
wanting to tread on any toes. these were my personal
observations.
1. Help the front row find the right gap. initially the set up
was for a touch not bind call. it took a few scrums before the
front rows were finding that distance themselves. we heard it
on the weekend. Ear to Ear does work once they get to the
crouch position. you have a chance at management here by doing
a quick check across the middle of the scrum and sight the ears.
if in doubt, blow it up and start again.
2. square shoulders. props had to be talked too consistently to
pop the shoulder out so that the front rows were square to each
other. this also helped with stability of the scrum at the bind
stage. square shoulders also ensures that the prop needs
further effort to manipulate his angle at the contest. keep
vigilant on the square shoulders even at the bind stage and
watch for dipping of the inside shoulder at this stage. if you
are not happy, blow it up and remind him of his obligation to
pack square and push straight.
3. no weight at the bind stage. the biggest problem of the
night was weight coming from the back row at a bind call. this
had the impact of propelling the hooker into the opposing front
row and causing destabalising of the whole sequence. at this
stage, it became apparent that there was confusion and there was
a brief chat with the entire scrum to ensure that weight only
came on at the set stage and not before. they finally got it
and scrums were very well contested from that point from a
stable platform. this could be a key pre-match brief point
early in the season. make sure that you set out your
expectation for stability at every point in the sequence before
moving on to the next.
4. scrum halves were still guilty of favouring their own feed...
its going to take them a while, but once you set out the zero
tolerance for the crooked feed and enforce it, then it should
all go sweet.
5. pushing straight. if you have the front rows square at the
crouch and bind stage, then the physics at this level will
almost always produce a stable scrum at the contest stage. one
theme that i did notice was that defensive back rows stepping
around and trying to wheel the scrum. be wary of this as a
tactic to disrupt the team that has the feed as it appears that
with a good focus on the sqaure front rows, the back row becomes
more important in terms of gaining advantage through angles.
i hope that is useful for everyone that maybe looking at their
first live session in the coming weeks with the scrum. remember
it is learning process for everyone and your number 1 priority
is safety. don't be afraid to spend extra time getting the
steps right and ensure that you see reaction to your voice
instructions. if in doubt, blow it up and start again.
communicate clearly your expectations at the pre-match so that
everyone starts from the same point. ensure captain and front
row buy in to your scrum at that point as well.
happy blowing....
GrantB
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Re: First Hand Scrum Experience
DIR By: eduard
Date: September 14, 2013, 9:26 am
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Thanks for your interesting comments.
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