DRILL
Tap and Crumb

Purpose and Skills

  • Purpose
    This drill is good pre-season as it develops aerobic fitness through an intense 60-90 second period of jumping up high and bending down low. It's also useful for improving the crumbing skills of taller players.
  • Skills
    Ruck

Players and Equipment

  • 3
    Groups of

  • 6+
    Ages

  • 2
    Balls/grp

  • 0
    Cones/grp

  • 2
    Distance

  • 0
    Opp Strip/grp

Diagram and Steps

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  • (B) handballs a ball at the feet of (A)
  • (A) crumbs and handballs-on-the-up to (B)
  • (A) then turns towards (C), who has just handballed high above the (A)'s head
  • (A) jumps and taps the ball down to (C), then turns to receive the next low ball from (B)
  • Each player's turn should last 45-90 seconds.

Video

demo
: Gather Give Bump play

Gather Give Bump

plus
GROUPS OF
AGES 13+
demo
: Kick & Follow-up Hands play

Kick & Follow-up Hands

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PLAYERS 16+
AGES 11+
demo
: Help After Poor Disposal play

Help After Poor Disposal

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PLAYERS 20+
AGES 13+

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