total impact method - A Variation on Engagement Technique in the Rugby Scrum

coaching guidelines

"BINDS IN THE FRONT ROW: The loosehead prop, on the left hand side of the scrum binds on to the hooker first, and binds up under his right arm pit or further around on his chest. We talk about this as taking the high bind. The tighthead prop binds on to the hookers waist, about the shorts line, and we talk about this as taking the low bind. This also has the effect of turning the hooker's hips towards his ball feed side when the front rowers pop their shoulders out. The referee wants to see six shoulders when he looks across the front row, although other things happen at higher levels of the game, for a number of reasons. You can note this on Television. The hooker binds under the arm pits of his props, but binds on the loosehead first. An important point here is that the hooker should take the mark first and assume the binding position, hands up or whatever the case may be. PROPS NEED TO ENTER FROM BEHIND, NOT THE SIDE. THIS IS A CRITICAL FACTOR IN GETTING THE SCRUM RIGHT."

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