The purpose of this activity is to warm the students up and focussing on maintaining space, while completing differnet rugby movements.Set up a playing area that is big enough for the class to move around in, but not too big that there is too much space between them.

The first movement is to run around in the playing area, while maintaining space between each other. This will require the students to change direction if approaching another player.

The second movement is to have the students run backwards in the player area. This mimics a game of touch rugby or rugby league in which players have to retreat backwards onside. 

The third movement is a sidestep or dodge. This can be achieved by placing roughly a third of the amount of rugby balls as there are students (ie for a class of 24 place 8/9 balls on the ground inside the playing area.) The students can pretend that the rugby ball on the ground is a defender and in order to get around them, they need to complete a side step. Placing one foot on the ground, pushing off from that foot and changing direction. 

The fourth movement is to pick up, run and score. Using the same rugby balls, students will now pick up a rugby ball using the correct technique (place one foot in front of the ball, place the other foot behind the ball and bend your legs. Place one hand at the front of the ball and one hand at the back of the ball when picking up - SEE PHOTO). Students will take three quick steps with the rugby ball before placing it down onto the ground with two hands simulating scoring a try. Because there is not enough rugby balls, encourage students to move quickly to spot a ball and pick that ball up. 

The fifth movement is to pick up, pass and score. Using the same technique to pick up the ball (one foot at the front, one foot at the back, knees bent, one hand at the front, one hand at the back) students will now pass the ball to another classmate. The student who picked up the ball will look for another student who is ready to catch the ball and stand side on to each other. The player that picked up the ball will place the ball low, beside their hip. They will swing the ball across their hips and pass to their classmate (hip to hip). Once the rugby ball has been caught, that student will place the ball down siumlating scoring a try, before moving on to find another ball.