How can i become a better scrum half in rugby union. i am 15 years old and am skinny as?

Question

How can i become a better scrum half in rugby union. i am 15 years old and am skinny as?

Answer 1

Make sure your passes are accurate and if you see a gap around the ruck, stay low and go into it, you may just make a break into space and your centres will love that.

Remember when tackling to stay as low down as possible and bring those knees or ankles together as soon as you can, even the biggest man will go down.

Get to the rucks quickly and as you approach, look at which side may be better to pass to, you control the direction of attack, so make a decision and stick to it.

You don't have to be huge and strong to be a good halfback, just smart.

Answer 2

Pretty much always have a footy in your hands, just always be playing with it, pass the ball with your mates all day, chuck it up and down when you're watching tv, ...

Skinny as, hey, yeah I'm 23 now and have always been d**n skinny too, I hope you're short, as it'll help your passing game. For the skinny thing, it's not too important as a halfback, but all I can say is eat, eat, eat....

Good luck!

Answer 3

Being skinny or small is irrelevant. In my old team, our scrum half was I'd say barely 5 foot if at all, (this is under 16's btw), and he could still take on anyone. The best way to perfect your play is to work on ballwork, tackles and reactions. You need to be able to get the ball out of scrums, rucks, mauls, etc. as quickly as possible. You need to be able to handle yourself so make sure you can take a lot of hits as well as giving them. You also need to adjust your play to suit any given situation so y need to learn to be more attentive in games, changing your play to suit what's going on.

Answer 4

halfbacks are essentially the link between the backs and the forwards (hence, halfback/halfforward). in saying this, halfbacks require to know a great deal of plays and calls, from lineout calls to backline moves, a halfback is the beginning and end to this all.

in my opinion, halfbacks also need to have a good voice. forwards need guiding during rucks and mauls, and backs need to know when they are going to get the ball. however, always make sure you have an eye on the ball. too many times, a halfback will look away and the ball will be stolen.

the basic skills of a halfback involve passing the ball(left and right), support and general defence around the rucks and covering the main defencive line. secondary skills include how fast you can pass the ball off the ground to your teammates (dont step back and pass, this allows the opposition to get up on your team), try practicing with 1 hand off the ground and spiraling the ball to where the hands of your players will be. other secondary skills involve support play, a halfback needs to support the runners around the ruck as well as the flyhalf as sometimes these players make breaks without a player to help out in the pursuing ruck, this effectively makes the halfback the former of the ruck(dont worry about you not being there to pass the ball, someone will, only worry about retaining the ball)

sizes of halfbacks vary, some are small and others big, a good halfback however does what is required well. use what you have, a small halfback will generally be faster, so look around the rucks for gaps and try cover around the rucks on defence. bigger halfbacks will generally try and hit it up a bit more and become effectively a forth loose forward.

overall, make sure you learn the moves of both the forwards and backs, learn your teammates names if you havent already (practice your butt-slapping(best way to tell your teammates where to go when they cant hear you)), practice your passing and boxkicking, work on your fitness (you need to be at nearly every ruck to hand off the ball) and try and cover on your defenceive line when the ball is spread as well as getting back to support the back 3 when the ball is kicked to them, become a player who forms rucks when noone else is around.

a good halfback doesnt need size, just brains and skills. use them wisely and you'll be fine. if you are worried about your size, bulk up, try weights and eating foods that will make you a bit more solid.

play hard, play fair, no fear