I just made the rugby team in my high school..?

Question

i want to know what i do as a scrum half. all i know is that im at front and i handle the ball. in all those rugby videos on youtube which one am i? am i doing all the running? am i even alowed to have the ball and just run like mad?

Answer 1

Congratulation!

Great answer above - should keep you right.

Just keep talking and look up, then decide, before you do anything.

Answer 2

IF UR A BOY GREAT JOB! IF UR A GIRL... WELL UR SKOOL MUST HAV REALLY g*y BOYS!!! LMAO!!!

NAH GOOD JOB!

Answer 3

first of all well done!

i played scrum half for four years before moving to fly half and let me tell you you have to do a h**l of a lot of running. you will have to be the fittest person on the team, you have to be one of the first to every breakdown being it a maul or ruck. you have to control the forwards in both of these situations by telling more of them to commit to the ruck or maul or whether they should stay out. after you have secured the the ball in a ruck or maul that it is your job to pass the ball either out to the back lines through the flyhalf or to a forward who will crash the line. you also have the very important role of feeding the ball into the scrum so that the hooker can hook the ball back to your teams side of the scrum. when the ball makes it back the the number eight then you have to pass the ball out to the flyhalf. this is tricky because the other scrumhalf will be right up your as s ready to tackle you as soon as you touch the ball so you have to be very quick. another role the scrum half has is to receive the ball from a won lineout and pass it to the back line. i think iv covered most of the basics. good luck and get fit

on the videos you will be the one that is wearing the number nine shirt

Answer 4

You are the #9 in all those videos..watch a full match if u can i know they have a nz australia one......the guy withthe 9 on his back is what you should be doing. No you arent doing all the running but its important for you to command your forwards and get the ball to the backline. Once in a while you can catch the defense with their pants down and you can sneak around the ridge with the ball, maybe throwing in a little dummy fake. Some good scrum halfs you can look up and watch are AUS George Gregan NZ Byron  Kelleher and ARG Pichot

Answer 5

I will start by saying well done in getting into your rugby team!!!

Now, before i start my answer i will tell you a little about myself, I have play scrum half for my county (Lancashire u18's and u20's) and currently play for Loughborough university in England, as well as having coaching badges.

I'm sorry if I seem patronising whilst im answering your question but i need to be very thorough and specific.

SITUATIONS THE SCRUM HALF DEALS WITH:

*** Rucks - A ruck is when a tackled player has gone to ground and presented the ball to his team mates on the floor, however this isn't always guarenteed to be that simple! for example, if the tackled player has no support or the tackler is very strong and tries to rip the ball. You're job as scrum half is to assign forwards to get involved in the ruck and try to win and present you with the ball, it isn't your job to be involved in the ruck (unless you're the only support present). Once the ball has been presented to you based on your judgement you choose to either let a forward pick up the ball and drive forward, pass to the first receiver (often the fly half), pass the ball to a forward runner (often a very short pop pass) or try to run through a gap at the side of the brakedown (if there is one).

*** Mauls - The maul is when a player is tackled but doesn't go to the ground (is stood up) and is fighting to keep the ball in the hands of their players. A maul is formed as soon as the referee determines that there is more than 2 players involved. As scrum half you're job isn't ever to get involved in the maul (because the forwards will have time to get there) your job is yet again to use your own judgement to determine when the ball isn't moving forwards anymore and wether or not to allow  the forwards to drive the ball on again (either side of the maul) or to pass to the first receiver.

*** Scrums - At scrum time you're in your element! you have the chance now to be involved in a move or set up a move! what happens from the scrum is often a choice made between the fly half and the scrum half, however you have the final call because you have the ball. the options from scrum time are either to pass to the first receiver (who will have a move ready) or let the number 8 pick up and go! (if you steal a scrum off the opposition put in this decision has to be made instantaneously)

*** Line-outs - from a line out as a scrum half you really are the heart and soul of the decision making! your job is to decide (based on where your field position is) what course of action is best. You have the same choices as always but different deliverence methods this time! you can either have the ball tapped down straight off the top and deliver a quick pass to the first receiver, you could dummy the pass and run (often the players at the back of the line-out don't look at the 9 and just run straight for first receiver leaving a gap!) or you can have the ball caught at the line-out and set up into a maul which leaves you the options i spoke about earlier!

*** Penalties (free kicks) - When a penalty is given the choices are to either kick for touch (your team has a line-out from where is crosses the touch line), a scrum (your put-in), a kick at goal (worth 3 points) or to run the ball. What happens at penalties is the choice of the captain, however, if you think that the option of running it yourself is better, just go! seriously, just go! If you get tackled less than 10 metres from where you set off quickly you will be rewarded with 10m and another penalty (more often than not this happens). If you think that more yards/ better field position / a kick at goal is on the cards then wait for your captain to decide what they think is the best course of action! (in free kicks your choices are limited in the choices as you your kick for touch gives them possession back).

***Box-kicking - Box kicks are a very lethal weapon if used correctly, you can use a box kick from anywhere on the field! a box kick is basically the scrum half kicking the ball straight from the brake down!!

To answer your question as for what the scrum half has to do isn't easy, because the scrum half does as the scrum half pleases! Your job is to distribute the ball from any brake down and orchestrate the new phase of play. You do so using your own judgement as to what you think is better, as scrum half you are the number 9 in your team, now you need to be a little cocky about this, (what i am about to say only matters for number 9) however you have complete control and dominence over what numbers 1-8 do! You need to be dominent over them ie tell them where you want them to be (if they let you down tell them! if the do well reward them with compliments, if they're in the way give them a slap, tell them to move, etc, etc) make sure they do the hard work in at scrum time it's upto you to keep the forwards motivated throughout the game and make sure your team mates know whats going on at all times!

Rugby is a fantastic game and i am always pleased to see someone else who wants to take part and learn how to play the game (especially in my own position)!! A lot of the friends you make playing ruggers will be your friend for years and years to come!

Happy playing!

Answer 6

i've played wing and scrumhalf, out center (maybe talk to a more experienced scrumhalf though)

I'm going to compare it to the other positions i play.

So anyways, as a scrumhalf you will put the ball into the scrum

you are like the first person in the backline, sort of like a forward back though. Officially you're a back, but you will play like a forward, it's your job to follow the ball, be there for every ruck and everything. You wont be the only one running, but you will be running A LOT in defence you follow the ball, in offence you follow the ball. In offence though, you won't be running the ball much, at a ruck, you're the one that crouches down gets the ball and passes to your fly half or available player depending on what your team is doing. You are the NO.9

so in the videos (professional rugby you will be no.9 but in some other levels people may not care about their numbers)

You have to communicate with your team a lot, tell them which way you want the back line to line up, like on your left or right, depending on which side of the field you're on.

it may be your job or the flyhalfs job to kick the ball in order to clear it. youre one of the primary decision makers, should you kick? run the ball? pass the ball to the forwards or the backs?

You'll be in the action and out of it, surrounded by the forwards, you may not have to tackle a  lot, but you'll always be THERE. Unlike wings and centers you'll almost always be doing something, so its a fun position to play.

you can run the ball sometimes, it just depends, rugby isn't all strict about what players are allowed to do, the only reason there are positions is because some players are better at doing some things than others. Lets say you catch a kick, the opposition's still coming, you can run with the ball, but you may later get yelled at if you get tackled and one of your wings (whos super fast) could've easily passed through the untidy opposition defense. You're a team, if you have the ball, you can do whatever you want with it, but if you're trying to score, then maybe its a better idea to give it to someone whos better at it, you know what i mean?