Shoulder Drill

Summary
Nice simple 1 v 1 drill for getting in habit of tackling with shoulder rather than arm.



Key Factors

 * 1) Use the shoulder
 * 2) Tackler to plant lead foot between legs of player being tackled
 * 3) dip the hips - hips below shoulder on impact

Equipment Required (per grid)

 * 1 tackle pad/ruck shield
 * 4 cones (optional)

Personnel Required (per grid)

 * 2 players

Instructions

 * 1) 1 player holds tackle pad
 * 2) tackling player places arms behind back holding at wrists
 * 3) players about 2-3 m apart
 * 4) players advance to each other
 * 5) If tackling with right shoulder tackler to plant right foot between legs of pad man and drive pad back 1 m or so using just the shoulder
 * 6) Players separate backwards to the original 2-3 m gap
 * 7) Players advance again tackler alternating shoulders
 * 8) Repeat for approx 5 tackles each shoulder

Progression
Tackle pad to shimmy left or right to force tackler to keep on balls of their feet.