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Exploring the Trail

A6 pocket coach card, 105 × 148 mm. Print double-sided (flip on the short edge), cut, laminate and keep it in your pocket.

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RUGGER PUPSRugby Skills
Ages 3–7

Exploring the Trail

KIT: Cones, coloured gates, rugby balls

Play

  1. Explore the area, eyes up.
  2. Run through the coloured gates.
  3. Jump the low red markers — soft knees.
  4. Coach calls a colour — find that gate.
  5. Pick a variation: ball carry, passing, jump & land.

Say

  • “Eyes up.”
  • “Soft knees.”
  • “Two hands on the ball.”

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EXPLORING THE TRAILAges 3–7
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Make it easier

Remove the ball and allow free movement through the gates. Jump over a flat line instead of a marker.

Level it up

Carry the ball, find the called gate, pass to a partner or coach, then keep moving.

30 pups

Lots of gates spread wide so nobody queues; teacher takes one side.

Stay safe & strong

Low markers only — clear landing space.

Early Years 3–5 / KS1 5–7

EY: More free exploration using colours and imagination. Allow carrying before adding any passing. Small jumps only — “Land quietly like a Pup.”

KS1: More purposeful scanning — the coach calls gates, and passing is added to the movement. Add a direction change on landing and carry a ball through the jump.

PAWS

  • P Play with Purpose
  • S Stay Safe & Strong

PAWS / READY — ruggerpups