Jeff Wilson All Black legend and now backs coach of North Harbour attended one of our trainings recently and observed and added some simple insights that I found quite interesting.
Catch the pass early: Jeff wanted to see players with their hands turned into the player passing the ball rather than receiving the ball whilst drifting. His reasoning behind this was that if you receive the ball early you have more chance of holding the opposition, where receiving the ball whilst drifting tended to take your opposite with you.
When you think about it this is something that is often overlooked but is so critical in the execution of backline moves!
Flat backline phase attack: Off the ball work has to start from the outside to create space for the ball carrier.
All to often especially in phase attack players tend to "run tram lines" and this results in lost opportunity. If the outsides work hard off the ball, space will open up!
I came across this You Tube video of Jeff Wilson talking with Josh Kronfield on how to beat a man 1 on 1. Some good insights:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3tDaq26AlI&playnext_from=TL&videos=A_6GRgxHwt8
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