Set piece and full game
Ready when: Tackle, ruck and ground work, with a coach (i2) done.
What the coach teaches
Ruck versus maul decisions; uncontested scrums (bind on the outside shoulder, heads not interlocked) and lineouts (a straight line, a timed jump, no lifting) before contested ones; the full game with tackling.
At home, safe only
Neck, trunk and general strength via workonfitness.com; no scrum practice.
Ask the club
The age-grade laws, who coaches the front row, and the mouthguard and headgear rules.
What you can see from the side
A stable scrum and clean lineout.
Self-check what the coach confirms
The coach marks safe set-piece technique.
Stop and get a coach when
Any neck pain or head knock.
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