We have by now passed through the stages of

(a)  selecting your position
(b)  learning the fundamentals
(c)  keeping fit for football

KICKING PRACTICE

  Full-backs and half backs should practise drop kicking from the goal line and 25-yard line.  Make sure it goes the required 10 yards and is high enough to five your forwards time to get out and underneath it.
  Vary your practice with short, high and long distance kicks.
  The team members responsible would be well advised to practise this among themselves.  As you become accurate at drop kicking, vary your practice by kicking at goal from various positions around the goal mouth.

THE PLACE KICK

  Select your team members and have them kick to each other.
  At first concentrate on short kicks, making sure you pay attention to

(a)  timing;
(b)  leg action.

(a)  style;
(b)  direction;
(c)  length.

TACKLING PRACTICES

DRIBBLING PRACTICES

PASSING THE BALL

  Pass the ball off a wall, and catch it on the rebound.
  Circular group passing:  Form the team into a circle, coach in the middle, and pass from coach to player.
  Vary this by having the team jog in both directions around the coach, catching and passing on the jog.

PASSING IN PAIRS

 Break up the team into pairs, and start them:

1.  at a walking pace, making sure arm movements are correct;
2.  have your partner run at you full speed, and give an accurate correct pass;
3.  run up and down the field passing in bursts.

  After a time of partners passing, the above movements can include the whole team.
  It is to the team's advantage for the half-back and five-eighth to stay together in these movements, and to direct most work to these two key players.
  It is essential that a team should be coached in passing movement with the emphasis on speed and direction control.
  In passing rushes, move the ball from one side of the field to the other as quickly as possible.  Never pass to a team-mate who is in an offside position.
  Do not pass the ball wo a team-mate who is not in a better position than yourself.  It is better to take the tackle.  This is team-work.
  Excellent practice is gained by standing players up in a straight line.  No. 1 player falls forward with the ball in his hands and before hitting the ground he passes to his mate who does likewise.  This should be done passing left and right.
  The importance of this is demonstrated when a player is tackled and before hitting the ground he passes to a team-mate who is baking up in support. 
  It is always essential that a player carries the ball in his hands and not under his arm.
  It is much easier to take a ball from a player who carries the ball under his arm.  Also it can be pointed out that he is playing negative football, because he has no intention of passing.  The player who carries the ball in his hands is on the alert at all times and in a position to pass to supporting team-mates.

PLAYING THE BALL

  Practice by yourself learning to play the ball quickly, and with either foot.

IN PAIRS

  Practise as if you are in a match.  Have your partner strike at the ball, but be sure you play the ball correctly.  Take no notice of the player striking for the ball.

GROUP PRACTISING

  Break the team up, and have them play the ball back to one another, then reverse the action.  Add some competition by declaring the group to go up and back first the winners.
  Playing the ball is most important.  Always face the goal-line, and remember, the faster you play the ball, the sooner your team is in an attacking position.
 

PICKING UP THE STATIONARY BALL

(a)  Start by picking up the ball at a walking pace;
(b)  progress to running at the ball gradually increasing your speed.

 Stand facing each other about 30 yards apart.  Have your partner place the ball in the middle, run at it, pick it up, then pass to your partner and so on.
  Vary by having your partner roll the ball at you, and carry on as above.

TEAM PRACTICE

  Call the whole team in and repeat the above action.  You can vary your coaching by having three or four members of the team rush the player picking up the ball.  This will help to develop coolness under pressure.
  This can be further varied to train with the moving ball.
  The expert team is judged not only by expert playing fundamentals, but also by the way they vary play.
  Varying play in such a way means that you are always attacking, and provided your general play is up to standard you team should score points.
  There are many ways you can vary play:

1.       The scissor movement...

As soon as you have passed link up to take another pass.  This creates and extra man, and could provide your team with an overlap, which should be a chance to score.

This is for the half-back to call if the opportunity arrives.  As soon as the ball comes out of the scrum, call "blind side" (you may have a code word) and link up with your blind side winger and possibly lock.  Quick thinking and choosing the right moment will make this move a winner.

If the defence has been standing up, or you find you can't clear your pass, a cross kick to one of your wingers is a very useful move.

Again quick thinking is needed here. As the ball comes out along the line it may be that the player on the outside, if he had the ball, would be in an attacking position.  Cut out the next in line by a high or lob pass to the player in the best attacking position.