
Cards of Death
Ash JonesRectangles, Triangles, Full Gasser, Half Gasser and much more....Run Field Based Conditioning Drills
Ashley Jones
Rectangles - around the outside of the field, start in one corner of the try line and side line junction turn point to cross the field will either be 22m, ½ way, far 22m or far try line, which will give you a ¼ (184m), ½ (240m), ¾ (296m) or full rectangle (340m).
Triangles - as for above same start position but this time you start with a diagonal run to the centre of the 22m, ½ way, far 22m or far try line returning to the opposite corner you started at to complete the diagonal of the triangle returning to the start point to complete the base, this will give you a ¼ (152m), ½ (192m), ¾ (241m) or full triangle (282m).
Full Gasser (280m) – start lying on stomach with chin on sideline get up and sprint across to the opposite side line go down again and immediately get up and go back to the other side and repeat for a full gasser.
Half Gasser (140m) – as per above but only over and back.
Coat Hanger (222m) – start at junction of ½ way line and sideline sprint diagonally around the first post then straight down field and around the other post and finish where you started, you can have races going in opposite directions.
Shuttle sprints – either for time or distance, select a starting point and sprint out and back to a line, for the required time or cumulative distance, could be any of the following:
a) sideline to 5m
b) sideline to 15m
c) ½ way line to 10m
d) 10m to 10m
e) Tryline to 22m
Full Field drills – many options here using the full length:
a) end to end (100m)
b) corner to corner diagonal sprint (122m)
c) 200m/100m – up and back in 40 seconds rest 20 seconds then one length in 20 seconds and rest 40 seconds
d) Jog 78m (try line to far 22m) then sprint 22m, turn around jog 50m then sprint 50m, turn around jog 22m sprint 78mturn around jog 100m
e) Full field sprint with a down and up on each line
f) Full Field ladder – start on try line sprint to 22m then turn and jog back to try line turn and sprint to ½ way line turn and jog back to try line turn and sprint to far 22m line turn and jog back to try line, turn and sprint try line to try line turn and jog back to finish.
Malcolm Drill (named after Malcolm Reilly former Great Britain and Newcastle Knights rugby league coach) – start lying on the ground face down with chin on the ½ way line, get up run backwards to 10m line go down on ground flat get up and sprint to far 10m line go down flat get up run backwards to ½ way line go down, this is one rep can be done for sets of six reps or also run one rest half the time it took to do the rep, then run two all the way up to 10.
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