FOR BACKS, 9 TO 15

They gave you a number. Nobody gave you the job.

You got put at 13 or on the wing when you were a kid, and since then everybody has just assumed you know what it means. So I've written it down, one backline position at a time: what to look at, and what to do when you see it.

Pick your position The short guide is free. The full pack is $7,
or all six positions for $17.

The high ballFULLBACK PACK, PART 2

Don't stand straight underneath it. Start a few steps deeper and slightly to one side, so you're coming onto the ball when you jump.

MAYBE THIS IS YOU

You train hard. You still start on the bench.

You work as hard as the player who starts ahead of you, and nobody can really tell you why it's him.

The only feedback you ever get is “work on your game”.

You watch the big matches and your eyes follow the ball, so you never see what your own position is doing.

Nearly everything online is drills, and hardly any of it is about where to stand or when to go.

A lot of the time the gap is in what you're looking at, and that part can be learned.

INSIDE A PACK

You see this. So you do that.

Every pack is the whole job for one position, cut into six parts. Each part has the pictures first, and then the reads, so you can look more than you read. These four are from the fullback pack.

The ball is on your left. That winger comes up into the line, the far winger drops and comes infield, and you stay behind the ball.

YOU SEE

Their backline is standing flat

SO YOU

A kick is coming. Get your depth early.

YOU SEE

You can see their 10's shoulders

SO YOU

They usually point where the kick is going.

YOU SEE

Their 9 has his hands on the ball with forwards bound in front of him

SO YOU

It's a box kick. It's your winger's ball and you're underneath him.

YOU SEE

There's a turnover and you don't know who's going to kick

SO YOU

Middle of the pitch, deep, and wait. Only pick a side once it's obvious.

parts of the job, in every pack

30+

reads per pack, each with what to do

pitch diagrams per pack, drawn the way the game is played

once, for your position. No subscription.

HOW IT WORKS

Free first. $7 for your position.

The short guide

FREE

A few quick questions and your email, and it's yours.

+The job in one line

+The six parts, with a line on each

+Where most club players in your position lose it

+Two players to watch, and what to watch them for

+One thing to count in your next match

The full pack

Sent to your email as soon as you pay. Opens on your phone.

+All six parts in full

+Every read: what you see, and what you do about it

+The pitch diagrams

+The calls to make, and when to make them

+The new version each time I add to it

THE BACKLINE BUNDLE

All six packs for $17

Scrum-half, fly-half, inside centre, outside centre, wing and fullback. It's for you if you move around the backline, or if you want to know what the player next to you is supposed to be doing.

I've put the Goal Kicking Tracker in with all six too, so you can log your kicks at goal on your phone and see your percentage and points.

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$42$17

Six packs bought one at a time come to $42.

EVERYTHING

All six packs and the Solo Player's Guide

The Solo Player's Guide is fifteen short chapters on the part of rugby you can train on your own, from what goes on in your head to reading the game, and each one has a drill you can do alone. All six full packs come with it, the same ones as in the bundle, so you'd have the packs and the chapters for one payment.

6 packs15 chapters

The chapters are laid out on the guide's own page, and you pay there.

See the guide

What a pack won't do

It tells you what the job is and what to look at. The training is still on you, and it won't make you any quicker.

QUESTIONS

Before you pick

Is this for forwards?

Backs only for now, 9 to 15.

What level is it written for?

Club and school players. The pros are in there as players to watch, and the reads are ones you can try in your next match.

Is it a subscription?

No. It's $7 once for your position, and you keep it.

How do I get it?

By email, straight after you pay. The email has your own link to the pack, it opens on your phone, and you don't need an account. If you lose the email, you can have the link sent again.

I play two positions.

Take the free guide for both first. If you end up wanting more than two packs, all six together are $17.

I'm a coach, is this for me?

The packs are written for players, but plenty of it is useful if you coach backs. If you want to draw plays and share them with your squad, that's the playbook app on the main page.

They gave you a number. Nobody gave you the job.

What number do you wear?

You train hard. You still start on the bench.

You see this. So you do that.

Free first. $7 for your position.

Before you pick

Check your email