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Fly Half Positional Guide

POSITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
General
The number 10 is the pivotal position in the team. The fly half is a key decision maker, as he will often decide the direction (left or right) and the width (close or wide) of the next play, or the depth of the kick (short or long). He could also decide to run the ball and make a break.

Attack
The fly half should decide how ‘flat’ he can take the ball (close to the gain line) in order to threaten the defence. He may attempt to break or retain possession on contact. He is also responsible for bringing his centres, wings and forwards into play with a variety of
passes or kicks.

Defence
The fly half plays a full role in defence as a tackler and he will help to co-ordinate back line defence from set pieces.

Kicking
The fly half should be a competent kicker out of hand to add to his attacking capabilities. He should be able to make high hanging kicks, chips, grubber and diagonal kicks,
with the key aim of retaining possession. He often restarts play with drop kicks. He may also have to make clearing kicks to ‘touch’ under pressure in defence.

PRACTICES
Technique and Skill

• Practise receiving the ball from his scrum half from both sides and at varying lengths of pass;
• Practise receiving a ball and making a break using explosive acceleration;
• Practise evasive running skills to avoid contact and beat defences;
• All types of kicks should be practised with either foot under varying pressure - using a series of targets. Practise kicking towards touch but keeping the ball in play to force the
opposition to concede a lineout.

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