i'm 16 and i've played in all the positions bar scrum half , but i always seem to drift back 2 openside

 

tackle

i really believe the times u go wrong is when a) you stop moving B) attempt to prejudge their movment or c)try to attempt 2 big a hit for the situation and your physical capabilities, i mean i've got quite a few mates who have attemptd like brian lima hits or dump tackles in just the wrong situations and have ended up preety worse for wear lol

 

pass

i believe spin passes r good for style, distance and if u hav the time and skill to deliver consistently, but nothing beats the speed and sheer simplicity of flat passes. more often than not knock ons results from spin passes being to fast or in the wrong times. i strongly believe that at lower level rugby, offloads and close passing should only be flat passing. but i was in the county team for a while and they taught us to develop supplness in the wrist so spin passes become as natural as flat passes, and sure it works with time and pratice, but u rarely go wrong with flat passes.

 

kicking

when i was about 13 i got a knack for just lofting really high aerial balls, i just watched stephan larkham in the world cup final and that style of kcik seemed so perfect and brilliant that i kinda got addicted lol! but really in game situations i stick with my repetiore of stuff like grubber kicks, torpedoes or skimmers (low flying torpedoes), in sevens also for a laugh we've got this move where i kinda do a bannana kick over for our winger, more often than not its just embarrasing lol!