Tight Head Prop

Question
Hey Nick! I have recently started playing tight head for my school and I am
only on the cs. I was hoping you could give me some tricks on how to win
in the scrum. I am 13 hers old, 5ft 7 and 133 pounds. Any advice much
appreciated!

Answer
Hello Rowan,

Look over my old answers you can search by "Prop" or "Tighthead Prop" here are the basics:

Scrummaging:

http://www.coachingrugby.com/rugby/coaching/unitskills/scrum/buildingthescrum.ht

http://www.usarugby.org/media/EDocs/scrum.pdf

http://www.texasyouthrugby.com/download/748/docs/Building_the_scrum.pdf

Also there are some great pointers on UTube. If you go to UTube and search using the key words: "building the scrum" you will find a great set of videos about scrum technique originally from www.rugbydevelopment.com Get the whole team to view them.

Keep looking on Utube for video by Mike Cron and other professional coaches about scrum technique.

As for explosive power, a lot of it is timing. Get a team mate to stand next to the scrum machine doing the calls of a ref: "crouch, pause, touch, engage". Go through the calls on your own facing the scrum machine and work on your technique and get your team mate to keep you honest or better yet to film you. Increase your hit power. maintaining technique up the level of 'punch' you give the scrum machine. Do 5 sets of 3 - 4 hits. evaluate technique between hits.

Get with your hooker and loose head and do the same as a unit. Then add the locks. You need to really get the lock to time with you so they are ramming you into the hit with controll.