How to be a better rugby player and scrumhalf?

josh s: How to be a better rugby player and scrumhalf?
I just started playing rugby for my high school team, coach decided i should play scrumhalf and ive been playing that position for about 2 months. I am 15 and weigh 150 pounds and about 5’10. I can run for hours and sprint very long distance. It seems like all the weights and diets i go on i cant see results. I need help finding a way to get bigger muscles, passing, and kicking.

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Answer by new forward
ok first you need to put on weight to then turn to muscle. so i say eat lots of good cards(pasta’s breads(wheat) and even potatos) then you need to eat lots of protine, and veggies…but add fruite in there also cause those are good for sugars….then maybe eat 3 meals a day or 7-8 smaller meals a day… for passing and kicking just buy a ball and find a field and prac. your up and under kicks grubbers and drop kicks, but for passing you need a partener or just use a wall…i do that…

good luck to you

Answer by Crane
To practice your passing I would see if your school could set up some tyres hanging from ropes and then pass off your left and right hand through the middle of the tyres.

Also try passing with your back foot up against a wall, this is to decrease your backswing and try and get you passing without one, less time there, so more time for the fly half.

To practice your box kicking (from the back of a ruck) have one square marked out where you are, then another where you want to kick and just practice kicking into there.

To get bigger muscles just ask your coach for a gym you could use and then they should have a trainer there or your coach could set you a programme.

Answer by Mark L
Mate, at age 15 it is very difficult indeed to do much intentionally with your physiology. Your metabolic and endocrine systems are changing in ways that you (a) can’t control and (b) don’t want to interfere with; your brain is still changing, too. 5’10” and 150 lb sound perfectly reasonable to me. You are fit and quick, which puts you way out in front of many of your contemporaries, even other blokes playing rugby. Keep up your activities (including gym training) – when and if your body is ready to build mass, it will happen.

Don’t get into eating strange diets. If you think you need need to change your nutrition, get a physical, speak to your doctor, and ask for a professional recommendation. Most of the stuff you will find on the Internet on nutrition is rubbish, and none of it is tied to your specific physiology.

Meanwhile work on fundamentals – especially your passing. Both directions. Work on technique and accuracy. Then focus on getting the ball away quickly, straight from the deck or with one step. Quick, accurate ball is everything. I’d say your box kicking comes a long second behind your passing, but yeah, learn and practice that, too.

Watch experienced scrum halfs. You need to learn how they work with their forwards to manage rucks and mauls. You need to learn how they interact with their loose forwards at the scrum and line out. When do they box kick, and how often is it successful? You need to learn how to defend – both tactically and in terms of tackling – at both scrum and in the loose. No one is born knowing these things – ask your coaches for help, watch senior players at practice and in games. Keep working and keep having fun.

Mark L.

Answer by Stephen S
work on pace over 20 metres and technical skills

Answer by Jonny Mobs
hi mate

ive left a comment on your previous question about diet and training

it covers this

questions queries ,id love to help

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