Rugby Union Threequarter Play is a technical playing guide that examines the demands of each of the positions in the threequarters, and analyses the specific positional roles and responsibilities. The book will help coaches to place the right player in the right position. It includes the following: Checklist of positional skills and attributes to show what makes a skilled player; Analysis of the position's role within the team; Development of specialist technical and tactical skills; Developing a player's physical and mental skills; Step-by-step drills that can be easily used in training sessions; Material on threequarter players working as a unit and with other positions in the team. A reference guide to Rugby Union threequarter play aimed at all RU players and coaches. Examines the demands of each of the positions in the threequarter line and will help coaches place the right player in the right position. Superbly illustrated with 50colour photographs and 130 play/tactical diagrams. Peter Johnson is currently Manager of the RFU Apprenticeship programme and author of several books on rugby.

Originally published in 1928, this is a wonderfully comprehensive look at 'rugger'. It includes personal reminiscences of some of the top players from the 1900s and goes on to offer a complete training and tactics guide. Illustrated throughout with photographs and diagrams, the book still has much practical advice to offer the modern rugby enthusiast, as well as the historical interest. Many of these earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Crowood Sports Guides provide sound, practical advice that will help make you a better player whether you are learning the basic skills, discovering more advanced techniques or reviewing the fundamentals of your game. Featured in this new, substantially revised and updated edition of Rugby Union are: star tips, kit checks, rules checks and key points; skills and techniques at every level; action and sequence photographs; helpful, detailed diagrams in colour; an introduction to rules and equipment. Aimed at those learning the basic skills as well as those who wish to discover more advanced techniques or to review the fundamentals of the game. Superbly illustrated with 150 colour photographs and 50 2-colour diagrams. Foreword by Conor O'Shea, the RFU Directory of the National Academy.

Referee Frank Marshall (1845-1906) became president of the Yorkshire Rugby Union in 1890, and quickly made himself unpopular by enforcing the 'amateur' status of players. Featuring team lists and match results, this classic 1892 illustrated history covers rugby at all levels, including early international encounters.

Crowood's Rugby Drills is a collection of 125 activities, practices and games designed to improve coaching sessions at all levels of the game. The drills are organised into chapters according to a particular skill or phase of the game, from the warm up to handling, contact, lineout, scrum, kicking and defence. Each chapter starts with a series of simple activities before progressing through to more complex ones, each broken down into step-by-step explanations and diagrams, as well as guidance on how to increase the level of difficulty.Tried and tested over a number of years, and proven to work in developing skills and teamwork with players of all abilities, many of the drills were created by the author, while some have been used by the most famous coaches in the world. All of them were designed for use without the need for specialist and/or expensive equipment. Aimed at new coaches of youth and adult rugby, as well as coaches who want to review/improve their methods, it offers lots of ideas and is superbly illustrated with 250 colour diagrams.

Includes the original texts: American football / by Walter Camp. Franklin Square, New York : Harper & Brothers, 1891 -- A scientific and practical treatise on American football for schools and colleges / by A. Alonzo Stagg and Henry L. Williams. Hartford, Conn. : Press of the Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company, 1893 -- Football / by Walter Camp and Lorin F. Deland. Cambridge ; Boston ; and New York : Houghton, Mifflin and Company : The Riverside Press, 1896.