| This week we look at the bad handling skills of Juan Smith, Springbok and Cheetahs loose forward. We try and find out what went wrong with his handling skills. |
| " It is un-excusable for top players to drop catches, but it just show again that basic skills is most important and must be worked on nearly every practice. It is interesting that the Cheetahs is one of the Super 14c teams with no recognised skills coach and it really shows because the are the team with the most handling errors." - Jan Oberholzer |
| We look at the bad skills of Paulse trying to catch the ball in the air. |
| Pictures of players who catches the ball correctly ? |
| His did not stretched his hands towards the ball and catches the ball against his body. |
| The ball slip through his hands |
| The ball spills onto the grass |
| The ball is being passed to Smith |
| A Video Clip of the bad skill. |
| A Video Clip of another dropped pass a few moments later.. |
Guidelines for correctly catching a pass 1) Hands must be stretched towards the ball with fingers pointing upwards. 2) Ball must be catch away from the body so that ball can be played immediately again. 3) Coaches must always tell their players to attack the ball and if they do that they will seldom dropped a catch.. |
| Week 38 |
| Basic Rugby Skills |
