Comments on: Rugby Fitness: Warm-up Drills to avoid injury

By: Abigail

Abigail — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 17:09:38 +0000

this warm up is okay, but you’d never do all of them… I mean come on, warm ups are supposed to warm u up and maybe make u pant a little, not shatter u out completely! if you watch a professional game, the most runnin they do is up and down the try area at a slow jog once or twice!!!!!

By: Connor Mills

Connor Mills — Mon, 26 Aug 2013 22:19:05 +0000

This is a terrible warm up. Lasts way too long a warm up should last no longer than 30 minutes. And on a separate note who takes 10 minutes to do 2 laps of a rugby pitch

By: nathan

nathan — Sun, 11 Aug 2013 12:21:14 +0000

This is the worst warm up I have ever seen. Who does a warm up for 55 minutes? How many rugby players do 2 full laps of the pitch in their warm up, then go straight into sprints

By: Ali

Ali — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 18:55:41 +0000

trol

By: Jus'tme

Jus'tme — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 09:59:47 +0000

this help me alot of my work thxx u 🙂

By: Freddie

Freddie — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 17:49:38 +0000

Having an expert like Simon Moyes on hand is invalubale as we all know rugby can cause lots of damage. ..

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 12:43:08 +0000

Great tips. Thanks Simon Moyes. I found these very useful. Whilst I would never do them all in one workout, I think it is great to have a wide selection to choose from. I play Rugby with friends fairly regularly and am always worried about getting injured. Hopefully that won’t be the case now.

By: jimmymc

jimmymc — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 15:38:43 +0000

i always find that at what ever level of rugby ive played over the years. most training sessions begin, or more often end with forwards and backs (mainly the former) doing aimless kicking of the ball, whether thats attempting drop goals from halfway / sidelines or place kicking from the 10 metre line.

By: Ben Jenkins

Ben Jenkins — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 15:35:40 +0000

It is clear from this that Simon Moyes knows what he is talking about. I wouldn’t expect a surgeon to know the ins and outs of how to play Rugby, but clearly he knows how to help sportspeople prevent injury from playing sport.

I wouldn’t ever think of doing all 8 steps in one session but mixing them up with other exercises makes perfect sense.

Look forward to more posts justs as Marty suggests.

By: Marty Funkhouser

Marty Funkhouser — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 10:08:19 +0000

Would be good to get some tips on what to do when you suffer pain in certain parts of the body – some people just play through the pain barrier and don’t get checked out.

By: Simon

Simon — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 14:44:33 +0000

Fair enough then but it reads as though it is a step by step warm up session. Just saying here’s 8 things you should do without suggesting how to put it together isn’t that helpful. Also as I said some of it is very old school such as 2 laps jogging round the pitch and long distance sprints (most players will never sprint more than 10m in a game) with very short recovery in a warm up as preparation.

By: Simon Moyes

Simon Moyes — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 13:43:03 +0000

This is not designed for players/trainers to use as a comprehensive warm-up routine. It is merely a guide of specific exercises, which can help to prevent injury. As the piece clearly states, “below are some key exercises, which will help enormously when preparing for a match, particularly in the colder months”. At no point does this state that the eight sample exercises are to be used as part of a full warm-up routine.