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Power & Plyometrics are essential for rugby players. Converting strength and movement fundamentals into power and explosiveness turns good players into exceptional athletes! Power and explosiveness are what allows players to create space, break tackles and dominate breakdowns!We believe that all rugby players can become more powerful and reap the benefits of increased explosiveness on the rugby field!This library of resources give you all the information needed to increase power and plyometric ability! Training techniques, sample programs, periodisation and detailed look at key training techniques and exercises are all included.This collection of power and plyometrics articles, videos and training programs have been designed using all of our years of experience of working with rugby players all over the world to optimise their training and maximise their performances on the rugby field.It is our mission to provide rugby players with the tools and information that are usually restricted to players in full time environments.

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Velocity Based Training For Rugby

Velocity Based Training For Rugby

What is Velocity Based Training Velocity based training has been used for years in elite sport but has become possible for everyday athletes with the advent of smartphones and more
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Hill Sprints – 4 Sessions For Speed, Acceleration and Power

Hill Sprints – 4 Sessions For Speed, Acceleration and Power

Hill sprints have a special place in our hearts! Most athletes and especially rugby players have a love hate relationship with hill sprints. They are very effective, have massive bang
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Plyometrics for Rugby: Guest Blog by Nico de Villiers

PLYOMETRICS FOR RUGBY Where does it fit in? The ultimate outcome of a strength program is to develop peak power output in essential movement patterns. Power output consists of both
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How To Jump Higher For Rugby – 5 Exercises To Increase Your Vertical Jump

How To Jump Higher For Rugby – 5 Exercises To Increase Your Vertical Jump

The ability to jump higher than your opposition can’t be underestimated, especially for Back 3 players. As the modern game more heavily relies on a kick chase game the ability
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Should Rugby Players Olympic Lift? Yes, Our 10 reasons

Here at Rugby Renegade we love the olympic lifts and they make up an important part of our training programmes. We understand that they aren’t for everyone however and have
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Top 10 Ways To Get Explosive For Rugby – Without The Olympic Lifts

At Rugby Renegade we love the Olympic lifts. The Snatch and Clean & Jerk are great tools to develop power and explosive strength for rugby. They teach you to lift
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Rate of Force Development for Rugby

People understand the need to improve general fitness qualities to enhance rugby performance. But if they aren’t training for greater rate of force development they are leaving a huge amount
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Horizontal Force-Velocity Profiling for Rugby

This week Team Renegade visited a speed masterclass put on by West Bromich Albion FC. It featured Jean-Benoit Morin an expert in force velocity profiling and Jonas Dodoo an olympic
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COMMON SNATCHING TIPS THAT AREN’T ALWAYS SO COMMON

By Wes Feighner A couple of months ago I wrote an article on common mistakes while cleaning. Many of those mistakes are prevalent in the snatch as well, so we
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CLEAN IT UP – Fix Mistakes with Your Clean

By Wes Feighner If you are doing cleans, you should strive to do them well. Whether you compete in CrossFit, strength train for another sport, or just like attempting difficult
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