Speed & Agility Archives - Page 2 of 3 - Rugby Renegade Skip to content

Category: Speed & Agility

Speed and Agility are, and always will be essential for rugby players. It is often what sets good players apart from exceptional! We beleieve that all rugby players can become faster and reap the benefits of increased speed on the rugby field!This library of resources give you all the information needed to maximise speed! Training techniques, sample programs, periodisation and detailed look at key sprinting, acceleration and agility techniques and exercises are all included.This collection of speed and agility 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.

Rugby Renegade

Guest Blog: Combat Conditioning for Rugby by Ryan Gibney

Combat Conditioning for Rugby: Guest Blog by Ryan Gibney

In recent years It has become popular in Rugby the use of a wrestling coach or judo coach in a pre season with the thinking of utilizing the grappling techniques
Read More
6 Things to Forget For Your Rugby Strength & Conditioning Programme

6 Myths About Your Rugby Strength & Conditioning Programme

There is tons of rugby strength and conditioning information on the internet but unfortunately some of it, whilst of the best intentions, isn’t the best advice to follow. We pride
Read More
IMG_3180

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
Read More
5 Things All Fast Rugby Players Have In Common

5 Things All Fast Rugby Players Have In Common

There’s no denying it, Speed separates the men from the boys on the pitch! There’s no point being strong and powerful if you can’t catch your opposite number, so we’ve
Read More

The Non-Negotiables of Running Fast

  RR: The following is a guest blog from Jordan Murton – Strength & Conditioning Intern with Gloucester Rugby A few weeks ago, we attended part 2 of the sprinting
Read More
ShuttleRuns_preseason_content

Speed For Team Sports

Two weeks ago Rugby Renegade visited West Bromich Albion’s Speed Masterclass featuring JB Morin and Jonas Dodoo. Last week we covered JB’s presentation (click here to read it) and this
Read More

Plyometrics – The most under-utilised technique in rugby

Level up your Rugby Training Now! A lot of people in the rugby community seem to be scared of using plyometrics. They sight that it is dangerous to use with
Read More

Repeated Sprint Ability for Rugby

Repeated sprint ability can be defined as short duration sprints (<10secs) interspersed with brief recovery periods (<60secs). When you consider the demands of rugby it should be no surprise that
Read More

5 Ways To Get Faster For Rugby

Join the Rugby Renegade Team Now! To you diehard Renegades it will be no surprise that rugby players are getting bigger. Since the turn of professionalism average bodyweight has increased
Read More
GPP, Sled Drags & Rugby

GPP, Sled Drags & Rugby

General Physical Preparedness (GPP) is the foundation for building a complete Rugby Player. GPP work is designed to bring a Rugby player’s overall conditioning to its highest level. The goal
Read More
Join Our Membership