Animated sequence · fixed camera
Watch the Scoop in action
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D3 makes the touch: the tired defender is the target.
D3 is slow to reset and now has the longest retreat in the line.
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Coach approvedAttacking skill
Scoop
The half picks up and accelerates past a defender who is still retreating, then passes backward to the support runner arriving at pace.
- Target
- Slow-resetting defender
- Core players
- M1 and M2
- Tempo
- Pick up and sprint
- Pass
- Backward to support
Watch the timing
Beat the retreat, then release support
Press Play and watch M1 continue left while M2 scoops to D3’s right. The pass must leave before D4 can make the touch.
The pickup speed makes the play
Train the half to arrive at the mark already moving, with support deep enough to receive a backward pass without slowing down.
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