Quote: Seth "I wouldn't even entertain working on dummy runners in training or in matches as it confuses the hell out of them and takes their concentration away from what mini/mod rugby should be about which is doing the basics well. Through games I teach play the ball, start points at first receiver, dummy half pass, moving on to the ball and later introduce a simple plus 1 (short pass). That combined with speed, agility, balance along with catch, grip, carry and tackling is as far as it should go.
As for going into touch all you can do is reinforce that its ok to get tackled and not to score on every play as its a learning process that they will eventually get. You could also use a conditioned game where by the attacking team have unlimited tackles until they make an error/go in to touch, which is more of a positive message about what youre looking for than taking the players off the pitch. Failing that its an electric fence around the pitch!'"
Thanks, to be fair the majority of the lads have taken really well to the dummy runners in training, and in the Rhino's indoor league - we stick to a dummy runner from the half back, simple calls nothing flash - taking the pressure off the runner and giving him more time to pick his gap. I don't think they are confused with it, just making them realise as you say that there is more to the game than scoring. They just seemed to have their timing off on Sunday, but on Saturday (and also last night) it was bang on! Clearly not all the boys can do it, and some of them we stick to the basics of running off the half back.
You're not the team who keep trying to encroach on our session by pinching land on a Monday night are you?
there's been some good players come from the All Blacks... 
