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Rugby · Level 8: Expert · Sub-level 8.4

Designing a Training Session

10 tests · 100 facts · updated 28 October 2026 · markdown

Planning a session: aims, the warm-up, skill blocks, games, changing the challenge, grouping players, demonstrations, space and equipment, the cool-down and review, and evaluating a session.

Each test below is ten questions on Insporta. The list under a test is what the questions check: one fact per question, with the source it was written from. Read it before the test, or come back from a wrong answer.

Test 1Session aimsTake a test

  1. Aim first.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  2. Focus wins.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  3. Linked to needs.

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  4. Observable aims.

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  5. Shared purpose.

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  6. Specific aim.

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  7. Plan the work.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  8. Review, aim, activities, logistics.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  9. Specific to vague.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  10. Plan first.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

Test 2The warm-upTake a test

  1. Prepare to perform.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  2. Two jobs at once.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  3. Programmes like Activate.

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  4. Build up.

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  5. Ready for the session.

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  6. Dynamic first.

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  7. Match-like movement.

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  8. Light to game speed.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  9. Low to high.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  10. Ball-in-hand warm-up.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

Test 3Skill blocksTake a test

  1. Focused practice.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  2. Technique first.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  3. One key cue.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  4. One change at a time.

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  5. Increase challenge.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  6. Repetition builds skill.

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  7. Progress when ready.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  8. Static to pressured.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  9. Low to high.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  10. Closed practice.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

Test 4Games in trainingTake a test

  1. Transfer to play.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  2. Fewer players, more touches.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  3. More involvement.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  4. Shape the game.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  5. Overloads teach.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  6. Let them play.

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  7. Watch for the aim.

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  8. Explain, play, freeze, restart.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  9. Small to full.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  10. Overload game.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

Test 5Changing the challengeTake a test

  1. A way to adapt activities.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  2. Less space, more pressure.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  3. More space helps.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  4. Numbers change challenge.

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  5. Equipment to fit.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  6. Right level of challenge.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  7. Raise the challenge.

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  8. Space, numbers, watch.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  9. Bigger overload helps more.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  10. Adapting space.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

Test 6Grouping playersTake a test

  1. Purposeful grouping.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  2. Match challenge to ability.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  3. Peer learning.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  4. Units work.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  5. Safety in contact.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  6. Fresh groupings.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  7. Shared delivery.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  8. Check, decide, lead, adjust.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  9. Matched is safest.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  10. Unit split.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

Test 7DemonstrationsTake a test

  1. Show and tell.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  2. Use players.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  3. Clear view.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  4. Do it straight away.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  5. Cues aid recall.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  6. Re-teach.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  7. Both speeds.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  8. Gather, show, cue, practise.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  9. Short talk, long practice.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  10. Clear demonstration.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

Test 8Space and equipmentTake a test

  1. Be ready.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  2. Plan the space.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  3. Safe contact.

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  4. Safety check.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  5. Keep players active.

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  6. Clear teams.

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  7. Look after kit.

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  8. Check, set, lay out, welcome.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  9. Balls first.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  10. Safety check.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

Test 9Cool-down and reviewTake a test

  1. Wind down.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  2. Check learning.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  3. Check understanding.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  4. Keep motivation high.

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  5. Look ahead.

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  6. Rehydrate.

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  7. Follow up.

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  8. Game, cool-down, review, pack.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  9. Short to longer.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  10. Review.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

Test 10Evaluating a sessionTake a test

  1. Learn from every session.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  2. Measure against the aim.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  3. Player voice.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  4. Better planning.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  5. Adapt.

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  6. Training to match.

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  7. Second pair of eyes.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  8. Note, compare, decide, update.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  9. Doing beats saying.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  10. Session review.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

Sources

World Rugby handbooks and coaching material, union and competition records; original questions authored, nothing reproduced. Numbered Laws belong to the Laws category.

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