In my last post I talked about the importance of having the necessary skills to be a rugby player.  In today’s professional rugby world the strength and power element of the game has become far more prevalent than back in the amateur days.  Now this is generally due to the amount of time professionals rugby players can dedicate to power and strength as well as other aspects of fitness such as speed and agility.

So how do you get more powerful?

There are a number of ways, but for me, Olympic lifting ticks all the boxes.

The contrast between the intention to be powerful and explosive versus the technical aspects of a complex lifting pattern lends it self well to the technical aspects needed in rugby.

Before you can even start to learn the basic techniques of Olympic lifting you need to master a number of pre requisite lifts.

Check out the video below and I’ll tell you a bit more….

Developing Powerful Athletes