ATTACK ATTACK ATTACK
How to play fast, creative and exciting rugby
ALAN ZONDAGH & AB ZONDAGH
Attack Attack Attack is a comprehensive guide to coaching and playing attacking rugby based on decades of successful coaching experience, at both first-class and grassroots level. A systematic analysis of the game, including illustrations and full-colour images, it will be an indispensable guide for rugby coaches and players for the foreseeable future.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Attack! Attack! Attack! The founding principle of rugby, the core component, is to pick up the ball and run with it – to attack.
In recent times, defence has overridden this key component. The aim of this book is to reverse that trend and impart ways to beat defensive mindsets – in other words, to attack and cause chaos in the systems of teams set on preventing tries rather than scoring them.
Information about rugby is abundantly available on various platforms, from live television to YouTube, social media and podcasts. Game analysis systems are available to edit matches and collate any aspects of play in detail – but because of this overwhelming amount of data, coaches have become mesmerised by statistics and numbers, and have forgotten how to play attractive attacking rugby.
This book, by Alan Zondagh and his son AB Zondagh, is the culmination of decades of coaching experience, from grassroots to the highest level, in South Africa, the UK and France.
A benchmark publication for the modern rugby era, Attack Attack Attack is a comprehensive and indispensable guide for all rugby coaches, players and fans, which will:
- Enable coaches to progressively improve team attack;
- Enable players to develop an attacking mindset;
- Simplify the attacking game for the rugby enthusiasts and supporters.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
“A deep thinker of the game and one of the most knowledgeable rugby esperts around, Alan is the ultimate professional coach.” Joel Stransky
ALAN ZONDAGH
Alan has been involved in professional rugby his entire working career. Since the 1980s, he has been head coach or director of rugby at Western Province, Eastern Province and the Bulls in South Africa, and London Scottish and Saracens in the UK. In 2005, he founded the Rugby Performance Centre, where talented rugby players were prepared for the demands of the professional game. Today, he is a rugby consultant and director of rugby at Hamiltons Rugby Club in Cape Town.
AB ZONDAGH
The son of Alan, AB has followed closely in his father’s footsteps, building an impressive coaching resumé in double-quick time. Still in his thirties, AB has coached at Border and the Sharks in South Africa, at Toulouse in France, and under Gregor Townsend for the Scottish national team. He is currently attack coach at Lyon, who compete in the French Top 14 league and European Rugby Champions Cup.
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