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<blockquote data-quote="smartcooky" data-source="post: 867050" data-attributes="member: 20605"><p>I'm cautiously enthusiastic about thees scrum changes.</p><p></p><p>As I understand it, they are trying to overcome a problem which I have posted about here before... the team throwing in has a 7 v 8 pushing disadvantage that has sometimes resulted in the ball sitting in the tunnel with nobody hooking it (neither hooker being prepared to stop pushing long enough to stick his leg out to strike. The problem is that when the ball is fed, the opposition team can immediately push with all eight of their players , whereas the hooker of the team thowing in has to strike first and then get his feet back, and that takes a fraction of a second. It is very difficult to get your feet back when you are already being pushed backwards. So, this is essentially what leads to the crooked feed.</p><p></p><p>WR's approach to this is novel</p><p></p><p>1. Stand the SH so that his left shoulder is aligned with the centreline of the scrum</p><p>2. Feed the ball straight along that line</p><p></p><p>These two bring the ball closer to the hooker to make it easier to hook. and now the trade-off</p><p></p><p>3. The hooker (or another FR player) MUST hook the ball</p><p></p><p>As I see it, standing the SH a little closer to his own hooker compensates for the small head start that the opposing scrum get in pushing, so the feeding team will find it easier to get the ball clear, and make it a little harder for the opposition to push them off the ball</p><p></p><p>Clever... I hope it works</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smartcooky, post: 867050, member: 20605"] I'm cautiously enthusiastic about thees scrum changes. As I understand it, they are trying to overcome a problem which I have posted about here before... the team throwing in has a 7 v 8 pushing disadvantage that has sometimes resulted in the ball sitting in the tunnel with nobody hooking it (neither hooker being prepared to stop pushing long enough to stick his leg out to strike. The problem is that when the ball is fed, the opposition team can immediately push with all eight of their players , whereas the hooker of the team thowing in has to strike first and then get his feet back, and that takes a fraction of a second. It is very difficult to get your feet back when you are already being pushed backwards. So, this is essentially what leads to the crooked feed. WR's approach to this is novel 1. Stand the SH so that his left shoulder is aligned with the centreline of the scrum 2. Feed the ball straight along that line These two bring the ball closer to the hooker to make it easier to hook. and now the trade-off 3. The hooker (or another FR player) MUST hook the ball As I see it, standing the SH a little closer to his own hooker compensates for the small head start that the opposing scrum get in pushing, so the feeding team will find it easier to get the ball clear, and make it a little harder for the opposition to push them off the ball Clever... I hope it works [/QUOTE]
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