Improving your Oztag with Tim #6 #sportvariations #Oztag #TagRugby #advancedskills #advancedplays

So you have your normal plays such as the XY, double X, block, cut out etc. But these are only some of many plays in the great game of Oztag. The plays that have already been explained are the core to most advanced plays.

Rugby in general is a very free flowing game, even though you have a game plan and a play that you would like to run, there are a lot of variables that come into play and if the situation does not line up with your desired play there needs to be some sort of adaptation from your attacking part. By using plays there are different options that will allow you to maneuver around or through the defense. However in higher levels of the game most if not all players will understand and know these core plays, this will result in those defensive players to read the play and shut it down because they know where your players are crossing and running to. This mean that you need to have more plays! Not necessarily, if these core plays are executed properly with the right momentum, it is more than enough to score a lot of points however there are some variations to these plays that can definitely catch the defenders off guard.

Put two plays together

What this means is that you can execute two plays in the one tackle count. For example, from dummy half you can pass it to the first receiver then he/she can run a block, person 2 who is sweeping around, can then run another play such as a cut out ball. So then player 2 will then become player 1 and run the second play.

BLOCK

CUT OUT BALL

 Merge the plays

Another variation of plays is that you can actually merge 2 plays together. So what you can do is run a double X but then fake player 3 and then run another play such as a block or drifter. Similarly to before, player 1 who runs the double X play will then become player 1 again in the next play with the next 2 people in the drifter play.

Double X

Drifter

By using these variations of plays, it keeps the defenders on their toes for not only 1 but 2 different plays giving the attacking team more of a change to go through or around the defense.

- Tim