Coaching safety and disclaimer
Squadvo gives coaches tools and ideas for planning rugby sessions. It can't see your players, your pitch or your kit, so the coach running the session is always responsible for keeping it safe.
Drills and plans are suggestions
The stock drills, templates, session plans and anything else in Squadvo are general ideas, not instructions for a particular group. They don't take account of your players' age, size, ability, experience, fitness or medical needs, or of the conditions on the day. Adapt them to suit your players, or don't use them.
Drills, plays and posts made by other coaches belong to those coaches. Squadvo doesn't check them.
Before you run any drill
- Check the area. Look for hazards, uneven or hard ground, and safe space around the edges. Think about the weather and the light.
- Check the equipment. Make sure everything is safe, in good condition, set up correctly and suitable for the age of the group you're coaching.
- Match the drill to the players. Make sure the activity suits their age, stage and ability. Build up contact gradually, and only teach contact skills you're qualified to coach.
- Follow your governing body's rules. That includes age-grade rules on contact, tackle height and the law variations for each age group, and your club's own policies.
- Be ready for injuries. Have first aid cover and an emergency plan, and follow your governing body's concussion guidance. If in doubt, sit them out.
- Hold the right qualifications and checks. Make sure you have the coaching qualifications, safeguarding checks and insurance your club and governing body require.
- Stop or adapt anything that stops being safe.
Our responsibility
Rugby is a contact sport and carries a risk of injury. Coaches use Squadvo's drills, plans and other content at their own risk and on their own judgement.
To the fullest extent the law allows, Squadvo isn't responsible for any injury, loss or damage that comes from how drills, session plans or other content are used, or from the condition of any equipment, pitch or facilities.
Nothing on this page limits or excludes any liability that can't be limited or excluded by law, including liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence.
Medical information
Squadvo doesn't give medical advice. If a player is hurt or may have a concussion, follow your club's and governing body's procedures and get medical help when it's needed.
Questions
If something in Squadvo looks unsafe or wrong, tell us using Give feedback at the bottom of any page.
Last updated 11 November 2026 · Safeguarding · Back to Squadvo