It's important to start with a good grip. You must spread out your fingers and use your fingertips to grip the ball. Create a cage-like structure from which the rugby ball cannot escape. Avoid touching the ball with the palms of your hands. You don’t want the ball stuck in your palms when you want to make a pass. Put each thumb on a seam and have each set of fingers along the other seams. Your elbows should be bent and the tip-off the ball should be facing up.

It’s important to hold the ball in two hands in front of you, instead of tucked under one arm. No one can knock the ball out of your hands in Tag Rugby so there is less need to protect the ball from defenders. Also, having the ball in front gives you the option the pass the ball quicker. There is less chance of a knock-on if you hold the ball in two hands as well.