1. AFL Drills - shortball drills
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1.1 Spin out of trouble |
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Senior, U/16, U/14, U/12. | |
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Handball (quick, long). *Light contact or inferred pressure. |
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| For coaching AFL footballers aged U/12 to senior, you will need 12 players, 6 cones and 1+ footballs. The length of this drill is 30 metres for seniors, when coaching juniors you should shorten this drill to a more appropriate length. This is a handball exercise to practice quick handballing and long handballing. Use this exercise early in the training session, or perhaps in between longer exercises for recovery. |
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1.2 Peripheral Vision Triangles |
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Senior, U/16, U/14, U/12, U/10, U/8. | |
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Handball (average), Shepherd. |
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| For coaching AFL footballers aged U/8 to senior, this drill requires 12+ players, 6 cones and 2+ footballs. Use this exercise early in the training session, or perhaps in between longer exercises for recovery. This is a handball exercise to practice mid-length handballing and short kicking. |
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1.3 The Fend, a.k.a. the 'Dont Argue' |
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Senior, U/16. | |
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*Competitive* Handball (average), Tackle. |
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| For coaching AFL footballers aged U/16 to senior, this drill requires groups of 8 players, 4 cones and 1 football per group. Tackling is used, so consider players with injuries. This is a handball exercise to practice mid-length handballing and tackling. The length of this drill is 30 metres for seniors, when coaching juniors you should shorten this drill to a more appropriate lengt... |
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2. AFL Drills - half oval drills
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2.1 Attack to defense |
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Senior, U/16. | |
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Kick (short), Handball (average). *Light contact or inferred pressure. |
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| For coaching AFL footballers aged U/16 to senior, this drill requires 20+ players, 10 cones and 1 football. This exercise develops short kicking and mid-length handballing. Use this exercise midway through the session. The length of this drill is 70 metres for seniors, when coaching juniors you should shorten this drill to a more appropriate length. |
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2.2 Shadow kicking |
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Senior, U/16. | |
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Kick (short, average), Contested Mark. *Light contact or inferred pressure. |
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| For coaching AFL footballers aged U/16 to senior, you will need 16 players, 4 cones and 1 football. Use this exercise midway through the session. The length of this drill is 80 metres for seniors, when coaching juniors you should shorten this drill to a more appropriate length. This is a kicking drill to practice short kicking, mid-length kicking and contested marking. |
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3. AFL Drills - full oval drills
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3.1 Football Netball |
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Senior, U/16. | |
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*Competitive* Kicking, Goalkicking, Handball, Contested Mark, Tackle, Shepherd, Crumb. |
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| For coaching AFL footballers aged U/16 to senior, you will need 20 players, 8 cones and 2+ footballs. Use this exercise towards the end of training. Tackling is used, so consider players with injuries. This exercise develops short kicking, mid-length kicking, long kicking, goalkicking, quick handballing, mid-length handballing, long handballing, contested marking, tackling, short ki... |
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3.2 Centering kick or shot |
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Senior, U/16. | |
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Kick (average, long), Handball (long). |
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| For coaching AFL footballers aged U/16 to senior, you will need 18 players, 10 cones and 3 footballs. This exercise develops mid-length kicking, long kicking and long handballing. Use this exercise towards the end of training. |
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3.3 4 group competitive goal |
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Senior, U/16. | |
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Kicking, Goalkicking, Handball, Contested Mark, Tackle, Shepherd, Crumb. *Light contact or inferred pressure. |
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| For coaching AFL footballers aged U/16 to senior, you will need 24 players and 3+ footballs. The length of this drill is 200 metres for seniors, when coaching juniors you should shorten this drill to a more appropriate length.Use this exercise towards the end of training. Tackling is used, so consider players with injuries. This exercise develops short kicking, mid-length kicking, l... |
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3.4 Quick full oval transition with 2-on-1 |
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Senior, U/16. | |
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Kicking, Goalkicking, Handball (average). |
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| For coaching AFL footballers aged U/16 to senior, you will need 24 players, 8 cones and 2 footballs. This exercise develops short kicking, mid-length kicking, long kicking, goalkicking and mid-length handballing. The length of this drill is 200 metres for seniors, when coaching juniors you should shorten this drill to a more appropriate length.Use this exercise towards the end of training. |
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