Yesterday in part 3 of this series of posts on the development of kicking skill I laid out a progression of kicking through providing different varieties of context to work through. Level 4 of that progression was progressing via decision making and here is a progression of scenarios that do just that. I didn’t mention...
Players Required: You can make whatever number size you have work here Balls Required: 1/group Space Required: Forward 30 – 50m arch Drill Level: Easy We use this a fair but at DFS and it might just be the most enjoyable drill the kids do all day and also provides the most compliance even though...
Players Required: 12/group Balls Required: 1/group Space Required: 30 x 30m Drill Level: Medium This drill provides a scenario that requires both defense and offense to work through it making it a very efficient drill in that regard. https://aussierulestraining.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Possession-Compact-Defense.mp4 For the defensive team (the blue team) their job is to push up to whoever has...
Players Required: 4/group Balls Required: 2/group Space Required: 15 x 15m Drill Level: Easy Here it is… https://aussierulestraining.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Whistle-Switch-Kick.mp4 Pretty straight foward this badboy. I would layer this drill like this: Layer #1 – Set up a 5 x 5m square and use handball Only Layer #2 – Set up a 10 x 15m rectangle and...
I can’t remember if this was from last week’s game against North Melbourne or the week before against Essendon but the mighty Sydney Swans used a nice little tactic to throw the opposition of where their kickout was going. This is pretty easily replicable for any club as long as the game model is being...
Earlier this week I had a local junior coach here in Melbourne contact me about how to go about training ball and player movement and I responded with quite a lengthy post on it. He sent me some feedback last night saying the boys really enjoyed it and could clearly see the benefits of the...
Yesterday I received this message from a youth football coach: “…do you have anything to simulate pushing back hard after a mark/play on at all costs scenario with players ahead of the ball being able to read the play developing in front of them?…” The more I think about it the more loaded this question...
Players Required: 4/group Balls Required: 2 – 3/group Space Required: 5 x 5m Drill Level: Moderate/Hard Here it is… https://aussierulestraining.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Brain-Train.mp4 Not much more to add on from the video for this one but it’s best used as a warm up drill that will really get your players to focus with the multi-layered decision making required...
Players Required: 12/group Balls Required: 1/group Space Required: 10x10m Drill Level: Moderate Here it is… https://aussierulestraining.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/6-Level-Game.mp4 There’s not really much more to this game but it’s best used as a bridge from a specific small sided game drill to a game situation to see if the original small sided game provided the correct context, environment...
Players Required: 7/group Balls Required: 1/group Space Required: 10x10m Drill Level: Easy/Moderate Here it is… https://aussierulestraining.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/5v2-Rondo.mp4 This has the same basic set up as a traditional Rondo drill except that instead of just the defenders being in the middle of the area and the offense having to move the ball “around” them, there is now...