Kicking is a general skill. Being able to perform specific kicks is a specific skills. All game models at any level of footy will require the use of specific kicks to carry it out. This all stands to reason that if you need to use specific kicks for specific reasons (i.e. to fulfill your game...
Here is a list that I’ll hopefully keep up to date of all posts from the Training Drills section: STRAIGHTENING UP KICKING DRILL (solo skill) HANDBALL TOUCHES (partner skill) KICK TO KICK WITH PURPOSE (small group skill) RONDO TRAINING DRILL (small sided game + team training) TEACH ANYONE TO KICK TRAINING DRILL/S (solo skill) EVASION/DECISION...
Players Required: 20 (9/side + 2 extra’s) Balls Required: 1/group Space Required: 70m to goal line Drill Level: Moderate Here it is: https://aussierulestraining.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Zone-Kickout-Transition.mp4 The ability to layer your drills and then make them “multi-focused” is probably the holy grail of team training at the local/amateur level where more competitive games can be played but at...
Players Required: 6 Balls Required: 1/group Space Required: 60 x 30m Drill Level: Easy to Moderate I took part in the AFLHP Coaching Advanced Certificate in Coaching Fundamental AFL Skills course this week and Austin who ran the course, agrees with my view of just how poor a drill lanework is but if you’re not...
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...