This kicking drill is best used as part of the warm up, after your dynamic work and maybe a handball if you just can’t bring yourself to go straight into kicking even though players get there and do nothing but kick before training starts anyway. It involves an element of technical skill but it’s best...
This is a simple small sided game can be set up for players of any level. It encourages players to: Find space Create space Communicate Be in constant motion Clean hands Quick hands Decision making in congestion Perception-action coupling HOW Set up a playing area of 10×10 or 15x15m or so where obviously a smaller...
Here’s a follow up to part 1 of this from about a month ago. This will go through 5 drill variations to focus on straightening up on your kicking with the main rules being to: Get your hips/shoulders square up to your target Get some steps/momentum behind your kick Try not to use anymore cues...
This is a banger of a drill we did last night with our older DFS group and can easily be done with senior playing groups as well. WHY Trains both offense and defense at the same time, nailing percpetion-action coupling for all 3 teams – a must for game transfer from training. Involves all players...
This is a progression from the basic Rondo Drill posted a few weeks back and one we use at DFS a fair bit with our younger groups but it holds up for any age group/ability. This Rondo variation trains: Clean Hands Creating/Utilising Space Game Simulated Change of Direction Perception-Action Coupling (most important) All you need...
If there’s 1 mission in my life worth fulfilling it’s to eradicate the endless laps footy teams do at training before, during and after training. It’s boring, it’s useless and it’s taking prescious training time, of which local/amateur teams already struggle with, away from far more productive things they could be doing like skill and/or...
My senior team from 2019 built it’s entire game plan off of our defense and it paid dividends, playing off in and winning the Grand Final. At low to mid levels of football a rock solid team defence will be near impossible for opposing teams to play against because of the lower grade of skill...
This is a simple kicking skill and decision making under pressure scenario that can use anything from 6 – 10 players per group. It requires you to go on demand, not having view of the the marking options, not viewing how the defense has set up, to find and make the right decision and to...
A training drill involving: Clean Hands Evasion Decision Making Awareness Basic Rules Number each handballer/tackler on the outside who can shift positions each round Use 2- 3 less balls than handball/tackling numbers so the player out the front has to find a spare man without a ball After 5 – 10secs (I said 15secs in...
I’ve coached Auskick for 4 years and obviously have put my own son through his paces in regards to footy training but I’ve always been a little stuck on teaching kicking from an absolute zero base. I’m a pretty good kick personally but it’s one thing being able to do something and then to be...