1. AFL Drills and Skills - shortball drills
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1.1 Tackle, make a second effort
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Ages
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Senior, U/16.
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Skills
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Handball (long), Tackle. *Light contact or inferred pressure.
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About
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For coaching AFL footballers aged U/16 to senior, this drill requires 6+ players,
1 cone and 1 football. The length of this drill is 5 metres for seniors, when coaching
juniors you should shorten this drill to a more appropriate length.Tackling is used,
so consider players with injuries. This is a handball exercise to practice long
handballing and tackling. Use this exercise early i...
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1.2 Crumbing Circle
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Ages
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Senior, U/16, U/14.
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Skills
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Handball (average, quick), Crumb.
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About
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For coaching AFL footballers aged U/14 to senior, this drill requires 12+ players
and 2+ footballs. The length of this drill is 40 metres for seniors, when coaching
juniors you should shorten this drill to a more appropriate length.Use this exercise
early in the training session, or perhaps in between longer exercises for recovery.
This is a handball exercise to practice quick handballing, mid-length handballing
and short kicking.
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2. AFL Drills and Skills - half oval drills
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2.1 Marking contest 4-on-2
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Ages
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Senior, U/16.
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Skills
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*Competitive* Kick (long), Handball (average, quick), Contested Mark,
Tackle, Shepherd, Crumb.
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About
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For coaching AFL footballers aged U/16 to senior, you will need 20 players, 8 cones
and 1 football. Tackling is used, so consider players with injuries. This exercise
develops long kicking, quick handballing, mid-length handballing, contested marking,
tackling, short kicking and short kicking. The length of this drill is 100 metres
for seniors, when coaching juniors you should short...
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2.2 Handball around the Square in Threes
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Ages
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Senior, U/16, U/14, U/12, U/10, U/8.
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Skills
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Kick (average), Handball (average, long).
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About
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For coaching AFL footballers aged U/8 to senior, you will need 15 players, 4 cones
and 1+ footballs. This exercise develops mid-length kicking, mid-length handballing
and long handballing. 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.
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2.3 Sprint, suck it in, kick a goal.
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Ages
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Senior, U/16, U/14.
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Skills
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Kick (goal).
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About
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For coaching AFL footballers aged U/14 to senior, you will need 12 players, 4 cones
and 1-3 footballs. Use this exercise midway through the session. The length of this
drill is 50 metres for seniors, when coaching juniors you should shorten this drill
to a more appropriate length. This is a kicking drill to practice goalkicking.
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3. AFL Drills and Skills - full oval drills
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3.1 Switch competitive goalkicking race
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Ages
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Senior, U/16, U/14.
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Skills
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Kicking, Goalkicking, Handball, Contested Mark, Tackle, Shepherd, Crumb.
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About
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For coaching AFL footballers aged U/14 to senior, this drill requires 20+ players
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 kicking and short kicking.
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3.2 Switch into defense
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Ages
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Senior, U/16.
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Skills
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Kick (average, long).
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About
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For coaching AFL footballers aged U/16 to senior, you will need 18 players, 6 cones
and 2 footballs. The length of this drill is 150 metres for seniors, when coaching
juniors you should shorten this drill to a more appropriate length. This is a kicking
drill to practice mid-length kicking and long kicking. Use this exercise towards
the end of training.
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4.1 Jump Early Ruckwork
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Ages
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Senior, U/16.
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Skills
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*Competitive* Handball (average, quick), Tackle, Shepherd, Ruck, Crumb.
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About
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For coaching AFL footballers aged U/16 to senior, this drill requires 10-13 players
and 1 football. The length of this drill is 40 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 is a handball exercise to practice quick handbal...
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