1. AFL Training Sessions - shortball drills
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1.1 Switch through the centre handball
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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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Handball.
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About
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For coaching AFL footballers aged U/8 to senior, this drill requires 15+ players,
6 cones 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. This
is a handball exercise to practice quick handballing, mid-length handballing and
long handballing. Use this exercise early in the training s...
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1.2 Multi-ball handball
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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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Handball (quick).
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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 5+ footballs. The length of this drill is 30 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.
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1.3 Spare Cone Handball
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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.
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About
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For coaching AFL footballers aged U/16 to senior, you will need groups of 4 players,
4 cones and 1 football per group. Tackling is used, so consider players with injuries.
This is a handball exercise to practice quick handballing, mid-length handballing
and tackling. The length of this drill is 10 metres for seniors, when coaching juniors
you should shorten this drill to a more appr...
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2. AFL Training Sessions - half oval drills
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2.1 Triangle front and square
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Ages
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Senior, U/16.
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Skills
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Kick (average, long), Handball (average, quick), Shepherd, Crumb.
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About
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For coaching AFL footballers aged U/16 to senior, this drill requires 18+ players,
3 cones and 1 football. This exercise develops mid-length kicking, long kicking,
quick handballing, mid-length handballing, short kicking and short kicking. 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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2.2 Split the Centre Goalkicking
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Ages
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Senior, U/16, U/14, U/12, U/10.
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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/10 to senior, you will need 8 players, 4 cones
and 2+ footballs. Use this exercise midway through the session. The length of this
drill is 35 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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2.3 Mirrored leading forward race
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Ages
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Senior, U/16, U/14, U/12, U/10.
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Skills
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*Competitive* Kicking, Goalkicking, Handball (average, quick), Contested
Mark, Tackle, Crumb.
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About
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For coaching AFL footballers aged U/10 to senior, you will need 20 players, 8 cones
and 2 footballs. Use this exercise midway through the session. Tackling is used,
so consider players with injuries. This exercise develops short kicking, mid-length
kicking, long kicking, goalkicking, quick handballing, mid-length handballing, contested
marking, tackling and short kicking. The length...
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2.4 Kick & follow-up hands
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Ages
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Senior, U/16.
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Skills
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Kick (long), Handball, Shepherd.
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About
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For coaching AFL footballers aged U/16 to senior, this drill requires 16+ players,
4 cones and 1+ footballs. The length of this drill is 80 metres for seniors, when
coaching juniors you should shorten this drill to a more appropriate length. This
exercise develops long kicking, quick handballing, mid-length handballing, long
handballing and short kicking. Use this exercise midway through the session.
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2.5 Long star
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Ages
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Senior, U/16, U/14.
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Skills
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Kick (long), Handball (average).
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About
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For coaching AFL footballers aged U/14 to senior, you will need 12 players, 5 cones
and 1 football. The length of this drill is 80 metres for seniors, when coaching
juniors you should shorten this drill to a more appropriate length.Use this exercise
midway through the session. This exercise develops long kicking and mid-length handballing.
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