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Jailbreak

Focus
Skills under pressure, Decision Making, Run & Carry, Stoppages.
Skills
Handball Quick.
Purpose
This drill gives players practice at sharp hands in confined spaces, and teaches to spot openings in the traffic to burst through and create a clearance.
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Groups of
10
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Ages
13+
ball
Balls/grp
1
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Cones
8
distance
Distance (max)
10m
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Opp. tops
5
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Visible opposition strip: 5
  • Setup

    Split players into two teams and distribute opposition tops if available. If there are 20+ at training, create two playing arenas containing a 3m square inside a 10m square. The attacking team of 5 players inhabit the inner square, the defending team the outer square.
  • Step 1

    Start the stopwatch. The attacking team work the ball around the inner square with hands. Defenders position themselves to block passage through their square.
    Defenders cannot enter the inner square
  • Step 2

    Once an attacker spots a break in the defense, a player can make a break for it and attempt to run through the defender's zone without being touched.
    If the player successfully makes it through without being tackled and caught, the attackers score 1 point.
    Keep tally of the successful attempts.
  • Step 3

    Once a player makes it through or is tackled, bring the ball back into the square and continue. However if they made it successfully, the next turn is slightly different (see point 4).
  • Step 4

    If a player successfully crosses over, that side becomes out of bounds for the next attempt, so defenders only have 3 sides to defend.
  • Step 5

    After 3 minutes stop the clock and call out the total to beat. Swap the attackers and defenders. If there are not multiples of 5, rotate the players sitting out. Repeat the exercise.
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Groups of
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8
Ages
profile
13 +
Balls/grp
ball
1
Cones
cone
1
Distance (max)
distance
15m
Focus
Skills under pressure, Run & Carry.
Skills
Shepherd, Crumb.
demo
play
video
Players
group
16+
Ages
profile
11 +
Balls
ball
1+
Cones
cone
4
Distance (max)
distance
80m
Focus
Hard Running, Front & Square.
Skills
Handballing, Kick Long, Shepherd.
demo
play
video
Players
group
20+
Ages
profile
13 +
Balls
ball
6+
Cones
cone
6
Distance (max)
distance
160m
Focus
Hard Running, Front & Square, Forward line delivery, Goalkicking.
Skills
GoalKicking, Kicking, Handballing, Crumb.
play
video
Players
group
8+
Ages
profile
9 +
Balls
ball
2
Cones
cone
8
Distance (max)
distance
40m
Focus
Skills under pressure, Defensive, Decision Making, Run & Carry.
Skills
Handballing.
play
video
Groups of
group
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7
Ages
profile
13 +
Balls/grp
ball
1
Cones
cone
8
Distance (max)
distance
30m
Focus
Skills under pressure, Front & Square, Decision Making, Run & Carry.
Skills
Tackle, Shepherd, Handball Quick.
play
video
Players
group
12+
Ages
profile
6 +
Balls
ball
1
Cones
cone
0
Distance (max)
distance
160m
Focus
Skills under pressure, Defensive, Hard Running, Decision Making, Run & Carry, Forward line delivery, Gameplan/Strategy.
Skills
Kicking, Handballing, Tackle, Mark Contest.
play
video
Players
group
11+
Ages
profile
13 +
Balls
ball
1
Cones
cone
4
Distance (max)
distance
70m
Focus
Skills under pressure, Forward line delivery, Gameplan/Strategy.
Skills
Kicking, Handballing.
play
video
Groups of
group
group-arrow
icon-group
9
Ages
profile
11 +
Balls/grp
ball
1
Cones
cone
3
Distance (max)
distance
20m
Focus
Defensive, Decision Making.
Skills
Kick Short, Tackle, Shepherd, Crumb.
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