1. AFL Drills for Kids - shortball drills
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1.1 Left-Right Combo
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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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Handball (quick).
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About
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For coaching AFL footballers aged U/10 to senior, you will need groups of 3 players
and 2 footballs per group. The length of this drill is 1 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. Use this exercise early in
the training session, or perhaps in between longer exercises for recovery.
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1.2 Standing Kick
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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 (short).
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About
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For coaching AFL footballers aged U/8 to senior, you will need groups of 3 players,
2 cones and 1 football per group. The length of this drill is 10 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 kicking drill to practice short kicking.
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1.3 Loose ball 1-on-1
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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 (average), Crumb. *Light contact or inferred pressure.
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About
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For coaching AFL footballers aged U/8 to senior, you will need 8 players, 1 cone
and 1 football. This is a handball exercise to practice mid-length handballing and
short kicking. The length of this drill is 15 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.
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1.4 Tap and crumb
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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 (average), Ruck.
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About
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For coaching AFL footballers aged U/8 to senior, you will need groups of 3 players
and 2 footballs per group. This is a handball exercise to practice mid-length handballing
and short kicking. Use this exercise early in the training session, or perhaps in
between longer exercises for recovery. The length of this drill is 2 metres for
seniors, when coaching juniors you should shorten this drill to a more appropriate
length.
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1.5 Marking contest 1-on-1
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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 (average), Contested Mark. *Light contact or inferred pressure.
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About
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For coaching AFL footballers aged U/8 to senior, you will need 8 players, 1 cone
and 1 football. Use this exercise early in the training session, or perhaps in between
longer exercises for recovery. The length of this drill is 15 metres for seniors,
when coaching juniors you should shorten this drill to a more appropriate length.
This is a handball exercise to practice mid-length handballing and contested marking.
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1.6 Bounce, turn and kick
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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 (short).
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About
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For coaching AFL footballers aged U/8 to senior, you will need groups of 6 players,
2 cones and 1+ footballs per group. Use this exercise early in the training session,
or perhaps in between longer exercises for recovery. This is a kicking drill to
practice short kicking. The length of this drill is 20 metres for seniors, when
coaching juniors you should shorten this drill to a more appropriate length.
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1.7 Lane kicking
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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 (short, average, long).
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About
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For coaching AFL footballers aged U/8 to senior, this drill requires 8+ players,
2 cones and 1+ footballs. The length of this drill is 60 metres for seniors, when
coaching juniors you should shorten this drill to a more appropriate length. This
is a kicking drill to practice short kicking, mid-length kicking and long kicking.
Use this exercise early in the training session, or perhaps in between longer exercises
for recovery.
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2. AFL Drills for Kids - half oval drills
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2.1 Goalkicking 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 (goal, average, long).
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About
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For coaching AFL footballers aged U/8 to senior, you will need groups of 3 players
and 1 football per group. The length of this drill is 50 metres for seniors, when
coaching juniors you should shorten this drill to a more appropriate length.Use
this exercise midway through the session. This is a kicking drill to practice mid-length
kicking, long kicking and goalkicking.
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