1. sports
2. football

Claremont District 12 week
Auskick Program
Year 2
Produced by Sam
Cousens & Matt Petrich
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Introduction
Welcome to Auskick coaching and congratulations for becoming involved in the most highly regarded national children’s sporting program.
While sports and specifically football, have the potential to offer
participants social, moral and physical benefits the challenge facing
all coaches is the ability to craft sessions appropriate for their team.
This booklet is intended to act as a guide for a Auskick coach with a
group of Year 2 footballers. It may be implemented literally, however, it is intended to act as a framework for the season. You are encouraged to alter, amend and implement new drills to develop the
young footballers you are charged with mentoring.
Junior sporting coaches have the ability to develop a child’s self esteem, act as a positive role model and to become an active member
in the community. The potential you have should not be underestimated neither should the joy and pleasure you will receive when
these goals are achieved.
I wish you all the best with your Auskick coaching exploits and hope
this booklet will assist you in the journey.
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The Auskick Philosophy
What is Auskick?
The Auskick program has been developed to build the foundation skills for playing Australian football and to respond to the needs of children aged between five and eight.
Auskick is:
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Fun and safe,
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Designed specifically to encourage participation, AFL skill learning and gross motor development,
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Based on rules and procedures appropriate to the level of the children involved,
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Managed by the community.
What is expected from an Auskick Program?
Auskick Programs offer:
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Individuals an opportunity to experience personal achievement in sporting competence, increased self esteem, social interaction, participation and AFL skill development in a FUN environment.
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Appropriate warm up activities.
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Skill development in a sequential ordered program.
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AFL skill drills and games.
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AFL Auskick rules matches
What makes an Auskick program successful?
The core elements of a successful Auskick program include:
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Fun and safety— This program has been devised to match appropriate skill development drills
with the participants ability and needs. Success is achieved when organizing fun activities delivered in a safe environment where every child is involved.
2.
For boys, girls (AND) parents— The entire family role in the success of any Auskick program.
The program will assist participants to improve their sporting skills. This promotes a wide
range of physical activities and encourages appropriate sporting behaviour. Auskick allows
parents to closely manage and share the experience of developing their children by providing
them with additional support beyond their Auskick program.
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Managed by the community— The entire community drives the success of any Auskick program. Obviously the community provides participants, but also the conveners, managers, coordinators, coaches and volunteer helpers who are critical to the success of any Auskick centre.
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EFFECTIVE COACHING
What makes an effective season?
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Developing realistic expectation of what can be achieved in the Auskick season and
understand how to analyze if this expectation is achieved.
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Creating a season plan to achieve these expectations.
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Clearly articulating to the parents and the players early in the season expectations
and how they will be achieved.
What makes an effective session?
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Before commencing the season creating session plans that are consistent with the
season plan..
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Plan each individual training session.
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Balance each session with skill drills and fun drills. 30% fun games: 70% skill drills
for Year 2 Auskickers.
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Increase the variety of activities in a session. No drill should go longer than 12mins.
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Avoid long queues of kids (4max) in each drill.
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Maximise the time players are handling the football ball by ensuring sufficient footballs are provided. Minimum time is spent talking, movement between activities is
minimised and the use of parental volunteers is maximised.
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Read the players during the session and have flexibility to alter the session if
needed. If an individual drill is not successful abandon it and change the session.
What makes an effective drill?
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Ensure skill based drills are challenging without being too advanced for your players.
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When doing skill based drills all kids are consistently involved maximizing touches
of the football and minimizing the time spent standing in line.
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Recognize when the drill has been running for a sufficient time.
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When coaching maintain a high energy level and always focus on positive feedback.
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Helpful Hints
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Have a season plan. Understand what you want to achieve in this season?
Make sure you have each session planned. This book can act as a session to session
guide.
3. Get to the oval 20 mins prior to set up your session and mingle with players and parents.
4. Set ground rules and behavioural expectations before the first session and stick to
them!
5. Engage parents so they are assisting with each session (see below).
6. Take the time to get to know your parents/kids after the session and start to build a
genuine relationship. Communicate small improvements to players with parents in
the conversation.
7. Give the parents feedback about the kids progression which will allow them to be
more effective when practising with their kid at home.
8. Always have a fun game you know the kids love so if a specific drill is not working
you have an alternative.
9. Encourage children who are trying hard to do what you asked. Not just the ones who
can do it.
10. Sessions for Year 2 children should run for somewhere in the order of 1.30hr.
11. Use your markers efficiently. Using different colours allows you to explain drills simply and allows you to put kids into teams quicker.
What should I expect from my parents?
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Dropping kids off at Auskick and leaving is not acceptable. Auskick is not a baby sitting service. Auskick needs parental involvement to be successful.
Every parent should understand they are expected to help the coach within any time
required.
Parents are expected to help out within the club if required i.e. Sausage sizzle, canteen, washing jumpers, fundraising.
Teaching the parents.
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Educate the parents their involvement is critical in their children’s success . Some
parents are reluctant to help because they feel they do not have the skills to assist.
Assign parents roles that are simple yet critical to the sessions e.g. Group leaders.
Educate parents to understand Auskick is a fun, gentle introduction to football. Note
football doesn't become competitive until kids are 13yrs old.
Make parents aware of all the skills so they are able to practise correct technique
with their kid at home.
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What football skills should my kids have
learnt by the end of the season?
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Kicking— All kids should use correct technique of how to drop the ball onto their
foot when kicking a drop punt. Year 2 kids should kick the ball by dropping it onto
their foot. Year 2 kids should be able to kick a drop punt with the ball spinning backwards. More advanced Year 2 kids will be able to kick the ball to a moving target
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Handballing— All kids should use the correct technique of handballing the ball.
Each kid should be able to handball the ball off their hand to their desired target
with the ball spinning backwards. More advanced Year 2 kids will be able to handball the ball to a moving target.
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Marking (Chest Mark) - All kids should use the correct technique of chest marking.
All kids should be able to take a chest mark when the coach kicks them the ball. Advanced Year 2 kids will be able to mark the ball from a higher point.
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Marking (Overhead Mark) - All kids should use the correct technique of overhead
marking. All kids should be able to take an over-head mark when the coach throws
the ball in the air. Advanced Year 2 kids will be able to mark the ball from a higher
point.
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Groundballs— All kids should use the correct technique of picking a football up off
the ground. Kids should be able to implement this technique whilst running towards
the ball.
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Bouncing— All kids should use the correct technique of bouncing the football. All
kids should be attempting to bounce the football. All kids should be able to bounce
the ball and have it come back to them 1 out of every 2 bounces. Advanced Year 2
kids will be able to coordinate this skill every bounce.
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The S.P.I.R method
A particularly successful teaching method for assisting children to learn new skills is the S.P.I.R method.
S for Show (demonstrate)
Name the skill.
Show the whole skill first.
Show again while making instructional points.
Make no more than three coaching/instructional points.
Ask if there are any questions
Demonstrate once more, asking the children to watch for the coaching points.
P for Practise
Practise immediately.
The learners copy what has been shown.
Practise the whole skill first.
Revise parts of the skill if problems.
I for Instruct
Observe each group for 15 – 30 seconds.
Keep repeating the key points about the skill.
Provide further instruction.
R for Reward
Praise good efforts.
Show pleasure.
Make every player feel his/her efforts are valued.
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R
Show
Practise
Instruct
Reward
Name the skill
Demonstrate 3 times
Provide 3 coaching points
max
Have players practise immediately via an appropriate
activity
Give feedback on their performance based on what
they have been taught
Encourage and reward effort
and achievement
Using S.P.I.R effectively
During the Show (demonstration)
Select appropriate learning information.
Each skill demonstration requires a formation which allows every individual to obtain a clear view of the key aspects of the skill.
Use simple precise instructions.
A key word or cue should be used to emphasise the important parts of the skill.
During the Practise
Let the players freely experiment without much feedback at first.
Get the children practising as soon as possible so they don’t lose their mental picture or the sense of how the skill is performed.
When Instructing
Provide feedback as this let’s children know how they are going.
Allow them to practise for a time before offering any feedback.
Offer specific, constructive, clear and positive feedback.
When providing Reward
Encourage freely, particularly when an individual’s progress seems slow.
Set standards according to the capabilities of each individual.
Understand and allow for the fact that each individual will improve at a different rate.
Only compare individuals with themselves – what they could do and now what they are doing.
Avoid comparing players with each other.
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Teaching the Basic Skills
Kicking
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Line your body up with your target. Hold the ball downwards over you kicking leg. Have your head
slightly bent over the ball (Nose to toes—use this rhyme to ensure kids are holding the ball correctly.)
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Take a few steps. Kids might find this bit hard but at least encourage them to take one step.
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Point your toes to the target and watch the ball onto the foot.
Guide the ball down onto your foot. Keep in mind these kids hands are very small so they will most probably have to drop the ball onto their foot however emphasise the importance of dropping the ball close to
your foot and with control.
Follow through straight towards the target.
Handballing
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Stand nearly side onto your target with the opposite foot to what you hit the ball with at the front.
Make sure your knees are slightly bent. Tell the kids to picture they are standing on a “surfboard”.
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Make a platform with the hand the ball will be resting on. Make sure that arm is nice and straight. Tell
the kids to picture a nice long elephant trunk with the tip of the trunk curled up to rest the football on.
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With the hand you are about to hit the ball with make a fist. Make sure the thumb is placed on the outside of the fingers when doing this. Tell the kids to picture they are holding an ice cream in a cone
(encouraging the thumb to be on the outside) and to squish the ice cream into the point of the ball).
Marking (Chest Mark)
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Keep your eyes on the ball
Move your body directly under the flight of the ball.
Tuck your elbows into your belly button. Making a “basket” for the ball.
Let the ball hit the hands and/or arms and guide the ball onto your chest. (or “into the basket”).
The ball is then hugged tightly to the chest so it doesn’t bounce out.
Marking (Overhead Mark)
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Keep your eyes on the ball
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Mark the football at it’s highest point directly in front of your eyes.
Move your body directly under the flight of the ball
Jump of one leg and with your other leg tuck your knee into your chest for protection
Outstretch your arms above your head with your fingers pointing towards the sky and thumbs towards
the back of the football.
Groundballs
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Keep your eye on the ball
Run towards the ball
Get your body behind the ball
Bend your knees nice and low
Scoop your hands through the grass with your palms facing towards the sky to gather ball keeping your
head directly over the ball. (Picture a bobcat picking up rubbish!)
Bouncing
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The ball is held with the dominant bouncing hand slightly on top and the non dominant hand slightly on
the bottom of the football
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The ball is pushed down into the ground with the bouncing arm at full stretch so it is close to the ground
The ball should strike the ground at an angle of roughly 45 degrees
The ball is bounced far enough in front of the kid so it will bounce into the kids hands as he/she moves
forward.
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You are in charge!
Child retention is often used as an indicator of the success of an Auskick program. Retaining 4 out of 5 of your team from one year to the next would be
considered a remarkable achievement and would indicate a high level Year 2
program has been delivered.
It is suggested when coaching Year 2 aged children that a familiarity with the
basic fundamentals of team play as well as an enjoyment of the game are
more important than perfect skill execution.
No AFL stars are created in Year 2 however many children have the potential
to be lost to sports forever if an inappropriate environment is created.
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Auskick Grid Game
Field Set-up
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Place two sets of goals approximately 45m – 60m in length depending on the age and skill of the kids.
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Divide the space between the two goals into 3 even zones 15m – 20m apart depending on the size of your oval
Rules
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Divide kids into two even teams
Within each team they must have even numbers in each zone and where possible use the NAB Auskick bibs to distinguish between
Backs ‘B’, Forwards ‘F’ and Centres ‘C’
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Once players have been given a position B, C or F they are not to leave their third of the oval ‘zone’ that relates to that position. For
example if a kid is playing forward ‘F’ they can only play in the third that is closest to their goal.
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Try to allow kids to experience all three positions
Kids are not allowed to dive on the ball
Kids are not allowed to soccer the ball
Kids are not allowed to steal the ball or interfere whilst another kids is trying to kick or handball the ball. No tackling
Kids cannot hold on to the ball for longer than 3 seconds, you may like to count down from 3 once they receive the ball
The ball cannot be kicked directly from the back third into the forward third it must travel through the centres
Try to ensure that every kid is able to either kick or handball the ball
Encourage team work!!
Teach the Kids the Game
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Thoroughly explain the rules of the game and remember it is not about who wins or who get’s the most kicks. It is about everybody feeling a part of the game, having fun and being involved in the game. Make sure the parents understand this!
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Try to have a parent in control of each zone.
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If you see a kid who hasn’t touched the footy for a while, it is your responsibility to make sure they do.
If the footy is stuck down one end then pick the footy up and boot it down the other end so the kids at the other end don’t lose interest.
The two biggest problems you will encounter are kids diving on the ball and kids holding onto the footy for too long. If a kid dives on the
footy pay a free kick to the other team and be consistent! Once a kid grabs the footy count down from 3. If they haven’t disposed of the
ball it is a free kick to the other team. You will obviously have to count slower for some kids and remember use some expression in your
countdown.
If you consistently follow these two rules then by the end of the season kids won’t be making those mistakes and they will be ready for Yr
3 Auskick.
Finish each session with a Grid Game!
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Week 1
“Farmer Sam” (12mins)
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Kids are to line up side by side in between two markers at one end
while coach stands in the middle.
Kids then sing a song which goes “Farmer Sam, Farmer Sam can I
cross your muddy old dam.” - You might have to do 2 or 3 practise
goes of the song first.
The coach then replies with something like “You can cross my dam
but only if you are a girl” or “only if your name starts with an S”
etc.
All the relevant people then get to cross the “dam” from one end
to the other and the coach is not allowed to catch them by handballing the ball into them.
The coach then blows his whistle and tries to catch as many of the
other kids as he can by handballing the ball into them.
Once a kid is tagged they must grab a football and help the coach
in the middle catch the other kids by handballing the ball into
them.
Use markers as boundary’s and let the kids know they have to stay
within the designated area.
“Handballing” (8mins)
1.
2.
3.
Note: To make this more exciting and to fast track a kids coordination you can get them to try and handball on the opposite
hand for a while or get the kid and the parent to handball 2
footie’s at once which will improve their reflexes.
“Shrinking Goals” (12mins)
“Kicking” (8mins)
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2.
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4.
Teach kids correct way to kick a drop punt.
Kids to grab their parent and practise their kicking
whilst you walk around and encourage the kids and
provide feedback. Once again you are engaging the
parents in such a simple way.
Even though the diagram above has the kids and
parents in a straight line, I would avoid this as a lot
of footballs will be getting in each others way. Ask
kid and parent to find their own bit of space.
If a kid is struggling with the kicking technique then
you can get that kid to practise kicking a ball of a
cone (see below) .
Teach kids correct way to handball.
Kids to grab their parent and practise their handballing
whilst you walk around and encourage the kids and
provide feedback. This is an easy and effective way to
get the parents involved in week 1 and set the tone for
the year.
Remember the 3 main teaching points which can be an
effective away to help kids who are having difficulties:
A) On your Surfboards
B) Where’s your elephant trunk
C) Squish the ice cream
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Split kids into groups of 4 or 5 kids.
Group 1 forms a line standing 5 metres from
the goal posts. Group 2 stands in a line 3 metres
behind. Group 3, 3metres behind them etc..
Coach blows whistle and all of group 1 kick the
footy at the same time trying to kick the ball
between the two posts.
After kick kids must wait until coach says
“retrieve footie’s”.
Group 1 then move to the back group and all
other groups move fwd.
Once each group has had their first kick the goals
get smaller. Then after their second kick they get
smaller again and so on.
Give kids anywhere between 3—6 kicks depending on time.
For the kids last kick you can just leave one post
up and see if they can hit the post. If they do
they win a prize.
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Week 2
“Handballing” (5mins)
“First to the Ball” (8mins)
1.
For instructions refer to Pg 11.
“Kicking” (10mins)
1.
In pairs kids form 2 circles (an outer & inner).
The kids on the inside circle stand with legs apart.
A ball is place in the centre of the circle.
The outside children run around until the whistle
sounds.
They continue running to their partner go through
their legs and attempt to get the football.
If you have a large group you can add more then 1
footy.
Swap circles after 5 goes each.
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7.
1.
“Handball Chaos” (8mins)
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Put the kids in pairs and make one kid a 1 and the
other a 2.
Get the 1’s to grab a football and make a circle
around you. (Diameter approx 10m)
Get the 2’s to make a larger circle around the 1’s.
When you say go the 1’s run in a clockwise direction
and the 2’s in a anti clockwise direction.
They keep on running until you blow you whistle.
When you blow your whistle the kids have to find
their partner do 10 handball and then sit down.
You can do this as many times as you like.
Variations you can do.
2 footballs (both circles have a ball)
Kids paddle the ball in front of themselves
Kids bouncing the footy when their running
Kids throwing the footy up in the air and catching it
when their running
Opposite hand handballing
Please note: You can partner the kids up with their parents.
This is an easy an effective way to engage the parents.
For instructions refer to Pg 11.
“Bomb the Coach” (12mins)
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7.
Split kids into groups of 4 or 5 kids.
Group 1 forms a line standing 5 metres from
the coach within the square. Group 2 stands in a
line 3 metres behind. Group 3, 3metres behind
them etc..
Coach blows whistle and all of group 1 kick the
footy at the same time trying to land the ball in
the square and ultimately hit the coach.
After kick kids must wait until coach says
“retrieve footie’s”.
Group 1 then move to the back group and all
other groups move fwd.
Give kids anywhere between 3—8 kicks depending on time.
Please note: You can make a smaller square
inside the bigger square if you like to make the
game more fun. For example—If a kid kicks the
ball and it lands in the big square they get 5 pts,
if it lands in the smaller square they get 10 pts,
If they hit the coach they win an instant prize.
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Week 3
“Kicking” (6mins)
“Eliminator” (10mins)
1.
For instructions refer to Pg 11.
“Marking & Ground balls” (10mins)
1.
Place 4 markers out 25m X 25m.
All kids have a footy.
Kids roll (dribble) the ball close to their body and in control.
Five eliminators (parents) are selected. Good easy way to
engage parents.
They attempt to tap the balls away from the children.
Using rolling skills, peripheral vision and body positioning
children protect their ball.
Eliminators not allowed to continuously target the same
child.
Once the ball has been tapped away or the kid goes out of
the playing area they have to stand still for 10s before
restarting.
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7.
“Congestion” (10mins)
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2.
Make a square using 4 cones (Approx 10m x 10m)
Put the kids in pairs and make one kid a 1 and the
other a 2.
3.
Get the 1’s to grab a football and find a space in the
square.
4.
2’s then go and stand next to their partner.
5.
On the whistle 1’s place the ball on the ground and
run to another space in the square.
6.
2’s pick the footy up run to their partner and handball the ball back to the 1’s.
7.
Repeat this for about 1 minute then swap the roles .
8.
This is a good drill for getting kids use to a bit of body
pressure.
Please note: You can partner the kids up with their parents.
This is an easy an effective way to engage the parents.
Split kids into groups of no more then 4 per group.
Select parents to be the leaders of each group.
Parent throws the ball gently in the air for the first kid to
take a chest mark and handball back to the parent.
Kid then runs around the parent and to the back of the
group.
Parent then repeats that act for the second kid and so on.
Once each kid in the group has had 5 chest marks then give
them 5 ground balls & 5 overhead marks where the parent
throws the ball in the air whilst the kid runs, jumps and
marks the ball above their head.
At the end you can turn it into a relay race where the
groups try and race each other.
“Totem Pole” (10mins)
1.
Kids form circle approximately 10m in diameter with
agility pole in the middle.
2.
On the whistle kids kick the footy and try and hit the
pole.
3.
On the second whistle kids retrieve the footy.
4.
If you like you can have the kids kicking one at a time
in a domino effect in a certain direction. Make sure
kids don’t retrieve the footy until you say so at the
very end to avoid being hit by a stray footy.
5.
You can put markers out in a circle around the pole if
this makes it easier to get the kids organized.
AIM: 2 pts for hitting the pole on the full. 1 pt for hitting the
pole after a bounce.
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Week 4
“Handballing” (5mins)
“Cat n Mouse” (12mins)
1.
For instructions refer to Pg 11.
“Kicking” (10mins)
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Kids form a circle and hold hands.
2 kids are selected to be the cat and the mouse.
Cat stands outside the circle and the mouse on the inside.
Cat tries to catch the mouse.
Other kids protect the mouse by letting him/her pass under
their arms but not the cat.
You can try two cats chasing the mouse.
Keep rotating the cat and the mouse.
You can get the mouse to run with a footy.
1.
“Footy Scarecrow” (12mins)
For instructions refer to Pg 11.
“Dog n Bone” (12mins)
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2.
1.
Put out 4 markers roughly 25m x 25m which will be
the designated area.
2.
Nominate 5 kids to be “it” and give them each a football. This will depend on how many kids you have. Aim
for about 1/4 of the group.
3.
The rest of the kids find a space in the square.
4.
On the whistle the kids “it” have to try and catch as
many kids as they can by handballing the ball into
them.
5.
If you get caught you have to stand like a scarecrow
with your legs apart and are not allowed to move until
someone free crawls through your legs to free you.
AIM: People “it” have to try and make every kid a scarecrow
at the same time so there are no free kids left.
Set markers up roughly 5m apart
Partner the kids up and make one a 1 and the other a
2.
3.
1’s stand on the front marker and 2’s on the back
marker.
4.
On the whistle all the ones kick the ball as far as they
can and run around both markers as many times as
they can (see diagram).
5.
Once kid kicks ball 2’s chase after the ball and bring it
back to the front marker where the kid kicked from.
6.
Swap positions after first go. Have 3—5 goes each
depending on time.
AIM: To see how many times you can run around the two
markers while the other person is retrieving the footy.
Please note: You can partner the kids up with their parents.
This is an easy an effective way to engage the parents.
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Week 5
“Bouncing” (8mins)
“Farmer Sam” (12mins)
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Get kids to form a circle. Start by having kids walk in a circle
touching the ball on the ground.
Show kids correct technique of how to bounce the ball.
Get all kids on their knees practising bouncing the ball.
You can then progress to one knee, bending , standing up then
walking.
For instructions refer to Pg 11.
“Handballing” (5mins)
“Marking & Ground balls” (10mins)
1.
For instructions to turn Pg 13.
1.
For instructions refer to Pg 11.
“Footy Lawn Bowls” (10mins)
“Kicking” (10mins)
5m
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For instructions refer to Pg 11.
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9.
15m
Set up markers as shown in the diagram.
Put kids into groups of no more than 4 kids per group.
On the whistle the first kid of each group kicks the ball and tries
to land the ball as close as the can to their aligned marker.
The kid who lands the ball closest to their marker scores a point
for their team.
Once the first kids has their shot they wait until you say fetch the
footie’s
They then fetch the footy and handball to the next kid in line.
After each shot the kid goes to the back of the line.
This is a good drill for the kids to start getting control of their
boot
You can make it first to 5 pts, 10 pts etc. depending on time
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Week 6
“Rob the Nest” (12mins)
“Marking & Ground balls” (10mins)
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Place all the footballs in the middle of the playing area.
Split the kids into 4 even teams.
On the whistle the first kid from each team runs into the
middle grabs a football and handballs it to the second kid
in the team who catches it and places it in their “nest” (see
diagram).
Once the second kid has placed the ball in the nest he/she
repeats the process.
Once all the footballs from the middle have been retrieved
the coach will then blow the whistle and all kids from each
team are allowed to steal one football at a time from all the
other teams nests and return it to their own nest. Let this
run for about 2 mins.
To mix it up you can add rules such as your are not allowed
to steal a football from any of the other teams unless you
are hopping, skipping etc...
For instructions refer to Pg 11.
“Bouncing” (6mins)
1.
For instructions refer to Pg 15.
“Kicking” (8mins)
“Bouncing Relays” (8mins)
1.
For instructions refer to Pg 11.
“Shrinking Goals” (12mins)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

1.
Place two markers roughly 15m apart.
Put kids into groups of anywhere between 3 & 6 kids
per group.
Put half the kids on one marker and the other half on
the other.
On the whistle the first kid walks the ball down to the
other end having 3 bounces in between and then
handballs to the first kid behind the other marker who
repeats this.
Once the kid has had their go they go to the back of
the group.
You can progress to jogging and then running if the
kids are ready.
For instructions refer to Pg 11.
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Week 7
“Marking, Ground balls & Bouncing” (10mins)
“Footy Scarecrow” (12mins)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
1.
For instructions refer to Pg 14.
7.

Split kids into groups of no more then 4 per group.
Select parents to be the leaders of each group.
Parent throws the ball gently in the air for the first kid to
take a chest mark has a bounce and handballs back to the
parent.
Kid then runs around the parent and to the back of the
group.
Parent then repeats that act for the second kid and so on.
Once each kid in the group has had 5 chest marks then give
them 5 ground balls & 5 overhead marks where the parent
holds the ball in the air whilst the kid runs, jumps and marks
the ball above their head.
At the end you can turn it into a relay race where the
groups try and race each other.
You can progress to 2 bounces, 3 bounces etc.
“Kicking” (10mins)
“Footy Lawn Bowls” (10mins)
1.
5m
For instructions refer to Pg 11.
15m
“Bomb the Coach” (12mins)
1.
1.
For instructions refer to Pg 15.
For instructions refer to Pg 12.
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Week 8
“Eliminator” (10mins)
1.
For instructions refer to Pg 13.
“Congestion” (10mins)
1.
For instructions refer to Pg 13.
“Kicking” (10mins)
“Hot Potato” (8mins)
1.
For instructions refer to Pg 11.
“Totem Pole” (10mins)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Split kids into groups of roughly 4.
Each group of kids has a parent out the front as a leader.
On the whistle the parent handballs the ball to the 1st kid
who handballs it back to the parent then the second kid,
third kid and so on.
As a variation the parent can randomly handball to any kid
which will work on their reflexes.
Encourage kids to handball back to you as quick as they can.
1.
For instructions refer to Pg 13.
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Week 9
“First to the Ball” (8mins)
“Marking, Ground balls & Bouncing” (10mins)
1.
1.
For instructions refer to Pg 17.
For instructions refer to Pg 12.
“Kicking” (5 mins)
1.
For instructions refer to Pg 11.
“Triangle Kicking” (10mins)
“Dog n Bone” (12mins)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Split kids into groups of 3.
Get the kids to kick in a clockwise direction.
Each kid has to wait for the player their kicking the ball to
to make a lead and call for the ball.
The kid with the football then kicks the ball out into
space in front of the leading player.
Put a strong emphasis on kicking the ball out in front of
the leading player.
If they hit the kid on the chest then great however it is a
more effective kick 10 m out in front of the leading
player then 2 m behind.
1.
For instructions refer to Pg 14.
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Week 10
“Congestion” (10mins)
“Farmer Sam” (12mins)
1.
1.
For instructions refer to Pg 13.
For instructions refer to Pg 11.
“Triangle Kicking” (10mins)
“Bouncing Relays” (8mins)
1.
For instructions refer to Pg 16.
1.
For instructions refer to Pg 19.
“Shrinking Goals” (12mins)
1.
For instructions refer to Pg 11.
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Week 11
“Cat n Mouse” (12mins)
“Marking, Ground balls & Bouncing” (10mins)
1.
1.
For instructions refer to Pg 14.
“Triangle Kicking” (10mins)
1.
For instructions refer to Pg 17.
“Hot Potato” (8mins)
For instructions refer to Pg 19.
1.
For instructions refer to Pg 18.
“Totem Pole” (10mins)
1.
For instructions refer to Pg 13.
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Week 12
“Rob the Nest” (12mins)
1.
“Marking, Ground balls & Bouncing” (10mins)
For instructions refer to Pg 16.
1.
“Triangle Kicking” (10mins)
“Handball Chaos” (8mins)
1.
1.
For instructions refer to Pg 17.
For instructions refer to Pg 12.
For instructions refer to Pg 19.
“Bomb the Coach” (12mins)
1.
For instructions refer to Pg 12.
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