KICKING ACTIVITIES:
1. Grip work and ball handling- ball handling activities designed to improve the control of the ball and spread the webbing of the hands. Figures of eights, palming ball from one hand to another, through the legs etc. etc.- all the ball movements should have the ball in the correct orientation for a drop punt kick.
2. Kick to self - 30 each leg- support leg must not move off spot- designed to develop control in support leg and improve ball guiding to foot.
3. Kick 20m off one step, 30 @ leg- work on balancing leg- designed to improve balance on support leg and guiding of the ball- start in kicking position and advance only one step before kicking ball 20m.
4. Triangle kick- three players-15m apart-kick off 1 step and concentrate on landing kicking foot-run to target partner-designed to kick when changing direction, landing on kicking leg and following kick. When players have run to target partners cone they must then run back to the cone they kicked from to receive the next kick.
5. Solo run X 4 over 40m-designed to develop ball control to foot when on the run and develop the ability to "weight the kick" ala Gaelic Football skill.
6. Kicking into hoops, bins or handball target-various distances and depth perception work-designed to develop kicking control and weighting of kick.
7. Kicking off 1 step with balancing hand on post or fence - encourages counterbalance, hand and ball guidance-designed to improve support ark balance position and improve guiding ball to foot. Also, isolates the critical point of the kick- impact- and allows players to "square up" on impact.
8. Kick at goal through two portable posts 2 metres apart and 20 m away.-designed to improve players ability to square up the kick and run in a straighter line prior to impact.
9. Maintain straight run along a line off cones or markers or line drawn-attempt to keep support leg on one side of the line-designed to minimize sideways running when kicking and allows the kicking leg to come through in a straight line.
10. Kick for distance hanging off support leg - encourages greater thigh use in kicking-designed to recruit more upper leg, torso and buttocks movement to generate leg speed and therefore improve distance. Improve support leg strength and technique and focuses on the critical point of the kick- impact- and allows players to "square up" on impact.
11. Tennis Ball Kick-designed to improve hand eye and foot co-ordination to strike the ball at the "sweet spot".
12. Pole Kick- a ten metre pole is placed in the middle of a circle of players, each 15 meters away from the centre of the pole. Designed to improve accuracy.
13. Trajectory Kick - kick at target above ground from various distances -similar to activity #6, but also encourages different types of kicking trajectories include flat, hard kicks and loopy, weighted kicks. E.g. Kicking into basketball hoops, piercing gaps in walls, kicking flat under a ceiling.
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Last Modified on 19/04/2007 10:30