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Avoid aimless kicking. Give your kickers targets and, as they develop, make them look to kick to space and adjust before they kick.
WHY USE IT
Help players develop their understanding of how to receive a pass so they can be in a good position to kick to where they want.
set up
Half a pitch, balls and cones.
HOW TO PLAY
ACTIVITY: Put a feeder (9) on the 22m line around the middle of the pitch and a kicker either to the left or right towards the 10m line. Split the try line into five and give each a letter – this creates segments inside the 15m line, between the 15m line and the posts, between the posts and the same the other side. Shout out which letter to aim at – the kicker receives a pass from the feeder and tries to kick the ball across the try line in the appropriate area.
GAME SITUATION: Set up the pitch as in the middle illustration. Three defenders start just outside the 22. Shout out which letters to run into. At the same time, or just before, indicate which set of cones the feeder should run to. As soon as the feeder gets there, they release the ball to the kicker, who has to kick the ball so it lands in one of the spare areas outside the 22m. The defenders aim to catch the ball on the full.
COACHING POINTS
- Look for spaces to kick, square the shoulders to the target and kick.
- Kick lower and hard, to beat the defender to the landing point.
- The 9 passes to the kicker
- The kicker kicks to the target called by you. A-C are the easier kicks, D and E harder
- The kicker needs to adjust before they receive the ball so they can kick towards the target smoothly
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- The feeder and kicker get ready to move to a set of cones
- Three defenders get ready to move into the lettered areas
- The feeder passes the ball as soon as they reach the cones indicated and the kicker aims for one of the free areas
- Indicate which cones the feeder will pass from and which areas the defenders will cover
- The defenders move to their areas and then aim to cover the kick
Dan Cottrell
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