BASIC SKILL DRILLS
BASIC SKILL DRILLS
Basic Option Taking
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P1
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P2 O P3
Roll the ball away from P1 and as he picks it up both P2 and P3 leads with
an opponent to defend the kick. You can vary the roll or do it has a handball.
3 kicks and rotate.
Held Up
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P1
P2
P3 O P4
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P1 pushes off the mark guarded by P2 and kicks to the best option provided by
P3 and P4. As an extension add in a leading forward with or without a defender
or even 2 forwards and 2 defenders so they can practice blocking.
Double Leads
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Kicker 1
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Kicker 2
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P1
P2
P3
P1 leads to kicker 1 marks and handballs back and then comes around the cone
and marks the ball from a second kicker. To add variety as he heads back to the
line add another ball in so he can have a shot on goal.
Square Kicking
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P4
P3
P1
P2
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P1 pushes back off the mark and kicks to stationary player P2 who plays on and
kicks to P3 who is leading at him. He then pushes back off the mark and kicks to
stationary P4. Process repeats.Can stay in the same position or if you have
lots of players run to the group you give it to.For variety when P3 marks he can
handball back to the player on the cone gets it back and then screws it to P4
Key Position
Running
PPP
PPP
Tall
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Tall
Tall
Tall
Tall
Tall
Tall
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Tall
PPP
PPP
Ball starts with the P’s in the goal square (both ends) and is kicked to a leading tall.
They then follow up and get the ball back and kick to the leading CHF tall and again
get it back and kick to leading FF get it back and then shoot on goal. Talls after
marking and handballing move to the next position.
Initiative Square
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P1 P2
P7 P8
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P3 P4
P5 P6
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Kicking the ball diagonally P1 kicks to either P5 or P6 leading down either line. He
chooses the best option and for example if he chooses P6 then P4 runs past for the
handball and then kicks to best option P7 or P8. The player on the lead who
doesn’t receive the ball goes back to the line.
Triangle Pressure
Goal Kicking
O
O
O
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P
P
P
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P
P
p
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P
P
P
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P’s kick in triangle formation to have a shot on goal. When the ball gets kicked to the
last player before shooting on goal the O’s put pressure on the player having a shot
on goal.
Hard Square
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Can do it in pairs with a
handball before a kick.
P4
P3
Using footballs
for endurance.
30- 50 m
square
P1
P5
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P2
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Pi kicks the ball to P2 and runs to the cone. P2,P3,P4 and P5 repeat doing the same.
P1 then completes 3 kicks and all other players do the same. P1 then completes 5
kicks and again the rest of the players do the same.
PRESSURISED TRIANGLE
KICKING
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P3
P2
P4P5
P6P7
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P1
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P1,P2and P3 form a triangle 20-25 metres apart with 4 players in the middle. P1 starts
with the ball and has the option of kicking to either P2 or P3. Once he has kicked a
player from the middle rushes out to put pressure on the kicker who must mark and
kick straight away. The player in the middle stays as a kicker and the kicker goes into
the middle.