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Physical Skills:
Running, Landing, passing, spatial awareness
Physical Fitness: General, speed, agility, and balance
Knowledge/Understanding: Rule understanding around stepping and offside rules
Social:Interaction, enjoyment, communication, and participation
Teaching player to lead to circle edge, look for best option, select best pass
Use dots to mark landing spots
Use a thrower to pass the ball to where they should land (at the dot)
Players run up to the dot on circle edge to catch the ball
Look up, find shooter and pass to the shooter
Add more passes
Add more players in the lead up to the circle ie: centre and wing attack
Have shooter moving and making leads
Change the distance and the pace of the drive and land – increase as they improve
Add in defence and dodging to get ball
Get players to focus on where to land
Make sure they are aware of the circle – do not go offside
Ensure players are landing softly with bent knees
Ensure knees and feet are inline on the land
Make good eye contact with the shooters
Encourage them to use a variety of passes
Give them time to make mistakes and keep building on their variety of leads and passes
This project has received support from the Sunshine Coast Councils Sports Industry Development grant that was awarded through the Australian and Queensland Governments under the 2019 Queensland Bushfires Local Economic Recovery Program. The Program was established to support projects that contribute to the economic and/or social recovery of the communities most heavily impacted by the Queensland Bushfires, and reduces the impact of future events on the community.
