Goals-Goals-Goals:
Aim/Focus:
Improves decision making
Make’s players think about runs off the ball
How to Play:
Mark out a grid approximately 40m x 40m
Divide players into two teams – 4v4/5v5/6v6
Set up 3 – 4 goals within the grid.
Players score by completing a pass through one of the goals to a team mate.
Players cannot score through the same goal twice in a row
Progression:
Narrow the goals
Impose conditions on the game, e.g. no hop/solo
Equipment
Footballs
Cones
Bibs
Poles
Stopwatch & Whistle
Hurling Coaching Tip:
Pass the Sharks:
Aim/Focus:
Assures players are properly warmed up
Helps with agility
How to Play
All players line up along the side-line well-spaced out.
Nominate 3 or 4 to stand along a middle line between the 2 side-lines these are the ‘Sharks’.
The aim is for the fish to swim past the sharks without being tagged. If tagged they become a shark.
Progression
Reduce the size of the playing area
Increase number of sharks
Equipment
Stopwatch & Whistle
Cones
Coach quotes: You should always be evaluating who you spend our time with. So much of our success is linked to the circles we travel in.