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Chase, challenge and counter
Put players into realistic kick-chase situations where there’s a healthy competition for the ball and then trying to score or make ground after the ball has been retrieved.
CHALLENGE
Attack and defend from kicks.
SET UP
A 20m by 15m pitch, cones, ball.
how to do it
Activity
- Put a kicker and two chasers at one end of a box. Put a defender in front of the two chasers.
- Get the kicker to aim into the target area -preferably with a kick that can be caught – and it must travel at least 10m.
- The two chasers must retrieve the ball cleanly, while the defender can disrupt the runs of the chasers before trying to chase down the ball carrier.
Development 1
- Put three chasers and one defender in front of them at one end of the box. Put three defenders at least 15m away.
- Get a kicker to punt the ball at least 15m for their chasing team to retrieve or challenge the catching team.
- Finish if the chasing team wins the ball. However, if the defence takes the ball, it runs it back to try and score at the kicker’s end. Use grab tackling.
Development 2
- Put four chasers with two defenders in front of them at one end of a 40m x 25m box. Put three defenders at least 25m away.
- The kicker punts the ball at least 25m. The chasing team should prevent the opposition team running the ball back. Use grab or full tackling.
TECHNIQUE
- Get in the air to catch the ball.
- Put your hands high to catch so you have less chance of being impeded.
ACTIVITY
- Two chasers aim to retrieve the ball from a kick that has travelled at least 10m
- The defender is a “nuisance” to the chasers before turning to defend
Development 1
Related Files
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Combine a chasing player with three defenders 15m away
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The kicker now has to kick the ball at least 15m, with the chasers aiming to win the ball or prevent the defence running it back
Development 2
- Three other defenders wait for a kick which must travel at least 25m
- Put two blocking defenders now in front of four chasers
- The chasing team aims to prevent the defence running the ball back
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