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GATES

It's all about handballing and spatial awareness with Gates!

AFL It's all about handballing and spatial awareness with Gates!
AFL Stack of Cones A stack of coloured cones
AFL Football Gear Each Pair 2 x1 football per Auskicker pair

HOW TO SET UP

Create 'gates' in the playing area by using two cones of the same colour placed at the metre apart.

There should be at least one gate for every Auskick pair. 

Each pair starts at different gate.

In AFL Auskicker can Create Gates There should be at least one gate for every Auskick pair.

LET'S PLAY

When you say "go", each pair handballs to eachother three times, through their gate, then run to a vacant gate and perform three more handballs.

AFL Auskick Footy Gates in the Let's Play session

LET'S PLAY

Then repeat!

Be sure to check out the variations to gates on the " Change it Up!" page.

AFL Youth Auskicker practice kicking at gates in the Let's play session

VARIATION 1

After a pair handballs three times, try having the player without the ball run to another gate and find a new partner. The Player with the ball stays at the gate.

Swap this rule after a while so that the player with the ball leaves their partner and finds another gate.

AFL Auskicker's running with the ball in the training ground

VARIATION 2

Players with the ballmust bounce while running to a new gate.

AFL auskicker running with the footy in his hand

VARIATION 3

If you have enough different coloured cones, have a race to see which Auskickers can visit every different coloured gate.

AFL auskickers running to different coloured gates
AFL Auskicker handling ball in one hand Skill task

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