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ROUND THE BEND

This activity is seriously fun; it's all about teamwork and scoring goals!
 
AFL Gear Football Stack A stack of footballs
AFL X1 Adult Handball x1 adult

(For the group)

AFL X12 Goal Posts x1 set of goal posts

HOW TO SET UP

Place the goals down on the edge of the playing area.

Split the group of Auskickers into two groups: attackers and defenders.

Have them line up on oppoite sides of the square with the pile of footballs on the attackers' side.

In AFL Place the goals down on the edge of the playing area. Split Auskicker in two groups i.e. attackers and defenders.

STEP 1

On "go!" a pair of attackers grab a footy between them and enter the playing area by running ' Round the Bend' of the cone next to them.

 AFL Junior Auskicker kicking Footy as Step 1 in Round the Bend program

STEP 2

At the same time,a defender runs ' Round the Bend' of the cone next to them to race the attackers in the middle and try to tag them.

Attackers want to keep the footy away from the defender and get to the goal line without being tagged.

 AFL Junior Auskicker kicking Footy as Step 2 in Round the Bend program

STEP 3

You can add in extra rules, like the attackers must do a certain amount of passing the ball to each other.

If the defender intercepts the ball or tags an attacker they win.

Points can be obtained by below:

  • One point is given if the attackers are able to run the footy through the goals.
  • Five points if the attackers handball it through the goals.
  • ten point if they kick a goal through the posts!

Once points are scored, or the defender wins, it's time for new player to try going 'Round the Bend'.

 AFL Junior Auskicker kicking Footy as Step 3 in Round the Bend program

VARIATION 1

Try adding more players or up the number of passes they need to do before scoring.

AFL Auskicker's adding number of passes needs to be done before scoring

VARIATION 2

The more players and passes they need to do, the more team work is needed.

AFL Auskickers are playing during the round bend activity.

VARIATION 3

Even try introducing a 'shadow' defender to follow the attackers into the playing area from behind them.

In AFL Round the Bend activity session shadow defender was introduced to follow the attackers into the playing area from behind them.
AFL Auskicker handball skill task.

Make sure there are always more attackers than defenders!

AFL Auskicker can kick and bounce by using their footy.

When it comes to team work, it's great to celebrate when a goal is scored; that's what Auskick is all about!

AFL Auskicker handling ball in one hand Skill task

Download the Handy Hints below for more technique tips!

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