DRILL
Kick and Stand the Mark

Purpose and Skills

  • Purpose
    Kicking into the person standing the mark is inexcusable as it often causes a turnover or a shot on goal opportunity missed. This drill makes players practice backpeddling quickly from the mark, as well as running to the next contest.
  • Skills
    Kick Long

Players and Equipment

  • 8
    Groups of

  • 6+
    Ages

  • 1
    Balls/grp

  • 2
    Cones/grp

  • 60
    Distance

  • 0
    Opp Strip/grp

Diagram and Steps

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  • (A) runs and kicks long to a leading (B), then sprints after their kick
  • (B) marks and quickly backpedals away from the mark
    (A) has run forward and stands the mark for (B)
  • (B) kicks over the mark of (A) to the leading (C), then runs towards (C)
    (A) returns to the end of the line
  • (C) marks and quickly backpedals away from the mark
    (B) has run forward and stands the mark for (C)

Video

demo
: Gather Give Bump play

Gather Give Bump

plus
GROUPS OF
AGES 13+
demo
: Kick & Follow-up Hands play

Kick & Follow-up Hands

plus
PLAYERS 16+
AGES 11+
demo
: Help After Poor Disposal play

Help After Poor Disposal

plus
PLAYERS 20+
AGES 13+

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