AGILITY - MATCH THE MOVE

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1 Name: ACTIVITY 1 AGILITY - MATCH THE MOVE HURLING / FOOTBALL FITNESS EXERCISE This exercise to develop agility skills is generally suitable for players of 4-6 years Divide the players into pairs; each player works in a grid with a centre marker One player is designated the leader who moves to each corner of the grid randomly, using different ways of travelling e.g. backwards, sideways, skipping, hopping etc. The second player must match the direction and way the leader moves within their own grid Introduce a ball as the players become more competent Key Points Watch the leaders movement, not their eyes, to quickly copy their actions Return quickly to the centre marker to prepare for the next movement Equipment An inventory of equipment to support ABC exercises is available in the Resources section

2 ACTIVITY 2 RUNNING - MOVE & MOBILISE HURLING / FOOTBALL FITNESS EXERCISE These are warm-up exercises that may be used before any other ABC or Have-a-Ball exercise. They include pulse-raising and mobilisation exercises. Begin with moderate exercises such as walking or light jogging before moving on to more intense activity Incorporate mobilisation exercises at regular intervals between the pulse raising exercises Include movement in different directions and in as many different ways as possible, e.g. jogging, hopping, sideways, backwards etc. Mobilise the shoulders, the knees, the ankles and fingers Key Points Gradually increase the intensity of the activity Include a moderate version of activities to be performed later in the session Equipment An inventory of equipment to support ABC exercises is available in the Resources section

3 ACTIVITY 3 RUNNING - BEAN BAG TRANSFER HURLING / FOOTBALL FITNESS EXERCISE This is an exercise to develop running and coordination skills The players work in teams Every second player transfers a bean bag from one marker to another before tagging the next player who transfers the bean bag back Vary the exercise by transferring a small hoop from one cone to another in relay Key Points Ensure the players have enough room to perform the exercise safely Use short strides when turning and longer strides when running in a straight line Equipment An inventory of equipment to support ABC exercises is available in the Resources section

4 ACTIVITY 4 CHEST CATCH - MOVE & CATCH HURLING INTERMEDIATE DRILL This is an Intermediate Drill to practice the Chest Catch while moving both forwards and backwards STEP Variation Space - To increase the challenge: Increase the distance between the players Divide the players into pairs; one ball per pair Each pair face each other approximately 1m apart The players throw the ball to each other to perform the Chest Catch, one player running forward and the other running backwards over a set distance On the return, reverse the roles ACTIVITY 5 CHEST CATCH - BEAT THE CIRCLE HURLING FUN ROUTINE This Fun Routine is designed to improve the Players ability to perform the Chest Catch under pressure Divide the players into two teams Team A forms a circle with a distance of 3m between each player Team B lines up behind a cone outside the circle In turn the players in Team B run round the circle, while Team A throw the ball around the circle from one to another Team A count the successful Chest Catches completed before the last player in Team B finishes their run Reverse the roles; the team with the most

5 Chest Catches wins STEP Variation Task - Team A and B form circles of the same size. The first team to pass the ball round the circle twice wins

6 ACTIVITY 6 STRIKE FROM THE HAND - HIT THE CONES HURLING FUN ROUTINE This is a fun game to practice striking from the hand Mark out grid 4m long by 2m wide Place a number of cones across the middle of grid Divide the players into groups of three to five players; one or two balls per team The players in possession attempt to strike the cones in the middle of the grid For each successful strike, award one point STEP Variation distance Space - To reduce the challenge: reduce the ACTIVITY 7 STRIKE FROM THE HAND - STRIKE & SCORE HURLING INTERMEDIATE DRILL This is an intermediate drill to practice striking from the hand for a point Place two cones on the 2m line, one 2m to each side of goal Place two more cones 1m apart, between the outer cones and the goal The players line up behind one of the outer cones; one ball per player Each player solos through the inner cones and strikes for a point on the 13m line The players should run directly for goal once they pass through the inner cones Repeat the drill from either side recording how many times players score

7 STEP Variation Space - To increase the challenge; Increasing the distance from which the players shoot Task - Use a goalkeeper, and challenge players to shoot for goal

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9 ACTIVITY 8 JAB LIFT - GRID SWAP HURLING FUN ROUTINE This is a grid game designed to increase the speed at which players perform the Jab Lift Divide the players into equal teams Mark out four grids 5m by 5m, with a distance of 5m between each grid; each team is assigned two grids Place the same number of balls in each of the near grids Thefirst player in each team jab lifts each ball in turn and transfers it to the other grid Each player in turn transfers the balls in the opposite direction The team who completes the drill in the quickest time wins STEP Variation Task - Use two grids and assign one to each team. Each team in turn must transfer the balls to the other team s grid ACTIVITY 9 JAB LIFT - MUSICAL CHAIRS HURLING FUN ROUTINE This is a fun routine to develop the Jab Lift technique Mark out a grid 13m by 13m Ten players and 1 balls are positioned randomly throughout the grid The players jog slowly around the grid On the whistle, the players move to the nearest ball to jab lift it into their hand One ball is taken away and the game continues On the next whistle, the player who fails to jab lift a ball leaves the game

10 Continue until only one player remains Players may compete for the ball STEP Variation Equipment - To increase the challenge reduce the number of sliotars by two after each contest

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