Station 2: Handball and Maintaining Possession

Activity 1: Maintaining Possession (Keepings Off)

1. 5 v 1 Keep off Handball (until each participant has touched the ball without interception)
2. 4 v 2 Keep off Handball (until each participant has touched the ball without interception)
3. 3 v 3 Keep off Handball (until each participant has touched the ball without interception)
Space Required: 5m x 5m
Time Allocated: 5 Minutes
Tactical Focus:
Maintaining possession
Effective Ball Use
Space Required: 5m x 5m
Time Allocated: 5 Minutes

Activity 2: 4 v 4 Go for Goal

Game: 3v3 2 Halves and 2 Goals (1 at each end)
Space Required: 15 x 15 m
Rule: Implement 2 Halves and 2 Goals (1 at each end)
Objective: Score a goal by handballing through the designated area.
Key Questions:
What is working well?
What isnt working?
Time Allocated: 10 Minutes

Activity 3: 4 v 4 Go for Goal (First Handball Backwards)

Game: 3v3 2 Halves and 2 Goals (1 at each end) - same as previous game
Rule: Implement the rule that the ball must be handballed backwards before it is allowed to be move forwards

Objective:
Score a goal by handballing through the designated area.
Maintain possession
Teaching Point: Give Visual Explanation or Guided walk-through of this so students understand
Key Questions:
Why handball backwards?
How does moving after you have disposed of the ball assist in helping your team maintain possession?
What are the three main options when the player has the ball in their hands in a normal AFL 9s game?
Time Allocated: 5 Minutes

Activity 4: Back to 4 v 4 Go for Goal

Game: 3v3 2 Halves and 2 Goals (1 at each end)
Space Required: 25 x 25 m
Rule: Implement 2 Halves and 2 Goals (1 at each end)
Objective: Score a goal by handballing through the designated area.
Key Questions:
What is working well?
What isnt working?
How has implementing a kick changed the game?

How can you utilise the rule to your advantage?

How does have an incentive to accumulate points for skill
execution influence the game/

Time Allocated: 5 Minutes

Activity 5: Back to 5 v 5 Go for Goal (Kicking and Handball)

Game: 3v3 2 Halves and 2 Goals (1 at each end)

Space Required: 25 x 25 m
Rules:
Implement 2 Halves and 2 Goals (1 at each end)
Kicking is allowed
5 successful passes (Hand or Foot) = 3 points
Handball Goal Only= 6 Points

Objective: Score a goal by handballing through the designated area.

Key Questions:
What is working well?
What isnt working?
How has implementing a kick changed the game?
How can you utilise the rule to your advantage?
How does have an incentive to accumulate points for skill execution influence the game/
Time Allocated: 5 Minutes