Adding variety to your kicking practises will engage your players and motivate them to step up to the challenge. Dave Walder from Newcastle Falcons introduces Three new kicking games in this clip
The Kicking Game - Kicking Progressions
Skill Practice Description • Scan and make decisions. • Set up the kick that makes the win scenario by moving the opposition. • Hold and drop of the ball. • Head over the ball and weight forward to reduce scope for error. • Don’t lean back and open scope for error. • Contact with lace, point toe and straight follow through. • Leg speed to generate power. • Catch with hands ready and elbows close. • Keep eye on the ball and watch the ball into the catch. • Gather, scan and return kick accurately Relevance to the Game • This game develops scanning and tactical decisions. • Develops technical accuracy.
Community Coach Tamara Taylor explains the challenges and benefits of allowing kicks in conditioned touch games at training.
The coach uses a variety of games - and includes the players in this process - to provide some variety and present different challenges in a kicking session
There are several variations of the punt kick but the basic key factors remain the same
Head over the ball, drop onto the lace, tight core at point of contact, follow through to be straight
When assessing the technical and tactical ability of the kicker, the coach should consider the intent and the outcome of the kick
If the intent does not correspond with the outcome, there may be a techical issue or a lack of tactical understanding
Watch the players in this clip and assess their intent and outcome
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