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Skills & Drills

OBJECTIVE:

To improve evasive running and tackling techniques.

EQUIPMENT:

4 cones

GROUP SIZE:

Team

AREA:

Depends on team size

DRILL EXPLANATION:

  1. Line half the team along one side of the grid and the other half along the next line of the grid.
  2. Choose an octopus, who goes in the middle.
  3. Octopus or coach calls a group and they run across the grid.
  4. Octopus tries to tag or rip flags from the runners.
  5. If tagged or ripped, the runner goes to the point they were caught and stands there.
  6. On the octopus' next call, stationary runner can rip or tag, but they can't move feet. (They have become an octopus's tentacle.)

COACHING POINTS:

  • Move fast - fast feet
  • Look for space

VARIATIONS / PROGRESSION:

  1. Increase or decrease the size of the grid.
  2. Octopus can call both groups at once.

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