Australian Football Skill Games.pdf

Objective: Develop children's kicking, marking, and handballing skills in engaging activities.

Required Equipment: 1 football, 4 markers, 2 sets of bibs, 1 whistle (per game).

Warm-Up: Jog to the end of the field and back.

Handball Game (30 minutes):
- No kicking; use handball only to move the ball and score goals.
- 2 teams of 7-9 players each, playing on a basketball court-sized area with goals at each end.
- Game starts with a ball-up between 2 centre players.
- Out-of-bounds ball is handballed back into play by the nearest opponent.
- Team scoring most goals wins.
- No body contact allowed; free handball or shot for goal from penalty spot if contact occurs.
- Player with the ball cannot barge through others; must evade.
- After a goal, play restarts with a jump ball in the centre.

Footy Baseball (30 minutes):
- Form a diamond or square using cones, varying distance based on age.
- Two teams: batting and fielding.
- Batters kick the ball into the field and run bases; can only kick, not handball.
- Fielders retrieve the ball and attempt to hit the runner while off the base.
- Foul ball played as in baseball; ball must be kicked between cones.
- Runners cannot overtake or pass others.
- Teams change over after each batter's turn.
- Team with the greater score wins; one point per home run.
- A runner is out if: a fielder catches the ball on the full, a runner passes another or occupies an already occupied base, a fielder hits a runner with the ball off the base, or a fielder with the ball touches the base a runner is attempting to reach.