GAELIC SPORTS WORLD Issue 21 – March 14, 2015 | Page 47

understanding of movement
and ball retention through
the pass. There are numerous drills available from
Irish county boards and provincial boards on the correct kicking techniques and
how to improve kick passing from youth to adults.
What is important is that
these should just be used as
a baseline for any coaches’
sessions – you do not want
players standing around doing aimless drills and not
being engaged in the actual
coaching session. From 5 on
5 kick pass possession with
scores at the end, to defenders versus attackers with
an outlet for quick release,
there are numerous drills
that can be used from beginners to seniors that can
improve kick passing techniques of all levels and ages.

OBJECTIVE
Analysis of games has
Photo: Middle East GAA/Tina & Stew Hunt.
highlighted the over-use
of the hand pass as a “safe”
method for keeping the ball but Gaelic football is not just
well trained in the use of the kick pass they can split any
about keeping the ball. There must be an end product in
organized defense with it more effectively than with a
retaining the ball and that is to score. Sweepers, blanhand pass. The kick pass is a skill that is much needed
ket defenses and other types of defensive strategies are
in today’s Gaelic football and it looks like it is making a
used to limit the other team scoring. When a team is
comeback at last.

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