AFL Training

We went on the field to learn from a AFL Coach named Andre. AFL stands for Australian Football League. 

First, Coach Andre told us to do the two skills we practiced from two weeks ago. Hand ball is using my dominant hand for a fist and my non-dominant hand for a dinner plate.

Next, I practiced the tackling skill and the ruck skill. The tackling skill for AFL is aiming for the hips, if we strap around and aim for the head, that is a penalty or a high tackle, same goes for legs. The ruck skill is where the referee throws the ball in the air, and the two tall players out of the two teams has to try an hit first, kind of like basketball.

Lastly, I practiced the lower punt skill. A lower punt is kicking the ball and I had to make sure that my hand is shaped like a M on top of the ball. M stands for Macca's. I had to make sure that the ball was facing away from my face and that technique is called Laces to the faces. I also had to make sure that my foot was kicking the X on the ball, so the ball could go to the person I am aiming at.

I enjoyed doing these two skills with Coach Andre because the two new skills we practiced added on to my learning of AFL. I never got tagged in Octopus and I tried to use the techniques to bomb the teacher, but I failed.