Coaches

Here we have lots of useful materials for coaches to assist in Hurling/Camogie, Football, Handball and Rounders. 

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Play the Game is intended as an alternative GAME-BASED programme for use in the Kellogg's GAA Cúl Camps.

Play the Game comprises of a series of skill cards based on the FUN DO pack and materials from Rounders and Handball manuals.

The cards are divided as follows:

		Under 8	Under 10	Under 12
	Football	4 cards	4 cards	4 cards
	Hurling	4 cards	4 cards	4 cards
	Handball	2 cards	2 cards	2 cards
	Rounders	2 cards	2 cards	2 cards

Each card refers to 2 skills of the Game, appropriate to age. Using the skills as a base, the coach outlines the stages of the skill based on the IDEA principle.

Two games, one fun game and one modified game, is then played by the players as illustrated on the cards. The time given to each game is 15 – 20 minutes.

TIMETABLES

HURLING

	OVERVIEW OF SKILLS	SKILL CARD (AM)	SKILL CARD (PM)
	U8 Hurling (Monday)	Dribble Stopping A Ground Ball
	U8 Hurling (Tuesday)		Shoulder Clash Hook
	U8 Hurling (Wednesday)	Chest Catch Striking on the Ground
	U8 Hurling (Thursday)		Frontal Ground Block Stopping a Ground Ball
	U10 Hurling (Monday)	Roll Lift Striking from the Hand
	U10 Hurling (Tuesday)		Hand Pass Shoulder Clash
	U10 Hurling (Wednesday)	Ground Strike Jab Lift
	U10 Hurling (Thursday)		Frontal Block Overhead Catch
	U12 Hurling (Monday)	Overhead Block Controlling a Moving Ball
	U12 Hurling (Tuesday)		Batting an Overhead Ball Ground Flick
	U12 Hurling (Wednesday)	Solo Run Doubling Back
	U12 Hurling (Thursday)		Overhead striking Overhead Block

FOOTBALL

	OVERVIEW OF SKILLS	SKILL CARD (AM)	SKILL CARD (PM)
	U8 Football (Monday)		Bounce Side Step
	U8 Football (Tuesday)	Low Catch Body Catch
	U8 Football (Wednesday)		Body Catch Low Catch
	U8 Football (Thursday)	Hand Pass (F) Punt Kick
	U10 Football (Monday)		Reach Catch Checking
	U10 Football (Tuesday)	Block Down Solo
	U10 Football (Wednesday)		Fist Pass Side to Side
	U10 Football (Thursday)	Hook Kick Crouch Lift
	U12 Football (Monday)	Crouch Lift Fist Pass
	U12 Football (Tuesday)		Punt Kick The Roll
	U12 Football (Wednesday)	Feint & Side Step Checking
	U12 Football (Thursday)		High Catch Near Hand Tackle

Handball

	Introduction
	under 8 skill card 1	under 10 skill card 1	under 12 skill card 1
	under 8 skill card 2	under 10 skill card 2	under 12 skill card 2

Mini Rounders
	CARD 1 RULES FOR MINI ROUNDERS
	Throwing	U8	U10	U12
	Catching	U8	U10	U12
	Running, Throwing, Catching	U8	U10	U12
	Pitching	U8	U10	U12