Making The Kicking Test More Effective?

Yesterday I discussed the kicking test developed by Nathan Buckley for the 2009 draft camp.

I found a video of it here where you can see it action and it goes into the scoring a little bit more too:

http://www.afl.com.au/video/tabid/76/videoid/49980/buckley+trials+kicking+test/default.aspx#VideoPlayerB

What I would like to see is some in traffic decision making included into the test.

This could come from either pressure on the kicker from the front, back and / or side, targets being on a lead and kicking to advantage.

This is only the first year of the test which is "a work in progress" and I have no doubt that it will be improved in the coming years.

This is also a handy test that can be performed at at training or as an extra session during the week if you have a couple of mates, you don't need all of the markers and you could simply run away from the targets and pick the ball up off the ground and whoever calls for it, you kick it to them.

Athlete's look good sometimes (Jarred Brennan) but without football know how and the actual ability to perform the games basic skills, they can get left behind very quickly.

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