Training Drills / Hurling Drills ~ NEW DRILLS ADDED / Carrying Drills ~ NEW / Advanced ~ NEW / Two Forward, One Back

Two Forward, One Back

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Aim/Focus:

  • Improves acceleration & stopping.

How to Play

  • Players are split into groups of 2-3 and line up opposite a line of cones.
  • The first player in each group, while carrying the ball, runs out to the second cone and then back to the first.
  • They then run out to the 3rd cone and back to the 2nd, effectively two steps forward one step back.
  • This is repeated until the reach the final cone where the turn and run back to the next player in the line and hand pass the ball to them.

Progression

  • Add more cones to increase the length of the line

Equipment

  • Stopwatch & Whistle
  • Cones
  • Sliotars
  • Bibs