This year’s Under 12 winter programme will consist of an indoor football / hurling competition, “The Road to Croker”. All clubs who take part in the competition and conform to the set guidelines will be entered into a free draw whereby one lucky club will win a day trip to Croke Park courtesy of Club Derry.
Each club is expected to implement a 5 week competition, playing “The Road to Croker” one night a week and imposing the set conditions on the games each week. Clubs will run off these 5 internal blitzes and we will finish the programme by bringing the clubs together to play against each other in an external blitz.
Clubs can play their own competition at either 4, 5 or 6-a-side, depending on hall size and numbers etc. Below is an example of how to play a 5-a-side competition for a panel of 25 players;
25 players split into 5 equal teams of 5-a-side. Cork (Red Bibs), Armagh (Orange), Dublin (Blue), Meath (Green), Kerry (Yellow).
Cork v Armagh
Dublin v Meath
Kerry v Cork
Armagh v Dublin
Meath v Kerry
Cork v Dublin
Armagh v Meath
Dublin v Kerry
Meath v Cork
Kerry v Armagh
Matches are 6 minutes in duration with no half time and the next two teams should always be ready to start as soon as the match is finished. This means each player gets 24 minutes of high intensity football and players should rotate positions each game thus learning the necessary skills for that position.
Each week there will be a different condition imposed on the games to aid the development of different skills and to encourage the children to practice at home in their free time.
Examples of Conditions:
Week 1 – Hand passing only, only scores fisted over the bar count, weak hand counts double
Week 2 - Scores with weaker foot count double (Encourage scoring with weak foot)
Week 3 - A goal is worth 1 point whilst over the bar is worth 3 points (Encourage point taking)
Week 4 - Weak foot only (Practice skills with weaker foot)
Week 5 - No Touch rule (Increase speed of thought and teamwork)
At the end of the games each week, clubs can inform the players what the condition will be on the following weeks' games. For example, at the end of of week 1, tell the players that next week scores with weak foot count double and so they should spend the week practicing with their weaker foot. Coaches could also make this the aim for that weeks coaching session.
Due to a number of different factors such as playing numbers, time allowed in the hall and hall size, each club may run their programme slightly differently in order to make the best use of this 'The Road to Croker' concept, and we in the county coaching positions will support and advise each club on how best to run their programme. If a club wants to get involved but only have 10 children say who would be eligible to play we can pair some clubs up providing we have access to a hall.
The cost of this programme is to be minimal to clubs. We would envisage most clubs using parish or club halls.
After Christmas we will look at running an indoor league in Meadowbank again however I do appreciate there is a substantial cost to clubs.
If your club will be taking part in The Road to Croker send me an email as to when you plan to start the competition. Where possible we will try and give clubs a hand to get the competition started
Kind regards,
Chris
Each club is expected to implement a 5 week competition, playing “The Road to Croker” one night a week and imposing the set conditions on the games each week. Clubs will run off these 5 internal blitzes and we will finish the programme by bringing the clubs together to play against each other in an external blitz.
Clubs can play their own competition at either 4, 5 or 6-a-side, depending on hall size and numbers etc. Below is an example of how to play a 5-a-side competition for a panel of 25 players;
25 players split into 5 equal teams of 5-a-side. Cork (Red Bibs), Armagh (Orange), Dublin (Blue), Meath (Green), Kerry (Yellow).
Cork v Armagh
Dublin v Meath
Kerry v Cork
Armagh v Dublin
Meath v Kerry
Cork v Dublin
Armagh v Meath
Dublin v Kerry
Meath v Cork
Kerry v Armagh
Matches are 6 minutes in duration with no half time and the next two teams should always be ready to start as soon as the match is finished. This means each player gets 24 minutes of high intensity football and players should rotate positions each game thus learning the necessary skills for that position.
Each week there will be a different condition imposed on the games to aid the development of different skills and to encourage the children to practice at home in their free time.
Examples of Conditions:
Week 1 – Hand passing only, only scores fisted over the bar count, weak hand counts double
Week 2 - Scores with weaker foot count double (Encourage scoring with weak foot)
Week 3 - A goal is worth 1 point whilst over the bar is worth 3 points (Encourage point taking)
Week 4 - Weak foot only (Practice skills with weaker foot)
Week 5 - No Touch rule (Increase speed of thought and teamwork)
At the end of the games each week, clubs can inform the players what the condition will be on the following weeks' games. For example, at the end of of week 1, tell the players that next week scores with weak foot count double and so they should spend the week practicing with their weaker foot. Coaches could also make this the aim for that weeks coaching session.
Due to a number of different factors such as playing numbers, time allowed in the hall and hall size, each club may run their programme slightly differently in order to make the best use of this 'The Road to Croker' concept, and we in the county coaching positions will support and advise each club on how best to run their programme. If a club wants to get involved but only have 10 children say who would be eligible to play we can pair some clubs up providing we have access to a hall.
The cost of this programme is to be minimal to clubs. We would envisage most clubs using parish or club halls.
After Christmas we will look at running an indoor league in Meadowbank again however I do appreciate there is a substantial cost to clubs.
If your club will be taking part in The Road to Croker send me an email as to when you plan to start the competition. Where possible we will try and give clubs a hand to get the competition started
Kind regards,
Chris
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