
Activity Planner
Agility - Minefield
Hurling / Football — Fitness Exercise
This exercise to develop agility skills is generally suitable for players of
4-6 years
Organisation
- Place lots of obstacles or domes – mines - inside the playing area
- Divide the players into 4 groups, one at each side of the playing area
- The players must dodge the ‘mines’ as they travel from one side of the playing area to the other
- Gradually increase the number of teams travelling at the same time
- Vary the exercise by getting the players to move through the grid sideways or backwards
- Introduce a scoring system where players start with a number of points and lose one each time they touch a mine or another player
Key Points
- Ensure the players have enough room to move around safely
- No pushing or bumping
Equipment
- An inventory of equipment to support ABC exercises is available in the Resources section