
Activity Planner
Coordination - Picking Fruit
Hurling / Football — Fitness Exercise
This is an exercise to develop coordination, jumping and catching skills
Organisation
- The players work in pairs; one player in each pair holds a ball above their head in the palm of one hand
- The second player runs from 3 to 4 meters away and jumps to reach and take the ball from their partner’s hand
- Return the ball to the initial player and repeat a number of times before reversing roles
Key Points
- Ensure the players are of similar height
- Take off from close the player holding the ball and jump to catch the ball on the way up
Equipment
- An inventory of equipment to support ABC exercises is available in the Resources section