Application
This unit applies to current, junior or aspiring athletes who are competing in Australian football at a local, state or national level. It may also apply to those in sports development or football coaching roles. |
Prerequisites
Nil | ||
Elements and Performance Criteria
ELEMENT | PERFORMANCE CRITERIA |
1. Prepare for football drills, activities, games and competitions. | 1.1. Access and interpret Australian football rules, regulations and policies. 1.2. Determine basic biomechanical principles as they apply to Australian Football. 1.3. Identify intermediate skills of Australian football and determine observable body movements for each stage of these skills in priority of importance. 1.4. Identify the intermediate skills of Australian football players applicable to each position or player, and their purpose. 1.5. Select technological aids and equipment to enhance acquisition of intermediate skills. |
2. Participate in football drills, activities, games and competitions. | 2.1. Undertake drills, activities, games and competitions in a safe manner, according to relevant legislation and organisational policies and procedures. 2.2. Link and perform the intermediate skills of Australian football to form a sequence of movements in competition conditions. 2.3. Maintain effective communication with team members and coach during drills, activities, games and competitions. |
3. Review performance. | 3.1. Review performance and identify strengths and areas requiring improvement. 3.2. Identify conditions and external influences affecting conduct of activities and identify contingency strategies to improve future sessions. |
Required Skills
Required skills |
communication skills on and off the football field to: determine other player's intentions and movements communicate with coaches and clarify positions, rules and play setups seek feedback and instructions from team mates, coaches, support staff and umpires teamwork skills to: encourage and support other team members share the ball with others respect other player's decisions participate effectively in training activities language and literacy skills to access, interpret and apply information about the rules and regulations of Australian football games and competitions problem-solving skills to: respond appropriately to changing conditions during training and game situations apply strategies to resolve disputes related to the conduct or outcome of a game self-management skills to: review and reflect on own performance organise time and priorities effectively set short, medium and long term goals. |
Required knowledge |
organisational policies and procedures to ensure safe participation during Australian Football drills, activities, games and competitions rules, regulations and policies of the Australian Football League (AFL), including Laws of the Game and best practice codes to participate appropriately self-reflection principles to enable effective self-evaluation for future improvement positions and players of Australian football and their roles and responsibilities on the field during games basic biomechanical principles to enable safe and effective performance of intermediate skills of Australian football relevant equipment and technological aids used in Australian football drills, activities, games and competitions to enhance intermediate skills safety requirements and practices during Australian football drills, activities, games and competitions communication systems used between players, coaches, support staff and umpires during football drills, activities, games and competitions. |
Evidence Required
The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria, required skills and knowledge, range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package. | |
Overview of assessment | |
Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit | Evidence of the following is essential: utilises knowledge and interpretation of intermediate skills of Australian football, and relevant rules, regulations and policies to perform the intermediate skills applicable to different positions determines observable body movements for each stage of intermediate skills and links together and practices these during drills, activities, games and competitions communicates appropriately with team mates, coach, umpires and support staff throughout drills, activities, games and competitions, and responds to feedback reviews own and team's football performance to identify strengths and areas requiring improvement and or modifications. |
Context of and specific resources for assessment | Assessment must ensure performance of intermediate skills relevant to position requirements and conditions at an accuracy rate of 60-70% on sufficient occasions to demonstrate competency and consistency of performance. Assessment must also ensure access to: Australian football training and competition facilities, with marked out fields groups or teams of intermediate players in the Australian Football League talented program to play with and against a coach to instruct and address players suitably qualified field, boundary and goal umpires support staff, such as runners, trainers, physiotherapists, line markers, scorers and supporters technological aids and equipment such as Australian footballs, witches hats, goal posts, mouthguard, tackle bags and videos resources and information outlining the intermediate skills of Australian football rules and regulations such as the Australian Football League rule book, Australian Football League code of conduct, Australian Football League policies, such as anti-doping policy, and the Australian Sports Commission harassment free Sport policy current organisational policies and procedures that impact on the conduct of drills, activities, games and competitions. |
Method of assessment | A range of assessment methods should be used to assess practical skills and knowledge. The following examples are appropriate for this unit: observation of performance of intermediate skills at an accuracy rate of 60-70% during drills, activities, games and competitions oral or written questioning to assess knowledge of relevant rules, regulations and policies of the Australian Football League, and the various intermediate skills of Australian football third-party reports from coaches or umpires detailing performance. Holistic assessment with other units relevant to the industry sector, workplace and job role is recommended, for example: SISSAFL202A Perform the intermediate tactics of Australian Football. |
Guidance information for assessment |
Range Statement
The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included. | |
Rules, regulations and policies may include: | the Australian Football League (AFL) laws of the game and notes on the laws Australian Football League (AFL rules) of the game best practice codes of conducts such as AFL code of conduct, AFL Player's code of conduct and AFL coaches code of conduct policies of the employer organisation such as anti-doping policy, Australian Sports Commission Harassment-free Sport policy the Australian Football League racial vilification policy. |
Basic biomechanical principles may include: | balance motion force momentum power. |
Intermediate skills of Australian football may include: | offensive skills: kicking handball marking pick up hand dribbling ball handling running and bouncing the ball sidestep checking skills: tacking bumping blocking and shepherding smothering spoiling standing on the mark positional skills interchange players specialist skills body positioning skills for defensive play defensive roles in set plays body positioning skills for offensive play. |
Technological aids and equipment may include: | DVDs or videos footballs witches hats tackle bags bump pads goal posts. |
Drills, activities may include: | intermediate skill drills warm-ups and cool-downs grid work manual work. |
Games and competitions may include: | modified games practice matches inter-club or team games competition games. |
Organisational policies and procedures may include: | occupational health and safety conflict resolution communication protocols use and maintenance of equipment and field training and scheduling commitments code of ethics. |
Effective communication may include: | calls hand signals eye signals signs codes for player's names codes for different plays. |
Review may include: | individually as a member of the team with the coach. |
Conditions and external influences may include: | environmental or weather conditions support staff spectators parents referees and administrators. |
Sectors
Unit sector | Sport |
Employability Skills
This unit contains employability skills. |
Licensing Information
Refer to Unit Descriptor