Opinion: Half sized versions of Australian Football have much to offer

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Opinion: Half sized versions of Australian Football have much to offer

Authored by: Christopher P. Adams, Ph.D.
on Wednesday, December 30 2009 @ 07:17 am ACDT

As, I've mentioned before in this forum, I was blown away by the fact that junior footy in Australia is 18-a-side. In the US junior soccer is begins with 4v4 games on very small fields and then the fields slowly increase with the number of players as the players get older until full size fields and 11v11 for the 15 year olds. Small sided games give players a lot more opportunity to be part of the play - get more "touches" as they say in soccer.

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Opinion: Half sized versions of Australian Football have much to offer

Authored by: TimSmith
on Wednesday, December 30 2009 @ 10:26 pm ACDT

From a UK perspective, playing 9v9 on rugby pitches has revolutionised the sport outside of London.

In London, there are enough Australians & friends to sustain an 18-a-side league, however outside in the regional areas there are neither the number of people, nor the spaces available for pitches required, whereas every town and city has a myriad of rugby pitches, and the numbers mean you only need probably a minimum of 15 players to sustain a team over a season. We have not forgotten the larger version of the game which is often played region v. region, but it is the 9v9 which is the week in week out bread and butter of the league.

Tim

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