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June 18, 2026

Play The Ball | Introduction to Touch Football

The Introduction to Touch Football program concluded this week, capping off a successful term 2 at Carseldine and Toowong.

It was fantastic to see so many excited individuals participating and wanting to improve.

The program has been designed to expose young children to touch football through a wide range of activities.

Participants will build gross motor skills around their movements - agility, acceleration, evasion, judgement and coordination.

Next, they will begin to develop foundation skills - pass, kick and catch technique, playing the ball and scoring a try.

Finally, children will start to learn about the game of touch football - playing the ball following a touch, what a dummy half & first receiver does and retreating to the referee after a touch.

All are subtle development traits that over time will give participants are big head start when joining a team.

It's not all about running, agility and evasion.

The play the ball is a core fundamental of touch football, and a key focus area throughout the six-week Introduction program.

Understanding what a play the ball is, and how/when to perform one is an important step.

We can incorporate the play the ball movement into a variety of activities to ensure participants are constantly repeating the skill when it's not always the focus.

Through repetition, we can introduce a dummy half and first receiver; slowly piecing together a touch footy puzzle.

It's not until the trial game in week five, and the parents & kids game in week six that it all starts to make sense.

A simple skill that is developed rather quickly, with some good results.

The full Introduction to Touch Football activity list and schedule is available via the resources tab below.

Posted by CSmith Juniors Introduction to touch footy

December 3, 2025

Try Time | Term 4 Introduction to Touch Football

The Introduction to Touch Football program concluded this week, capping off a successful term 4 at Carseldine and Toowong.

A revision of the program saw sessions reduced to 30-minutes to ensure participants remain invested to the best of their abilities.

Coaches witnessed genuine excitement with activities and games, as well as plenty of smiling faces, each individual growing in confidence and a strong willingness to learn.

This culminated in gross motor skill development, team work and touch football education.

In the final session parents were invited to join the kids on the field for a final match.
Not only was this a huge hit with participants, but also parents.

We were fortunate enough to facilitate this, and in collaboration with mum, and dad, we were able to create a super fun environment.

A big thank you to all our term 4 participants, and parents!

The end justifies the means; but how did we get there?

The Introduction to Touch Football program is a pointed, skill-based program with desired learning outcomes in each session.

For example;
Learnings could be as simple as building coordination through running with a ball (in left and/or right hands).
Next, creating a new focus by marking an agility course or organising a relay. Same skill, different environment.

These two learnings lead into Touch Rover (red rover + a ball). Participants will run with a ball in their hand, unless they're a defender.

Introduction To Touch Football Program Week 1 — *Introduction to touch football program week one.*

Touch Rover invokes vision, evasion and team work, especially when there are multiple defenders who are up.

Next we move into our Touchdown activity, where it is a one-on-one exercise, similar to a real game.
Touchdown then leads into the participants first touch football match; albeit super structured.

The skills progression and the rehash of the fundamentals over the course of the term is key.

Constantly using, and revision of skills in different environments will create a foundation in which to build from.

Of course, it's not all running around in fun environments.

There are touch footy game play learnings as well.

At Kick It, we are fortunate to be able to kick the ball in matches. This will make up 2-3 activities during the term.
The best part about kicking is that kids will often kick the ball with mum & dad or during warm ups. A sharp up-skill is very real when it comes to kicking.

Touch Football game play aspects such as passing, catching and play the ball are highlighted.

Play the ball is a main focus from week two, starting from the basic movement, to understanding what a dummy half is/does, as well as the first receiver.

Introduction To Touch Football Program Week 4 — *Introduction to touch football program week four.*

Coaches can create some buzz by combining skill groups and activities to reach a learning outcome.

For example, creating an agility course, or relay - an activity that is familiar - which includes a play the ball action.
Or organising a game of stuck in the mud with performing a play the ball the only way to get 'unstuck'.

The skills learnt become a foundation, and a basis for participants first touch football game in week 5.

The parents and kids in week 6 is a program highlight, and gives mum/dad a small taste into their increased experience.

Parents are able to access the full six-week Introduction to Touch Football program below.

Term 1, 2026 will start from January 27th at Toowong, and February 2nd at Carseldine.

Registrations are now open.
Children aged 4-6 are able to join, including those turning four in 2026.

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January 1, 2025

Introduction to touch footy | 4-6 years

The introduction to touch program returns in term 3, 2025 following a rewarding launch last year.

Designed to focus on gross motor skills and basic touch football movements, the program is able to appeal to participants of all skill levels.

A mixture of intrinsic and extrinsic learning, team games, skilled activities and lots of running made for strong learning curve in a short amount of time.

Activities such as passing, catching, kicking, chasing, and agility courses are a weekly staple.

Touch Football movements such as two-and-three person passing, learning what a play the ball is, and how to perform one; discovering the role of a dummy half and running onto the ball as a first receiver are key focal points.

The expectation is to play a structure touch footy game in the final weeks of the program.

Below are some of the activity types listed in our activity resource