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The NAB AFL Auskick program provides boys and girls with a fun and safe Australian Football experience that serves as an introduction to a lifetime of involvement in the game.

The program is not just about introducing children to Australian Football – it activates and develops within each child the desire for a healthy lifestyle and an association with our great game.

This is achieved through activities and programs for individuals, small groups and teams, and aims to assist development of personal and social skills.

BENEFITS OF AUSKICK

Benefits to children

  • - Children learn the fundamental motor skills for future physical activity and sports participation
  • - Children learn the basics of fitness conditioning, including how to train and practise
  • - Children learn the basic principles and importance of health and nutrition
  • - Through specially arranged physical activities and games, some very important mental and psychological skills are nurtured. These include self-motivation, self-responsibility, self-management, persistence, resilience and a best effort always attitude
  • - Through specially arranged team activities, children learn important social skills, including cooperation and respect for others
  • - Contact with older children and adults provides valuable role model experiences
  • - Generally, children benefit from greater levels of confidence and self-awareness and improved health, fitness and overall well-being
  • - Physical activity develops motor and social skills and intellectual capacities.
  • - NAB AFL Auskick can assist in reducing self-destructive and delinquent behaviour in young people and contribute to a more disciplined attitude
  • - Community structures often serve as positive models for other community programs that rely on volunteer support
  • - Growth in NAB AFL Auskick benefits our economy, as do the savings on health expenditure that flow from a fitter and healthier population
  • - Physically active children are more attentive, have a more efficient memory, enhanced creativity and better learning, and problem solving and attitude capabilities
  • - NAB AFL Auskick helps children develop to their full potential.

Benefits to parents

  • Convenient, local opportunities for safe, quality family time that results in family bonding
  • The opportunity to engage with children and other families in physical activities and games
  • Greater social contact and interaction

Benefits to the community

  • A stronger social fabric and improved community health
  • Enhanced family and non-family support networks
  • Decreased antisocial behaviour
  • Community structures often serve as positive models for other community programs that rely on volunteer
    support
  • Growth in NAB AFL Auskick benefits our economy, as do the savings on health expenditure that flow from a fitter and healthier population

AFL AUSKICK RULES

The NAB AFL Auskick Rules are designed to ensure that participation in the game falls within the developmental philosophy of the program.

Why NAB AFL Auskick rules are modified?

The AFL Auskick policy, designed by the best experts available to the AFL, aims to:

  • Ensure a fun and safe environment
  • Maximise participation, skill learning and development
  • Offer rules and procedures appropriate to the children involved
  • Involve appropriately accredited coaches
  • Provide a logical, sequential transition from introductory level through to competitions at clubs and/or schools
  • Be managed by the community

Playing ground, time and equipment The AFL Auskick policy is committed to a reduced playing area, playing time and suitably modified equipment to take the emphasis away from endurance and allow for greater skill development.

With smaller grounds, the players are encouraged to concentrate on the game, because the ball is never far away. Field sizes recommended are the optimum size and flexibility may be required to make best use of specific circumstances such as space available. In some cases, smaller fields may be more appropriate.

The NAB AFL Auskick program and the AFL Junior Rules have been developed to build the foundation skills for playing Australian football and to respond to the needs of children aged between five and 12 years.

It is vital for the success of the AFL game that any person wishing to participate in Australian Football can do so in a manner which is appropriate to his or her skills, needs and aspirations and which takes account of the facilities available. To use the "full rules" of the game has not always been possible, and frequently not appropriate for many varied and valid reasons.

AFL Auskick Policy is for the AFL game for primary school aged children to:

  • Be fun and to be safe.
  • Be designed specifically to maximise participation, skill learning and development.
  • Be based upon rules and procedures appropriate to the children involved.
  • Involve appropriately accredited coaches.
  • Provide a logical transition from introductory level through to competitions at club or school.
  • Be managed by the community.

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