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Football Parents – Support, Smiles and Sporting Success

Parents love their children and want nothing but the best for them. Behaviours that others may see as “pushy”, sporting parents see as “lovingly supportive”.

AFL Auskick Session Plans

The AFL Game Development Department has produced a set of activities sessions, suitable for all primary school aged participants

The SPIR Method

The S.P.I.R method is a particularly successful teaching method for assisting children to learn new skills

Kids appreciate their mums and dads being involved

Parent involvement is critical in facilitating children's improved achievement levels and development rates

When to introduce new skills

A guide for coaches introducing skills

Why children play sport

Find out what motivates children to play sport, in particular Australian Rules Football

Characteristics of children

Auskick recognises that all children are different. Read through to find out what it is that makes our children special and how best to deal with individuals

Characteristics of a good teacher/coach

Coaches need to remember that children play sport for a variety of reasons and that their enjoyment generally increases as thier learning increases

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Richo catches up with the designer of the 2012 Dreamtime guernsey.

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Follow Harry O'Brien on the team's first away game in Brisbane

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