Auskick is a national program in Australia to develop
and promote Australian rules football amongst children.
The program is supported by the Australian Football
League, the national professional competition for
the sport, and was begun in Victoria — the
traditional home of the sport — under the name
Vickick.
Under current corporate sponsorship rights
(as of 2005) the program is officially named NAB
AFL Auskick and is sponsored by the National Australia
Bank. Auskick is a national football coaching network,
with clinics held weekly (usually on Saturday mornings)
and run by volunteers. The program attracts over
100,000 primary school aged participants annually,
and as such is the largest grassroots sporting
association of its kind in Australia. The AFL is
a major supporter of Auskick, and star players
occasionally assist in training events. The AFL
also invites various branches of the Auskick network
to play short games during the half-time breaks
of premiership season games at all grounds, with
numerous matches played on modified fields simultaneously.
Reference:
Wikipedia contributors, 'Auskick',
Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 19 May
2006, 10:48 UTC, [accessed 28 May 2006]
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