Auskick
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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, while previous sponsors include Simpson, a whitegoods company.
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.
The current program slogan is "Where Champions Begin", with Jo Silvagni (wife of former AFL player Stephen Silvagni) and Robert DiPierdomenico, the 1986 co-Brownlow Medallist.
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