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Ball sports for kids in Melbourne
Get the ball rolling for your little Melburnian athletes! As the ultimate city for sports, Melbourne is a great place for your kids to engage into ball sports. There's no need to wait for summer! In Melbourne, ball sport camps and events happen year-round!
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Football (AFL) for kids in Victoria
Get your kids active and fit with football!<br /><br />The most popular among the ball sports for kids in Australia is football or AFL. If your family is living in Victoria, you can introduce football to them by watching a kids football game or letting them join youth football team.
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Indoor Cricket For Kids
Get your kids to play indoor cricket!<br><br>Indoor cricket is a fast paced and simpler version of the regular cricket game. It is played by players of all ages and genders on local, national, and international levels. It is one of the four most popular sports in Australia along with rugby, AFL and horse racing. There are more than 100 indoor cricket centres in Australia with 200,000 participants. Australia also dominates the Indoor Cricket World Cup and has not lost ever since it started in 1995.
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5 things you can do to set your child up for a great cricket season
Not every game of cricket is a winner, but with the right preparation you can help your child to feel like a winner every time! These five tips will help you to encourage your child into the sport and ensure they feel supported and successful.
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Hockey for Kids
Do your kids want to play an exciting, super-fast team sport that doesn't require them to be extra brawny?
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Golf for Kids
Believe it or not, it's a game that can be played by all ages! Golf is a sport suited both to boys and girls and lessons can start from any age. If your kids can pick up a club, they can learn to take a swing!
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Putt Putt Golf for Kids
Test your kids’ skill and agility with this fun game!<br><br>A great activity for kids and adults alike!
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Futsal - the best skills developer
A study has compared Futsal to Football and concluded that Futsal can help kids develop technical skills and transform them into quick decision makers. The study concluded that Futsal players execute passes with a higher intensity as they make 23% more passes per minute that are 18% more accurately than football players. Find out more here.
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Backyard Cricket and Beach Cricket
Looking for something to do on a sunny afternoon? <br>Backyard or beach cricket is a great way to spend an afternoon with family and friends!
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Ball Sports For Kids
Are your kids sporty? Introduce them to ball sports!<br><br>Sports are important to keep your kids active and physically fit. That?s why schools have physical education classes where kids are required to participate in different sports. The most popular sports among them are ball sports.
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Cricket Coaching tips for Aussie kids
Cricket coaching in school holidays is a perfect time to ensure cricketing skills don’t become rusty for junior cricketers of all abilities. In fact, the school holidays gives you plenty of time to continue practicing your game so that when the season recommences, you can remain at the top of your game. You just need a plan and some creativity. Here are some coaching strategies junior cricketers can use to stay in form year round!
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T-Ball for kids
Get your kids to start batting off some fun with their friends! Enrol your kids to t-ball camps to get a step closer to playing youth baseball.
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Tips for kids playing basketball
Basketball isn't just a great team sport to play - it's a skill that needs to be learned and practiced in order to continue improving. There are four areas where kids can focus to really start to improve their basketball skills and this article outlines all of them.
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Rugby Union for Kids
The sport of kings! Your kids will love this team and contact sport, one of the most famous in australia. Developing strategic skills, physical strength, and team spirit are few of the many benefits rugby union will provide to your kids!
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Basketball Camps and Clinics: Summer Fun for Kids Who Love Hoops
It's not all about technical prowess; these camps also focus on developing mental toughness, discipline, and a positive attitude.
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Indoor Soccer (Futsal) For Kids
The most popular sport today: soccer! Get your kids to try it indoors!<br><br>Indoor soccer, also known as futsal, is simpler version of the regular soccer. The same rules apply but it is played on a smaller indoor field, almost the size of a basketball court, and played with a smaller and heavier ball (for it to bounce less). Indoor soccer was introduced in Australia in 1971. Now there are 18,000 registered indoor soccer players and 120,000 social participants in competitions nationwide.<br><br>
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Australian Football (AFL) for Kids
Australian Football is a great team sport, both physical and technical. Your kid will develop both his strategic and team skills, and maybe make a lot of friends!
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Beach Volleyball for your Kids
Make a trip to the beach even more fun with a game of volleyball! <br>Popular during the summer, it?s a great form of exercise and loads of fun!
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Baseball for Kids
If your kids are team sports players who are looking for something new, they might like to try baseball. Baseball can be a fabulous activity for kids with energy to burn. It's a relatively simple game, played with a bat and a ball between two opposing teams. Teams take turns to hit the ball and try to run around a diamond shaped course before the ball is caught and returned by the opposing team. The team with the most 'runs' at the end wins the game.
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Netball for Kids
The perfect safe sport for your kids, and especially your doughter! Your kids will have a lot of fun playing this derivative of basketball, which lies more on technique than physical condition.
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