A Comprehensive List Of Sports And Extracurricular Activities For Your Kids

AFL

Another great contact sport with all sorts of ball handling and game play skills, it teaches social awareness and character building.

Where to find out more information and where to play:

• AFL Auskick

Oztag

Like touch, Oztag is a fast thinking, ball skills sport with a great way to build sportsmanship.

Where to find out more information and where to play:

• Australian Oztag

Volleyball

Team play, upper body strength, flexibility and ball skills, volleyball is a great team sport to develop supportive skills as well.

Where to find out more information and where to play:

• Sporting Schools

Basketball

Agility, ball skills, team play, social skills  and patience are taught when your child joins basketball.

To find your local team try these websites:

• Basketball Australia

Cricket

A great outdoor sport that teaches patience and team play.

Where to find out more information and where to play:

• Play Cricket

Soccer

Teaches ball skills and team play, soccer can be played inside or outside, and is popular across Australia and internationally.

Where to find out more information and where to play:

• Football Star Academy

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Clare Whitfield is the Editor of Stay at Home Mum and a recognised voice in practical home management for Australian families. Based in the northern suburbs of Sydney, she balances editorial leadership with life as a stay at home mum to two school age children. Her background in home economics and more than a decade of experience in recipe development, family budgeting, and household systems inform her work.

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