School Sport Unit

Modified Australian Football

There is no additional training/accreditation required for activities where:

• Australian football skills are developed through modified activities and games
• typically participated in as a non-competitive school sport program
• there is no tackling (touching/tagging is allowed)
• an example may include AFL9's

Modified Australian Football teaching resources

• Sport education teaching resource - Australian Football unit
• Playing for life - AFL9 companion book 
• AFLX (AFL9s) rules of the game
• AFL teacher resources

Australian Football 

There is mandatory professional learning, accreditation and recommended professional learning for activities that:

• played competitively following the rules of the game. As part of either:  
  • an interschool event, or 
  • the Representative School Sport Pathway. 

The following courses are available for teachers to obtain the required accreditation and complete the required professional learning:

• Foundation coaching is the minimum compulsory requirement for every teacher/coach and match official participating in school Australian Football. 
• School Sport Unit - Recognising and responding to concussion  is a compulsory requirement for every teacher participating in school Rugby League.

Additional professional learning/accreditation in the delivery of Australian Football is recommended. Courses found in the below link are available for teachers to obtain recommended qualifications:  

• AFL Learning

Australian Football coaching resources

• AFL coach resources 

Handbooks

• NSWPSSA Australian Football handbook
• NSWCHSSA Australian Football handbook

Sport safety guidelines

When teaching or coaching Australian Football, schools must adhere to the below Sport and Physical Activity Policy implementation documents: 

• Requirements for all sport and physical activity (PDF 466KB) 
• Sport safety guidelines - Australian Football