An Introduction to Aussie sports

Max Walker, ex-Australian cricketer, introduces an educational program designed to encourage greater on-going participation in sports by children. Outlines modified team games such as Softcrosse, modified hockey, mini-soccer and T-Ball. Describes the awards scheme for four Aussie Sports and makes reference to the resource manual accompanying the sports.

Content notification

Our collection comprises over 40,000 moving image works, acquired and catalogued between the 1940s and early 2000s. As a result, some items may reflect outdated, offensive and possibly harmful views and opinions. ACMI is working to identify and redress such usages.

Learn more about our collection and our collection policy here. If you come across harmful content on our website that you would like to report, let us know.

How to watch

This work has not been digitised and is currently unavailable to view online. It may be possible for approved reseachers to view onsite at ACMI.

Learn more about accessing our collection

Collection

In ACMI's collection

Credits

producer/director

Stephen Skok

production company

Australian Sports Commission

Duration

00:09:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1986

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

508656

Language

English

Subject categories

Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Sports

Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Sports for children

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

Please note: this archive is an ongoing body of work. Sometimes the credit information (director, year etc) isn’t available so these fields may be left blank; we are progressively filling these in with further research.

Cite this work on Wikipedia

If you would like to cite this item, please use the following template: {{cite web |url=https://acmi.net.au/works/98777--an-introduction-to-aussie-sports/ |title=An Introduction to Aussie sports |author=Australian Centre for the Moving Image |access-date=24 May 2025 |publisher=Australian Centre for the Moving Image}}

Australia, 1986

Please note