Bowls & Jr. Jack Attack an emerging sport in schools
The sport of bowls and its modified junior-friendly format of Jr. Jack Attack is emerging in schools and Bowls Australia (BA) welcomes all interested schools and coaches seeking involvement in the program.
Jr. Jack Attack is designed to enable kids to participate in an engaging format, which is both fun and inclusive, with teachers and schools with experience in the program often pleased that all their students could be involved.
Any school can select the Jr. Jack Attack program via the Sporting Schools initiative, launched by the Federal Government in 2015 to provide free and fun sporting opportunities for children before, during and after school.
As each school has different requirements, BA has created different options to ensure that each school can participate in the Jr Jack Attack program. Schools can choose to have a coach attend the school, a teacher run the program or the school attend a local bowls club.
Importantly, it can be conducted on a range of surfaces including greens, carpets, concrete, wooden floors and just about anything else that is flat. This eliminates the restrictions of requiring a bowling green to introduce new audiences to the sport.
The program involves a minimum of four lessons (either coach or teacher-lead) and each lesson has a range of games-based activities for kids to participate in from the 28 activity cards that are provided in the Jr. Jack Attack kit, provided to all schools who take up the program.
For more infomation and to get involved, visit bowls.com.au/sportingschools or email sportingschools@bowls.com.au
Sporting Schools has reached 85 per cent of schools since its inception and recently received a further $40 million in funding to extend the program until the end of 2020. The program partners with 33 sports nation-wide.
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