Community football coaches across the Territory are encouraged to sign up to the Tackle Your Feelings program, aiming to provide coaches with the tools to understand, recognise and manage their response to signs of mental health in their players.
The program has already been successfully delivered to nearly 1,000 coaches across Australia and is now available in Northern Territory.
This program is free to join and involves attending a local face-to-face workshop and some short online modules.
Gold Coast SUNS Head Coach Stuart Dew will be attending the Darwin session to speak about coaching, insights into game day preparation and his own personal journey ahead of the Gold Coast vs Hawthorn game this Saturday.
Coaches are encouraged to register in advance to receive AFL game tickets, merchandise packs and dinner on the night of the workshop on behalf of AFLNT and Tackle Your Feelings.
Event details:
Thursday 27th May: Top End Darwin Coaches Group: TIO Stadium – MLLLC Lecture Theatre (6:00pm – 8:00pm)
Thursday 6th June: Desert Alice Springs Coaches Group: TIO Traeger Park – Monas Bar (6:30pm – 8:30pm)
How to register:
- Enter the Tackle Your Feelings website via Coach.AFL. If you are a registered coach, head to the Mental Health tab on the main toolbar.
- If you aren’t a member on Coach.AFL, visit to the Tackle Your Feelings website and sign in/sign up to complete the brief online registration process.
- Once on the site, you’ll see a map of Australia. Click the Northern Territory on the map, scroll down to the AFLNT workshops and book into the Darwin or Alice Springs Coaches session. (NB. If you don’t see the map, click through to Workshops from the Coaches Box)