Footbag goes to Schools in Australia!

ednie · Post by **ednie** » 04 May 2008 04:01

Hi Modified,

This is a little update on the Footbag programs that I run in Victoria, Australia.

Its called 'Footbag 4 Fun' and I started it last year with another Footbagger Daniel Boyle. Last year we did about 20 demos between the two of us, and visited 10 schools in Victoria. I wrote a manual and wrote a cirriculum for school p.e teachers to teach a 5 week footbag course. The schools bought a class set of footbags (30) and then the kids could buy footbags as well if they wanted.

We estimate that we taught over 4000 students in primary and secondary schools and we sold about 2500 footbags

The program made a really good profit, and it actually funded my trip to worlds, and then I was able to teach and play footbag in Japan for 3 months as well!

I am running the program again this year, and I have got some of my uni friends to volunteer their skills in accounting, taxation, website design, graphic design, project management. I have been refining this program and I am hoping to teach at as many schools as I can (hopefully more than 20) and my big goal is to have footbag go to 10,000 students in victoria.

I spoke a lot to a really major charity that runs similar sports programs at the start of 2007 and they are really wanting to see me make a success of it by myself, and then they can take my model to a much larger level, and so far its on track

I will be reporting back to them at the end of Footbag 4 Fun 2008.

1. Footbag suppliers, I am looking for places I can buy footbags to go the students and schools. My biggest expense is Footbags and I am looking for cheap or sponsored footbags in particular.
2. I'd like people to be able to see how the program works and offer advice and also use some of the information if they are interested in running programs in their country/ area.

If you want to see the program you can click on the Footbag 4 Fun section at http://www.melbournefootbag.com
or you can download the info pack that I print and send to schools that are interested in having footbag programs at their schools here

http://www.sendspace.com/file/0l1d9h

Thank you!

Dan Ednie

gMoney · Post by **gMoney** » 04 May 2008 12:52

Shit! First with the Australia's Got Talent thing, now you're doing this? Way to go! Keep spreading the word!

RawSko · Post by **RawSko** » 04 May 2008 17:09

way to effin go, Dan Ednie. That's awsome

Will Digges · Post by **Will Digges** » 05 May 2008 04:29

Dan ednie your my hero!

Ners · Post by **Ners** » 05 May 2008 14:06

That's great to hear, congratulations on setting up such a succesful campaign promoting footbag. That's definitely an example to follow. I hope that this will lead to lots of new players starting practicing footbag in Australia!

Pozdrawiam
Szymon KaÅ‚wak (Ners)

ednie · Post by **ednie** » 18 May 2008 03:15

Hey everyone,

Thanks ben, ners and will for your encouragement!

I'm currently looking for footbag companies that have logos. I'd like to list them as supporters of the footbag program on a sponsors page on the internet with a link to their website. It would be great advertising for your website and it will help give Footbag 4 Fun a more proffesional look

If footbag companies could send their logo to me at melbournefootbag at gmail dot com
I'd really love that.

Thanks

Dan Ednie

Asmus · Post by **Asmus** » 18 May 2008 09:15

This is a great project. Big props to you Dan!

I don't think they will check the thread but you should contact Trio ( http://www.footbags.dk ).
Great shop and very professional logo and website.

Contact: [email protected]

krawallier · Post by **krawallier** » 18 May 2008 13:56

same goes for planetfootbag: write jan zimmermann!

sounds great!