My daughters are forced to do auskick at school where the principal is... that's right, a middle aged woman.
You know, Auskick being in schools isn't a bad thing. It's not going to result in thousands of kids heading en-masse to Aussie Rules junior clubs.
Hell, I did Vickick when I was in primary school and outside of one year playing it in school on the gold coast (all my mates were ex-pat Vics, and we treated it as a social thing moreso than any desire to play the game) I never played Aussie Rules in my life.
What it did give me though, was a huge advantage in my understanding of basic kicking skills when I was playing RL/RU over kids who hadn't had any kind of real training in that area.
There are skills that Auskick can teach that kids can take back to RL which will help them - Look at something even as simple as penalties. time after time we see teams take the safe option and kick the ball out gaining 25-40 metres. If you have someone who can accurately put the ball out over 50-60 metres every time, that gives you a massive advantage.
