An exciting new programme was launched by the club in June that gives twelve young West Australians a once in a lifetime opportunity to become immersed in the culture of the Fremantle Football Club and live the life of an AFL player for five days.
The club, in conjunction with Alinta, presents 'Live The Dream', the first programme of its type to be conducted in Western Australia, offering participants the rare opportunity to develop skills and behaviours which can deliver long term benefits to themselves and their local communities.
The twelve lucky participants were selected from a large range of nominations received by the 28 May deadline. Nominations were received through one of four avenues: the Fremantle Football Club Youth League; a club aligned charity, Red Kite or Heart Foundation; the Welcome To The AFL programme; or entrant in the Alinta/92.9 Promotion.
The participants in the inaugural Live The Dream programme are:
1 David Austin from Hamilton Hill
2 Shaun Crane from Eaton
3 Rhys Devitt from Dunsborough
4 Kyle Dolling from Samson
5 Shaun Hodgson from Manjimup
6 Nathan Joy from Denmark
7 Aaron Main from Leinster
8 Rhett Mason from Waroona
9 Aaron Oliver from Forestdale
10 Kyren Tierney from Halls Head
11 Teke Vernon from Collie
12 Zachary Zucconi from Manning
The Live The Dream programme is an in-house programme for 16 or 17 year olds running from 24-29 July. Thanks to the support of the club’s loyal sponsor Alinta, the cost of this unique experience for the lucky participants is absolutely free and includes meals, accommodation, apparel for the five day programme and travel costs to and from Perth for participants travelling from regional areas.
Live The Dream is designed to develop teamwork and leadership skills, develop problem solving skills under pressure, provide participants with experiences that take them outside of their comfort zone and develop skills that participants can take back to their local community and pass onto their peers (ie act as positive role models).
The intensive five day programme will see each participant appointed a mentor from the Fremantle player group who will guide and assist them in one-on-one sessions through the programme that will include physical conditioning and injury prevention sessions with Fremantle sports science staff, interactive sessions on nutrition, media training, player welfare and player recruitment, senior team match day involvement and post game recovery session, a training session with Fremantle Football Club coaching staff and leadership and team building sessions with the Special Air Services (SAS) Regiment.
You can follow the progress of the lucky participants each day on.
Three of the lucky participants, Kyle Dolling, Zachary Zucconi, and Aaron Oliver visited the club recently for a sneak preview of what their week of a lifetime has in store for them.
When asked how he reacted to the news that he had been chosen Zachary Zucconi said, “I was pretty shocked and excited to have the opportunity, it’s pretty good.”
“I’m hoping to take a bit of leadership, a few skills and all the things I learn from the players back to my footy club.”
Aaron Oliver said he was looking forward to getting a first hand look at how life is for an AFL player.
“I can’t wait to be spending time with the team to see what they do, see how they do the rehab and everything else.”
Kyle Dolling says he was thrilled to be chosen and believes it will be a very good experience for him.
“I’d like to take back more confidence back to my footy club and hopefully I can show them leadership and that with footy you should take the opportunities that are given to you as they may not come around again.”
See more about 'Live the Dream' on FTV
The club, in conjunction with Alinta, presents 'Live The Dream', the first programme of its type to be conducted in Western Australia, offering participants the rare opportunity to develop skills and behaviours which can deliver long term benefits to themselves and their local communities.
The twelve lucky participants were selected from a large range of nominations received by the 28 May deadline. Nominations were received through one of four avenues: the Fremantle Football Club Youth League; a club aligned charity, Red Kite or Heart Foundation; the Welcome To The AFL programme; or entrant in the Alinta/92.9 Promotion.
The participants in the inaugural Live The Dream programme are:
1 David Austin from Hamilton Hill
2 Shaun Crane from Eaton
3 Rhys Devitt from Dunsborough
4 Kyle Dolling from Samson
5 Shaun Hodgson from Manjimup
6 Nathan Joy from Denmark
7 Aaron Main from Leinster
8 Rhett Mason from Waroona
9 Aaron Oliver from Forestdale
10 Kyren Tierney from Halls Head
11 Teke Vernon from Collie
12 Zachary Zucconi from Manning
The Live The Dream programme is an in-house programme for 16 or 17 year olds running from 24-29 July. Thanks to the support of the club’s loyal sponsor Alinta, the cost of this unique experience for the lucky participants is absolutely free and includes meals, accommodation, apparel for the five day programme and travel costs to and from Perth for participants travelling from regional areas.
Live The Dream is designed to develop teamwork and leadership skills, develop problem solving skills under pressure, provide participants with experiences that take them outside of their comfort zone and develop skills that participants can take back to their local community and pass onto their peers (ie act as positive role models).
The intensive five day programme will see each participant appointed a mentor from the Fremantle player group who will guide and assist them in one-on-one sessions through the programme that will include physical conditioning and injury prevention sessions with Fremantle sports science staff, interactive sessions on nutrition, media training, player welfare and player recruitment, senior team match day involvement and post game recovery session, a training session with Fremantle Football Club coaching staff and leadership and team building sessions with the Special Air Services (SAS) Regiment.
You can follow the progress of the lucky participants each day on.
Three of the lucky participants, Kyle Dolling, Zachary Zucconi, and Aaron Oliver visited the club recently for a sneak preview of what their week of a lifetime has in store for them.
When asked how he reacted to the news that he had been chosen Zachary Zucconi said, “I was pretty shocked and excited to have the opportunity, it’s pretty good.”
“I’m hoping to take a bit of leadership, a few skills and all the things I learn from the players back to my footy club.”
Aaron Oliver said he was looking forward to getting a first hand look at how life is for an AFL player.
“I can’t wait to be spending time with the team to see what they do, see how they do the rehab and everything else.”
Kyle Dolling says he was thrilled to be chosen and believes it will be a very good experience for him.
“I’d like to take back more confidence back to my footy club and hopefully I can show them leadership and that with footy you should take the opportunities that are given to you as they may not come around again.”
See more about 'Live the Dream' on FTV
