KICKING HEALTHY GOALS FOR KIDS

The Coles Healthy Kicks program is a fun and entertaining health and fitness program designed specifically to encourage Australian children aged six to 12 to embrace healthy eating, mindfulness and exercise.

The program is in its fourth year engaging with kids across Australia through fun fitness, healthy food education and games and is delivered during the school holidays at vacation care centres and schools nationwide.

Coles and the AFL have partnered with a number of superstar AFL and AFLW Ambassadors to bring the Coles Healthy Kicks program to life, including Geelong’s Patrick Dangerfield, Carlton’s Patrick Cripps, Essendon’s Madi Prespakis, St Kilda’s Steph Chiocci, the Brisbane Lions’ Josh Dunkley and Ruby Svarc as well as Collingwood’s Sabrina Frederick.

Frederick is one of NAB AFLW’s premier stars and is known for her excellent marking overhead and leading into the right spots.

She has been a notable addition to the Magpies’ forward line as a high-profile recruit where she hopes to bring Collingwood its first NAB AFLW premiership.

Frederick is a leader in the multicultural community and cherishes spending time with her wife Lili with whom she now has a daughter, Florence. She also possesses a strong commitment to health and wellness, which makes her the perfect Ambassador for Coles Healthy Kicks. u When I was younger, I played a lot of team sports as I love being around others and took any opportunity to be active outside. u When I think back, I was completely obsessed with eating a big fruit salad and vanilla yoghurt rather than eating sweets. u I absolutely love making a fruit smoothie for breakfast because they are so easy to make, whether that be a mixture of berries and yoghurt or bananas and honey. u You learn so many valuable lessons being a part of a team, whether that be from learning to work with others, which is so important as you grow up, to working together in a cohesive unit towards achieving a common goal, which is extremely satisfying once it is achieved. u I played in quite a few teams when I was younger, but the first time I won my basketball championship definitely has to be my favourite memory overall. Our team had played in a weekend carnival and it was the best fun spending time with my teammates and ultimately winning the entire tournament. Do you do any mindfulness or breathing activities? u I do a number of mindfulness activities, from meditation, visualisation and gratitude techniques. This is really important to me personally and has helped me throughout both my professional and personal career. u These activities are very helpful because you can literally do them anywhere you are and at any time … it’s a moment you have for yourself to just reset to understand and recognise how you are feeling at the present time. u Children today are lacking an informational space where they can learn the unique benefits of being the healthiest version of themselves and to build the health foundation to everything they need. The Coles Healthy Kicks program provides kids the perfect opportunity to learn and understand good habits early so they can prepare themselves to live a healthier, happier life in the future.

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