It’s billed as a sport of ferocious hits and blistering velocity, with methods as technical as in a sport of chess.
Flag Soccer is to American Soccer what Oztag is to rugby league — non-contact — and could have a spot within the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Video games.
Its recognition is surging throughout Australia.
Flag captures gamers
Introducing Flag Soccer
NFL Flag is the non-contact model of American Soccer the place groups of 5 face-off sporting flag belts to interchange the tackling, very like Oztag.
The attacking group will get 4 makes an attempt to advance the ball over the midway line both by throwing the ball to a receiver or handing it off to a runner in a bid to reset the down (tag) rely whereas the opposition defends.
Failure to take action leads to a turnover but when profitable the attacking group will then have three extra makes an attempt to attain by crossing the contact down line much like scoring a strive in rugby.
Supply: NFL Flag
12 months 9 college students Jorja Knobloch and Maddie Simpson from Suncoast Christian School by no means imagined they’d play the American sport.
“We heard about it in school and heard they had been having tryouts, so we thought we’d go and see,” Maddie mentioned.
“We cherished it.”
“My mum instructed me that I ought to trial as a result of why not?” Georgia mentioned.
“We went to the trials and many boys had been there however we saved making an attempt and have performed Oztag earlier than in order that helped.
“You have to be good at switching methods quick, zigzagging and with the ability to catch the ball.”
Suncoast Christian School college students Jorja Knobloch and Maddie Simpson participated in latest championships. (ABC Sunshine Coast: Jake Kearnan)
NFL hopes to blitz down below
Lots of of Australian colleges at the moment are participating and it has the US league, the NFL, bullish available on the market right here.
Earlier this yr, it was introduced the game would host its first common season match in Australia on the MCG subsequent yr.
NFL Australia and New Zealand (NFLAUNZ) basic supervisor Charlotte Offord mentioned the game’s development had been exponential since its launch three years in the past.
“It began as a pilot of 10 colleges on the Gold Coast to now having 500 colleges across the nation enjoying NFL Flag,”
she mentioned.
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