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Why
Kick to Connect Exists
Young people spend so much of their lives feeling that they don't belong — and changing who they are trying to find their place.
Kick to Connect exists to give them somewhere they don't have to do that.
A place where they can be completely comfortable in who they are, whilst playing a sport they love. When a young person is truly themselves, their people find them.
And for the coaches who guide them, a place to understand the influence they carry, and the clarity, confidence and consistency to use it well.
Because the environment a coach creates shapes everything. And who they are shapes that environment.
"I believe a lack of connection to self
can quietly hinder your connection to everything else.
And sometimes all it takes is one thought, one word,
one action to spark that connection to your authentic self."
Hi. I'm Todd.
I've spent thirty years in football and the last several in youth work, community support and coaching development. What I found across all of it is the same thing — when people feel genuinely safe and comfortable in who they are, they find their own way.
What's our why?
Our belief- A lack of connection to self can quietly hinder your connection to everything else.
Our mission — to ignite growth in young people and the coaches who guide them, through connection and football.
Our vision — a world where young people of all ages and abilities are "Living Potential".
Our Values
The full story
Most people start with what they do. I want to start with why.
I spent fifteen years playing football — from community ovals through talent pathways and back again. Until the day I realised the joy had gone. Not because football changed. Because somewhere along the way, performing replaced playing. Pressure replaced purpose. And I stopped being myself on the field.
That moment didn't just teach me something about football. It taught me something about people.
I've been coaching since 2011. Community clubs. WAFL talent pathways. Senior WAFL teams. Years of standing on sidelines, working with players, and watching what happens when the environment gets it right — and when it doesn't.
But it was when I moved my career from the corporate world into community support, disability support, and youth work — while continuing to coach — that something shifted. For the first time, both worlds were speaking to each other. Football and human development. Performance and people. And I found what coaching alone had never quite given me — a deep understanding of what people actually need to feel safe enough to grow.
I spent a year working directly with community coaches. The ones who show up every weekend because they care. Not because they're qualified. Not because they're paid. Because someone has to, and they put their hand up. Those coaches don't need more drills or more tactics. They need support understanding the power of connection. They need Clarity, Confidence and Consistency.
They need someone to do for them what they're trying to do for their players.
That's where I knew that across every role I've held, the thread has been the same.
A belief that when a person feels genuinely safe — not judged, not measured, not compared to anyone else — they find their own way. They don't need to be fixed. They need room to be themselves.
That belief is what drives everything I do.
If any of this resonates with you — as a parent, a coach, or someone who simply believes young people deserve better — you're already part of the why.