The Port Adelaide Football Club will spend a second day in Port Augusta and Port Pirie on Wednesday, continuing its 2012 Australia Post AFL Community Camp.

On Tuesday, the players visited 16 schools between Melrose and Quorn to speak with almost two thousand students before assembling in Port Augusta for a NAB Auskick Super Clinic and a community dinner.

Tom Logan, Cameron Hitchcock and Darren Pfeiffer stopped in at Crystal Brook Primary school to enjoy a kick in the yard with the students during their lunch break. The players also spoke to the students about the need for good nutrition, exercise and goal setting and delivered advice on making positive lifestyle choices.

Principal Anne Franks said the elite level footballers had made a positive impression.

“It’s really great for children to have the experience of role models and heroes come out to the country areas because children in these areas don’t always have the opportunity to interact in a positive way with these people,” Ms Franks said.

With Hitchcock growing up in Elliston, Logan having spent many years living in Alice Springs and Darwin and Pfeiffer hailing from Birdwood, Ms Franks said the AFL players had shown country children could strive to reach the highest level.

“Sometimes our children get put into a niche and they don’t think they can explore and widen their world so much,” she said.

“Just to be able to see that other people from similar situations have been given an opportunity. And in a country town like Crystal Brook that’s fantastic because netball and football is such an integral part of society.”

Tuesday afternoon saw more than 100 children assemble on Port Augusta’s Central Oval for an hour-long NAB Auskick Super Clinic, involving all the Power players.

Senior coach Matthew Primus and assistants Shaun Rehn and Josh Carr spent the afternoon with the North Adelaide Country Zone development squad to assist the 15-to-18-year-olds in their pathway to higher level football.

Head of the zone Robert Laube said the elite level coaches had provided a significant boost to the group and made an immediate impact on their skills.

“It’s a good thing what these AFL clubs do,” Mr Laube said.

“Any amount of time out here is good for our country boys and there have been boys that have driven an hour-and-a-half to come to training tonight so they obviously think that they may get something out of it.

“Quite a few of the boys caught my eye with their skills tonight. We’ve got our own club training and they weren’t half as good as they were tonight. They took the next step that they need to.”

On Wednesday, the players will visit Port Augusta Secondary School, Augusta Park Primary School and Caritas School along with the School of the Air, the Port Augusta Hospital and the Davevnport Community.

Others will head to Port Pirie to speak with children at John Pirie Secondary School, Risdon Park Primary School, Solomontown Primary School, St Mark’s College, Airdale Primary School and the Mid North Education Centre.