Youth Flag Football (ages 5-6) - Goodyear, AZ 2020

Description FLAG FOOTBALL: The Flag Football program is designed to educate youth about football while emphasizing development in teamwork, participation, and sportsmanship. Players learn skills and lessons that help them succeed both on and off the field. The program provides young players a fun and exciting opportunity to engage in non- contact, continuous action while developing the skills necessary to become successful players. PHILOSOPHY: The City of Goodyear Recreation Division strives to provide a positive recreational youth sports experience for players that will develop a youngsters physical, mental, emotional, and social well being. We consider youth sports to be a vital part of the educational process of children which teaches teamwork, respect, sportsmanship and fun. Our goal is to provide the best possible youth sports environment through experienced and dedicated professional staff, trained instructors/coaches and educated parents who desire and promote a positive youth sports experience for all children. RECREATIONAL LEAGUE: Football participants and their parents will experience quality programming, fundamental instruction by coaches and the City of Goodyear Recreation Division. Our program gives players the opportunity to learn the proper techniques to mastering some of the games most used skills. This RECREATIONAL league will focus less on competition and winning with an emphasis of learning the basic fundamentals and developing a love for the game. Coaching will address the fundamental techniques of, quickness and eye and hand coordination that will be developed throughout the season. Open Registration: September 2 - November 29 Late Registration: November 30 - December 20 or until filled (Special Requests will not be accepted during late registration) Participant's age is determined as of January 4, 2020. Playing up is not allowed in this division. Practice: Practice begins the week of December 16, 2019 and are held Monday - Friday between 5pm and 9pm. Practice days/times will be selected by the Head Coach at the coach's meeting. Once Games begin practices will go to once a week. The coach will contact players the week of December 9-13, if you have not heard from your coach by December 13, please call the recreation office at 623-882-7525 to obtain team information. Players are placed on teams by geographic area and may not always match special request for coach, teammates or a preferred practice schedule. Games: Games are on Saturdays between 8am and 4pm. Games begin January 4, and run through February 22, 2020, and will be located at the Goodyear Community Park and Foothills Community Park. Games schedules will be distributed after the first week of practice. Registration includes mouth guard and team shirt. Players are responsible for pocket-less shorts/pants and shoes. NO REFUNDS ISSUED AFTER 12/16/2019 Location Various City Parks Instructor Parker Gore