NFL Girls Flag Football

NFL Girls Flag Football


Girls flag football is a popular high school sport in the states of Florida and Alaska and in our bordering countries of Canada & Mexico

Over 4,800 girls play high school flag football in Florida and Alaska…and play it well

One third of all NFL FLAG football participants are girls

Girls flag football should be a high school sport. Thirteen girls across the country are about to make this happen

IT’S TIME FOR OUR FIRST DOWN...

The Program…

The NFL has identified the desire of girls to be more involved in the sport of flag football. Our research shows that there is a high demand for girls’ flag football to be legitimized and played as a scholastic high school sport. Girls’ flag football is already a state sanctioned sport in Florida and Alaska and both programs boast staggering participation numbers. The NFL has developed a leadership program to give girls what they want – a place to play football! It’s time for their first down.

The NFL has identified the top 10 most concentrated cities of recreational girls’ flag football participation and it selected one girl in each city who is extremely passionate about flag football, has been involved with our NFL FLAG football program, and desperately wants to play flag football as a legitimate high school sport. The NFL is empowering these girls to pursue this desire, and request that her high school pilot a girls’ flag football program. The selected participants will champion this initiative and with the assistance of local high schools, they will be the pioneers of female flag football in the U.S.A.

The NFL’s contribution…

The NFL will help subsidize this program for every high school that agrees to pilot a girls’ flag football program in Year 1 (2008/09 school year). The NFL will provide flag football equipment free of charge to each school as well as flag football coaching and officiating manuals.

Girls & High School Flag Football…

In the state of Florida, interscholastic flag football started out in 1998 with 17 schools with 860 participants and rose to 161 schools with over 4,800 participants in 2007 (458% participation increase in 10 years!)

In 2005, the Anchorage, Alaska School District polled high school girls to ask which new sport they would like to see implemented. The #1 sport requested was flag football. In its first year, the Anchorage girls’ flag football program had 343 participants from 8 high schools.

Florida and Alaska did it - its now time for the 48 states in between to carry on the momentum that these two states have generated!

It’s time for our first down.



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The NFL Draft

NFL DRAFT


The NFL Play 60 Youth Football Festival presented by Nike Let Me Play included over 1,000 New York City students learning NFL FLAG skills through action packed 3-on-2 scrimmages. Top NFL Draft prospects and current NFL Player's from the NY Giants, NY Jets, Buffalo Bills and Philadelphia Eagles stepped onto the field to join in the NFL FLAG football action. The makeshift football field in Central Park provided the ultimate stage for participants to learn how to evade the flag while receiving touchdown passes from current NFL players and future NFL stars.


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NFL Hair Regulations??

By Seth Wickersham
ESPN The Magazine
Updated: March 27, 2008


Kyle Turley Thinks Proposed Hair Rule Crosses Line
Talk about an endless saga: Football is continuing its longtime battle against hair. Next week at the owners meetings in Palm Beach, Fla., the league's competition committee will mull over a rule that would bar players from wearing long hair that obscures the nameplates on their jersey backs. Chiefs president Carl Peterson, whose clean, sophisticated, gelled 'do has never come under such fire -- although it certainly would catch -- reportedly proposed this regulation. If it's enacted, players like Troy Polamalu, Steven Jackson, Al Harris, Larry Fitzgerald, Rashean Mathis and others whose nameplates we can't see would have to either snip it or stuff it.

Peterson is currently on the road scouting for the draft and is unavailable for comment, according to the Chiefs. But if this suggestion is approved, long hair would be classified as a uniform violation -- you know, like wrong-colored shoes, socks, wristbands or helmet decals.

By that logic, it's amazing that hair isn't already a violation, especially after the 2003 Ricky (Williams) Rule, which had been named for the dreaded-up tailback, declared that grabbing locks was fair game for tackling.

Steelers safety Troy Polamalu hasn't cut his hair in eight years.
Says Seahawks defensive end Patrick Kerney: "I'm just glad it wasn't an issue in 2001 when I had a mullet."
Everyone knows how the NFL takes to players tinkering with their uniforms: Not well. So it's not surprising that hair would fall into this category. Letting the locks grow is all about self-expression. Football isn't. Many believe what Ravens nose tackle Kelly Gregg says, "Only the cheerleaders should have long hair."

Judging by football's history, coaches would prefer every player have a buzz cut like Johnny Unitas. And it wasn't just professional ball. A former all-Big Ten cornerback named Rick Telander wasn't allowed to grow out his hair in the early '70s because his coach, Alex Agase, wouldn't stand for it. "You had to make a choice," says Telander, now a columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times. "Was I going to wear my hair long or was I going to play sports?"

He chose sports but let his locks loose after graduating. That didn't go over well with Agase, who saw Telander one day and yanked a handful, telling him to get it cut. The impact of that moment eventually had to be sorted out in the pages of Sports Illustrated. It was clear that control usurped fashion. And it still does, even though the collective bargaining agreement states that players cannot be punished for long hair.

"There has to be a limit to what they can control," says Bengals linebacker Dhani Jones. "Next, it'll be how long your fingernails can be or how white your teeth are."

I've talked to Polamalu about his hair. The Steelers safety hasn't had it cut since 2000 and wears it long because he celebrates his Samoan roots. Polamalu doesn't care that he has to purchase Aveda in bulk, and he isn't itching for a barber. Neither is Jackson, who has barely touched his dreads since high school. Considering the Rams tailback is such an individualist that he has yet to wear the exact same uniform twice -- he always rotates colors of wristbands, mouthpieces, socks, and sleeves -- he'll hate Peterson's idea. Lots of players will.

Hairy Issue
NFL owners are considering a proposal to ban players from having hair flow from their helmets below their names on the back of their jerseys.
"I used to have long hair," says Packers tailback Ryan Grant. "It's someone's right, and for some, it's part of their religion or culture."
But this rule isn't being pitched in terms of uniformity or control. It's being sold as a safety precaution. Remember in 2006, when Kansas City tailback Larry Johnson pulled down Polamalu by his hair after an interception? Johnson says now, "I have no problem doing it again to anyone else."

Lots of players would, which is why the NFL needs to do something about it. But not what's on the table. The league needs a few guys with long hair for one reason: It's cool. Jackson looks cool breaking off 40-yard runs with his dreads bopping. Polamalu looks cool hunting like a lion. Harris looks cool with his ropes dancing as he returns an interception. "I get my strength from my hair," Harris says.

Who cares if fans can't see the nameplates? Everyone knows them already. Personalities have that effect.

Let's hope the competition committee vetoes the current proposal and instead makes a simple choice: Undo the Ricky Rule. Make it illegal to use hair as a means to tackle. If players know better than to horse collar or grab face masks, they can avoid dreads.

"That would work," Harris says. "Nobody has ever gotten hurt from having their hair pulled."

Exactly. So here's to hoping nobody gets clipped.

Youth Quarterback Academy

The Camp of Champions Quarterback Academy

n Football, the quarterback must possess many dominant skills: throwing accuracy, athletic ability, and speed. Proper QB mechanics also is one of the hardest for many players to improve on. The Camp of Champions Quarterback Academy is designed for upper elementary, middle school, and high school athletes. The camp will focus on preparing and improving young quarterbacks throwing mechanics, footwork within the pocket, and overall arm strength. Each athlete will receive individualized assessment, instruction and in-depth position training.

Goals:
Teach proper form and mechanics
Improve overall arm strength
Improve flexibility from proper arm stretches
Improve acceleration, quickness, and lateral speed within the pocket
Learn the overall dominant ability of the Quarterback position
and most importantly have FUN


Site:
TBD
Participants will perform exercises on grass & field turf

To register:
Complete the registration form @ TheCampofChampions.Org
Bring online confirmation to camp check-in


Coach Shane Corey-Camp Instructor

Co-Founder of the Camp of Champions
El Cajon Valley High School assistant coach in Football & Track and Field

Shane, a former NCAA athlete in football and track, is beginning his second year as assistant football coach at El Cajon Valley High School . He returned to San Diego after accepting a Division II scholarship to West Liberty State College. He is a former decathlete, quarterback, and wide-receiver who will educate the camp on developing speed, strength, and flexibility to enhance performance and minimize injury risk in all sports in a fun, safe, high-energy environment.

The Camp is currently accepting donations and sponsors for this Speed Camp. The Camp would like to have 250 local student athletes for this late-spring event. Attendance will be free as long as enough local sponsors and dontaters participate to help make this a very special event for our youth and community. For information on Donating, Sponsoring, or contributing to this Speed Camp please contact Coach Shane Corey directly at Info@TheCampofChampions.Org

Receivers Camp

The Camp of Champions Receivers Camp

In many Football, one of the dominant positions is Receiver. It also is one of the hardest for many football players to improve on as it is argueably the most demanding position to properly train for in football. The Camp of Champions Receivers Camps are designed for upper elementary, middle school, and high school athletes. The camp will focus on preparing and improving young athletes for the coming or current season. Each athlete will receive individualized assessment, instruction and sport specific training.

Goals:
Teach overall proper form and mechanics
Improve strength in the hands
Improve flexibility from proper stretches
Improve acceleration, quickness, and lateral speed
Learn the overall dominant ability of speed
and most importantly have FUN


Site:
TBD
Participants will perform exercises on grass, field turf, & rubber track

To register:
Complete the registration form @ TheCampofChampions.Org
Bring online confirmation to camp check-in


Coach Shane Corey-Camp Instructor
Co-Founder of the Camp of Champions
El Cajon Valley High School assistant coach in Football & Track and Field

Shane, a former NCAA athlete in football and track, is beginning his second year as assistant football coach at El Cajon Valley High School . He returned to San Diego after accepting a Division II scholarship to West Liberty State College. He is a former decathlete, quarterback, and wide-receiver who will educate the camp on developing speed, strength, and flexibility to enhance performance and minimize injury risk in all sports in a fun, safe, high-energy environment.

The Camp is currently accepting donations and sponsors for this Speed Camp. The Camp would like to have 250 local student athletes for this late-spring event. Attendance will be free as long as enough local sponsors and dontaters participate to help make this a very special event for our youth and community. For information on Donating, Sponsoring, or contributing to this Speed Camp please contact Coach Shane Corey directly at Info@TheCampofChampions.Org