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Observations through the Pop Warner and AYF National Championships
Pop Warner is a nationwide youth nfl football system that provides teams in 44 states and had about 400,000 kids participating from ages 5-15. Pop Warner has very strict age and weight requirements for each and every age group that offers worked for them for decades. Kids with higher weights are not authorized to play at almost all.
AYF has teams in a lot of 50 states and over 600,000 participants age 5-15. AYF has both a weighted and age structure equivalent to Pop Warner, but they additionally have a very unlimited weight division far too. The AYF Tournament is held in Kissimmee, Florida at the same time since the Pop Warner Tournament. The 2 venues are about 20-25 minutes away coming from each other. I spent 3 times at the Pop Warner Tournament and 3 days and nights at the AYF Tournament, nights were spent huddling with coaching staffs coming from North Carolina to California. It was actually a very longer ocassion, youth football from dawn to well beyond dusk. I watched 19 complete games and parts of about 20 others, so I obtained a really good appear at 38 teams and a good peek at 40 more teams. The Pop Warner Tournament hosted 64 teams, while the AYF Tournament had about 120 teams in it, since the AYF provides both weighted and unlimited divisions.
To make it to Florida in possibly tournament, your team offers to win your residence area League Championship in addition to Regional Championship. Meaning every one of the teams that get to Florida have information like 13-0 and 14-0, with many having some very gaudy numbers to go along with their impressive data. I can'testosterone remember just how many times I heard coaches say they will had only been scored on 1- 2 times most season. Indeed the teams you will notice the important gorillas of their the nearest areas, most of which have dominated wire to wire. Some dominated to their possess detriment, more on that in later posts.
Both tournaments are played on several field venues. AYF plays at Austin, Tyndale Park, which has 7 fields. There are great ten row grandstands, all the games are filmed by professionals and there will be a well achieved trophy presentation area sponsored by Under Armour. There are free video video game and skills development places to maintain the kids busy during breaks. There are plenty of foodstuff and souvenir vendors in-between fields for the players and fans at the same time. To deliver property the "National Championship" feel there is signage everywhere coming from both AYF and it's plenty of sponsors. Each day pass is truly $ten, weekly pass is truly $25.
The Pop Warner Tournament is truly held at Disney'utes Wild World of Sports complex on the Disney property. There are a few fields and every single one games are filmed by professionals. You should purchase a DVD of any sport for $30, just like at AYF, so just about all coaches have correct scouting material of their future opponents. At this unique tournament, you have many choices for meals and drink and for souvenirs. There are almost certainly twice as plenty of vendors at this location compared to AYF. The cheerleading competition is truly often held in this inside of, so that you will will see thousands of little cheerleaders walking close to in the complex. All of the games are in addition shown delayed with commentary on TVs in the dining places and public area from the complex courtesy of ESPN. They will give you a real professional feel to the games, like NFL or College games. The "TV" field will be field 17, those that games can be seen stay in the restaurants and public area TVs. Highlights from the games with commentary are continuously being operate on those screens. The cost for a 1 night pass at Disney will be $13.50, for the week it is $40.00.
While obviously the Disney venue is actually far more fan helpful and provides you spots you can sit down and eat a good meal and watch the games on TV, both locations have a "Championship Feel" about them. There are lots of smiling faces in both camps and both might seem to end up being run very well.
Dave Cisar- Dave seems to have a passion for developing youth coaches so they are able to in turn develop teams that are competitive and well organized. He is truly a Nike "Coach in the Year" Designate and speaks nationwide at Coaches Clinics. His book "Winning Youth Sports a Step by Step Plan" was endorsed by Tom Osborne and Dave Rimington.
