ABOUT SHELTON POP WARNER
* All of our Coaches are Certified
* All games have an EMT on site
* Shelton Pop Warner has served Shelton Youth in a family atmosphere for over 45 successful years.
* Shelton Pop Warner exists to serve our young people to learn football and cheer as well as the benefits of hard work, perseverance and community involvement
* Kids compete with kids of similar age and size. Pop Warner is the only youth football program (local and national) that sets and enforces strict age and weight guidelines (provided by the CDC) that reduce the risk and reality of injuries. Over 360,000 children compete in Pop Warner Football and Cheerleading programs every year.
* Pop Warner Little Scholars, Inc. is the only national youth sports organization in America that requires its participants to perform adequately in the classroom before permitting them to play. The standards are set to give our children a sense of responsibility and an appreciation for the academics and athletics that will help them develop later on in life.
* Shelton Pop Warner is Affiliated with Shelton High School Football and Cheer. Our Head Football Coaches attend coaching clinics at the High School and the High School Varsity Cheerleaders help coach and choreograph the Cheer Routines.
WHY CHOOSE SHELTON POP WARNER?
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POP WARNER LITTLE SCHOLARS INC.
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AMERICAN YOUTH FOOTBALL |
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PWLS entered its 82nd season in the Fall of 2011 and has established programs in 41 states and 5 foreign countries. Pop Warner administrators and coaches have years of experience and are committed to working with children.
Pop Warner has been established in Shelton since 1966 and has served the Shelton community for the last 45 years!
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AYF was established in 1996.
AYF was established in Shelton in 2009.
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Everyone in Pop Warner plays under the Pop Warner rulebook which establishes a standard set of guidelines that all programs must follow.
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AYF has no national rules and allows each League to set their own rules. |
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AYF allows each league and association to set their ages and weight allowances for league play yet mandates that teams change their ages/weights to compete in AYF Championships.
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All of Pop Warner’s forms and other program information are available for anyone to view on www.popwarner.com.
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AYF has general information regarding their programs on the AYF website. They claim to have organizations in all 50 states, yet there is no League Finder page to verify where AYF programs exist. Many pages on the AYF site are password protected. |
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Pop Warner rules incorporate a scholastic requirement for all players to participate. Pop Warner also recognizes top scholars from around the country through its All-American Scholar program and National Scholastic Banquet. Pop Warner has also given away $600,000 in college scholarships since 1993.
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AYF has no scholastic requirement or banquets to recognize outstanding scholastic achievement. |
| Pop Warner’s Super Bowl and National Cheer Championships are held at Walt Disney World’s Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, FL and partners with Disney to provide a memorable championship experience for all participants and their families. |
2008 AYF Championships were held in Austin Tindal Park in Orlando, FL and National Cheer Championships were held at Amway Arena in Orlando. |
POP WARNER MISSION
The following is from the National Pop Warner web site at http://www.popwarner.com/
Pop Warner Youth Football and Youth Cheerleading is the Nation's Largest & Oldest Since 1929!
Objectives
* To encourage and increase youth participation in football, cheerleading and dance.
* To ensure a safe and positive playing environment for all participants.
* To instill life-long values of teamwork, dedication and a superior work ethic in the classroom and on the playing field.
Positive Experiences
* Pop Warner programs have no tryouts or cutting of rosters.
* Everyone participates under mandatory rules of play.
* On-field coaching is allowed for younger age levels.
Safe Playing Environment
* Players are matched by age AND weight.
* There are strict mandatory equipment requirements.
* Pop Warner provides Coaching Clinics and Risk Management Training.
* An enforced national rule book incorporates time-tested rules.
A full-time executive staff supports all local associations and assists in sound policy creation.
