Southwest Austin Bulldogs: Did You Know
Southwest Austin Pop Warner, Inc. was established in 2001 to provide the youth of Southwest Austin an opportunity to participate in a youth football and cheerleading program. Each year the program provides an athletic experience for 200+ local youth ranging in ages from 6 to 13 years. Annually, the Board of Directors establishes the lowest registration fee possible. This fee reflects the cost of providing and maintaining quality equipment and uniforms, National Pop Warner, County and Central Texas Pop Warner dues. The remainder of the cost associated is as follows: insurance, administration, trophies, referee fees, concession items, etc.
Board Meetings
The SWAPW Bulldog Board meetings are open to all parents/members of the Bulldog Organization. Please feel free to attend any of the Board meetings.
Safety First:
Kids compete with kids of similar age and size. Pop Warner is the ONLY youth football program (local, regional and national) that sets and enforces a strict AGE & WEIGHT MATRIX that reduces the risk and reality of injuries.
Did you know that Pop Warner football is safer than soccer? Pop Warner football has 12% fewer injuries per capita among 5-15 year olds than organized soccer in the same age range! (U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, NEISS)
Why there are no personal statistics:
Pop Warner exists to use football, cheerleading, dance and a respect for education to develop strong, smart, responsible, healthy young men and women. We give them experiences that build their appreciation for and understanding of leadership, teamwork, and discipline.
While individual statistics may be more common, particularly among older football players, Pop Warner only recognizes the athletic accomplishments of the team, not the individual. We don't track personal tallies of touchdowns or yards rushing per game. We don't count sacks or blocked kicks. We applaud the athletic efforts of the team to reinforce the importance of teamwork, with each member.
We don't try to build stars. We don't want to over-inflate a young ego, nor do we want to risk injuring the self-esteem of a young person. Whether our kids have good days or bad, they are still an integral part of our team…and always will be.