We are excited that you have stopped by to see what we have to offer for the youth of Lake Placid!
Lake Placid Youth Football is now a member of the Peace River Pop Warner Conference. We are looking forward to a great season in our new conference. We have a schedule for the upcoming season and are looking for more participants and volunteers to make 2009 a successful and rewarding season for LPYF!
LPYF will be offering Flag football for the 2009 season. The flag program will be a local program with all games being played in Lake Placid at the Lake June complex. We are planning to play the games on Tuesday evenings from 5:30 to 6:30 PM. Flag football will be open to participants ages 5-6-7 and will cost $35.00. The season will begin on August 10, 2009 and run for approximately 8 weeks. The flag program is a non-contact program designed to introduce the participants to the game of football and to provide a foundation for further participation in the sport. Our flag program will also emphasize the importance of academics, teamwork, and sportsmanship to all participants.
Please click here for more information about Flag Football.
Please attend our next meeting to provide input and suggestions!
Pop Warner football has been around since the inception of the league in 1929 by founder Joseph J. Tomlin as a four-team conference in Northeast Philadelphia. Since then, participation has steadily increased to today's record numbers. Over 240,000 youths participated in Pop Warner-sanctioned football programs in 2004, and those numbers are continuing to grow.
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.
UPDATES
Upcoming Registration Dates:
Thursday June 18, 2009 - 12:00 to 1:00 PM - Lake Placid High School
Meetings:
LPYF General Meeting: Thursday 7/9/09 at 7:00 PM
Peace River Conference General Meeting: Tuesday 7/14/09 in North Ft. Myers at 7:00 PM
2009 Forms:
2009 Participant Forms Now Available
Feel free to contact LPYF by sending us an email by Clicking Here
Or via snail mail:
LPYF
P.O. Box 1736
Lake Placid, FL 33862