How long is pop warner football season

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The oldest teams some times get a chance to play at nights under the lights at local High Schools. Players usually arrive an hour before kick off for warm up and weigh ins for weighted teams and then play for around an hour and a half to two hours. If one team gets up by 24 points the clock keeps running and the game goes faster. A close game with lots of passing and overtime will run longer. During the regular season games will take place all over the valley.

Generally teams will play four home and four away games. The furthest commute is usually under an hour to Buckeye or Glendale and usually only one far game like that a season. Home games are in Chandler or Gilbert. For Junior Pee Wee and above, if your team is good enough to advance in the playoffs past the state championship, you can advance to California and then to Nationals in Florida.

Usually, teams that can that deep, know they are good early on and coaches will prepare you for what is ahead. There are other leagues within Pop Warner that assemble their teams this way, but we do not. We believe that good coaches will keep and instruct their players to get better as a group, rather than looking to cast off kids who might be new to the sport, or just not as good of athlete yet as early bloomers who might be on the team.

Yes during the summer we have multiple free clinics where players can come out and get a sense of what to expect from coaches and the game.

These are not padded camps, so there is no tackling, but we do drills and install concepts that flag and 7v7 avoid because they pertain more to the tackle portion of the game. Check out our Calendar around April for updated Clinic schedules. We also post clinics of local High School programs when they allow open enrollment from outside their own clinics.

These are generally for incoming 6th-8th graders. With football we have Weighted and Unweighted divisions that you can choose. Every year, the number of teams we have in each division will fluctuate as teams move up in age, or portions stay down while other portions move up. Some times teams will move from other leagues as well.

If players have played with a coach in seasons prior, then we allow them to grandfather in. Those players may bring friends and we will try to get them on teams together leaving only a few spots. Other teams may have a large group of players age up and have a lot of slots available.

Veteran coaches will have requests and new coaches will have slots to fill. After requests and grandfathering in players, new players are slotted by the practice location closest to their home but close is always a relative term.

Pop Warner is an instructional league whose goal is to give players an understanding and love for the sport of football and cheer. This means that all players will get to participate but the amount of participation is not going to be equal amongst all players.

League representatives check during third quarter that all players have participated and mandates play time in the 4th quarter for those who have not.

They will require a signed copy of the Pop Warner Sports Physical, a copy of their Birth Certificate, a copy of their Q4 report from the previous year showing that they have a GPA above a 1. Players are divided up in to divisions based on the age AND their weight. This means that all players on a team are going to be similar size and age. Often players will be in an age and weight range that makes them eligible for two different divisions.

Generally speaking, we recommend players play as the oldest and heaviest they can. This increases their confidence and enjoyment of the sport. However there are other factors to consider and the decision is the parents to make as long as their child fits the age and weight requirements every week during weigh ins. Parents and coaches will give different responses to this question.

One generally agreed upon argument is that most kids are generally in similar height and weight categories growing up and playing in a weighted league means that kids can learn the sport without encountering kids who have matured faster or are just bigger. A kid who might love football gets hit by a kid twice his weight and decides to never play again, is something to consider. In the weighted divisions, prior to every single game, every player on both teams will weigh in on a certified scale to verify that the players are the correct weight.

If a player is too light or heavy, they will not be able to play. After Labor Day, the football teams go down to three practices per week, with one game each Saturday. Competitive cheer teams practice five times per week from August 1st until the start of the PUSD school year. As soon as school starts, cheer teams go down to three practices per week, with one football game each Saturday.

Practices usually last two hours and are scheduled in the early evening. What do my registration fees cover? Registration fees cover Palomar Conference fees, referee costs, fees for use of the schools, gyms and community parks for practices and games, basic picture packets, football equipment costs, cheer equipment costs, insurance secondary , liability insurance, and year-end trophies for football and cheerleading participants.

When can I register? What league will my child play in? Here are some frequently asked questions first-time Pop Warner parents ask, and some answers to get you started as your child embarks on a great experience.

Pop Warner has football leagues in 42 states from coast to coast, so chances are there's one in your area. Visit Pop Warner's league finder web page to find information—including contact information and web addresses—of the Pop Warner league near you. It depends on the league, but usually are in the spring and summer months. Check the website of your local league for more information. Pop Warner has opportunities for players ages , and they are separated into nine divisions.

The youngest, the Tiny-Mite division, features children ages