Pop Warner Football
Pop Warner Football ( Pop Warner Little Scholars ) is an American youth sports organization that ensures football for children and young people .
Since there is no child and youth sport organized by sports associations in the USA, this voluntary organization, together with Little League Baseball , fills this gap. They are named after the successful American football coach Pop Warner (1871-1954) and were founded in 1929. Today around 425,000 children play football. The association also engages in cheerleading and dancing .
In order to play, not only training is required, but also appropriate academic performance. When training parents as trainers, particular attention is paid to prevention of injuries (especially concussion ). The basic trainer training is organized with distance learning letters.
Individual prizes are only awarded for corresponding academic achievements, not for individual athletic achievements. The children are not only divided into age, but also according to weight:
| Name of the group | Age | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Flags | 5-7 | - |
| Tiny-Mite | 5-7 | 35–75 lbs (16–34 kg) |
| Mitey-Mite | 7-9 | 50-100 lbs (23-45 kg) |
| Jr. Pee Wee | 8-10 | 65–115 lbs (29–52 kg) |
| Pee wee | 9-11 | 80–130 lbs (36–59 kg) |
| Jr. Midget | 10-12 | 95–155 lbs (43–70 kg) |
| Midget | 12-14 | 110-180 lbs (50-82 kg) |
| Unlimited | 11-14 | from 105 lbs (from 48 kg) |
Individual evidence
- ^ Arnd Krüger : American sport between isolationism and internationalism. Competitive sport. 18: 1, pp. 43-47 (1988) ; 2, pp. 47-50 . 17th December 2016
- ↑ Kerr, ZY, Yeargin, S., McLeod, TCV, Nittoli, VC, Mensch, J., Dodge, T., ... & Dompier, TP (2015). Comprehensive coach education and practice contact restriction guidelines result in lower injury rates in youth American football. Orthopedic journal of sports medicine , 3 (7), 2325967115594578.
- ↑ Robin Vealey & Melissae Chase (2015): Best Practice for Youth Sport: Science and Strategies for Positive Athlete Experiences. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.