Goffstown Youth Football Association

General Information
A Non-Profit Organization
A Community organization offering athletic and recreational opportunity for children
Serves 4 communities and over 200 children ages 7-14 in Dunbarton, Goffstown, New Boston and Weare.
Overall Goal is to inspire youth to practice the ideal of sportsmanship, physical and scholastic fitness.
Keeps kids physically fit and teaches teamwork.
Annual recognition of Scholastic record rather than Athletic record.
Safety is our paramount concern using age and weight restrictions to select teams.


What is Pop Warner Football?
A Community organization offering athletic and recreational opportunity for children.
Founded in 1929 by Joseph Tomlin and named after the famous Temple University coach, Glenn "Pop" Warner.
A National Organization which adheres to very strict safety and academic requirements.
Teams are located from coast to coast, and in three foreign countries.


Pop Warner Objectives
Familiarize children with the fundamentals of football and cheerleading.
Provide learning in an organized and supervised environment while keeping the game free from the pressure to win.
Overall Goal is to inspire youth to practice the ideal of sportsmanship, physical and scholastic fitness.


Education is Number One
Philosophy- Athletics and Academics go hand in hand.
Annual recognition of Scholastic record rather than Athletics.
Pop Warner’s corporate title is "Pop Warner Little Scholars, Inc."
Sports programs can result in better grades.


Safety is Our Paramount Concern
According to the Consumer Products Safety Commission swimming, biking, skateboarding, etc., produce not only more injuries, but more serious injuries "per exposure" than does youth football. Basketball and soccer have an approximately equal injury rate as youth football.


Findings of the Institute of Sports Medicine & Athletic Trauma.
Pop Warner had low overall rate of injury.
Age and weight limit protects younger and lighter players.
Injury risk in Pop Warner is much less than higher ranks of football.
Medical care given was prompt and appropriate.
Pre-participation Health Screening- physicals required each year after April 1st.
Preparation for Medical Emergency - EMT’s required on the bench at every game.


Benefits to the Community
Keeps kids active, interested and involved, creating memories for a lifetime.
Display of community Involvement.
Coaches and Volunteers serve as positive role models.
Increased Play, increased studies has a valuable effect on our children.


About Our Association
We are a volunteer Association and hold general membership meetings monthly.
Our budget relies heavily on Fundraising and Community Support.
Number of Children participating in our Association increases every year.
We host Associations throughout New Hampshire.


Practice and Games
Practice begins August 1st and requires a ten hour per week commitment.
When school begins the practice schedule is reduced to six hours per week.
Sundays are game days. This rule is set by the New Hampshire Pop Warner Football Conference and assists associations in their quests to schedule fields that are in enormous demand. High School games are scheduled on Saturdays, which makes acquiring football fields and officials virtually impossible to schedule on the same day.
Our first game will be scheduled at the end of August.


Screamin’ Eagle Teams

Mitey Mites- Ages 7, 8, 9; 45 to 80 pounds, age 10 under 60 pounds.
· Strictly training division, emphasis on learning, not winning.
· No blitzing, no rushed punts, no competition, safety a priority.
· Coaches selected on basis of patience and teaching ability.

Junior Pee Wees- Ages 8, 9, 10; 55 to 90 pounds, age 11 under 70 pounds.
· Emphasis on fundamentals, playoffs introduced · Coaches selected on basis of patience and teaching ability.

Pee Wee- Ages 9, 10, 11; 70 to 105 pounds, age 12 under 85 pounds.
· Mix of fundamentals and techniques
· Coaches selected by teaching ability and knowledge.

Junior Midget- Ages 10, 11, 12; 85 to 120 pounds, age 13 under 100 pounds.
· Techniques taught
· Coaches selected as role models with knowledge beyond fundamentals.

Midget- Ages 12, 13, 14; 95 to 140 pounds, age 15 under 120 pounds.
· Techniques taught
· Coaches selected as role models with knowledge beyond fundamentals.

Cheerleading Squads follow the same age requirements without weight restrictions.




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