Our 2022 Fall tackle football season registration is officially open!

If you read this entire email carefully, almost all of your questions should be answered.

click on this link to start the process

www.jaguaryouthfootball.org/reg

-You must register through us at www.jaguaryouthfootball.org, NOT through the NYS website

Key information, please read carefully:

• The first game of the fall season will be September 10th
• The last game of the season will be November 19th
• Our games are always on Saturdays, game times/locations vary, and some games will be at Boulder Creek High School

• Estimated first practice is August 9th, 2022
• We are planning on having practice every Tuesday and Thursday*
• The practice times will be 6pm-8pm

-The location of each practice will be at Boulder Creek High School in Anthem, on their practice fields

Address: 40404 N Gavilan Peak Pkwy, Anthem, AZ 85086 

-We will be hosting a jersey sizing meeting for all players, those that are returning and new players, the middle of July with plenty of notification coming in the next couple months. We do not have a set date, location or time yet, however we will let you know in the near future, plus we will let you know alternate additional jersey sizing dates

-We will be cutting off registration at midnight on July 25th, 2022 with no exceptions

*practices dates are subject to change, however we will provide plenty of advanced notice should this change

-We plan to offer 10U, 11U, 12U, and 13U this fall.

-We will not be offering 5U/6U/7U/8U/9U

-The age cutoff date for each player is 07/31/2022

-This means the following: The age of your child as of 07/31/2022, will be the level they participate in.

For example, if your child is 13 as of 07/31/2022, we will put them on the 13U team, etc

PLEASE DO NOT ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT DIVISION OR AGE GROUP YOUR CHILD WILL BE PLACED IN, WE WILL ORGANIZE THAT AFTER REGISTRATION CLOSES. ON THE REGISTRATION PAGE IT WILL ASK YOU WHAT DIVISION TO PLACE YOUR CHILD IN, PLEASE USE YOUR BEST ESTIMATE, HOWEVER WE WILL COORDINATE IT AS THE SEASON APPROACHES.

-What if your athlete is only 9/10 years old, will there be a team for them?

We encourage you to sign them up, if there is enough interest and an available coaching staff, we will provide a team for them. We have also placed 9/10 year old players on our 11U team, if the athlete, coaches and parents are in agreement.

-What is your athlete is entering high school in the fall, is there a team for them? The answer is NO, not with Jaguar Youth Football, however they should play for their respective high school team.

PLEASE DO NOT ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT DIVISION OR AGE GROUP YOUR CHILD WILL BE PLACED IN, WE WILL ORGANIZE THAT AFTER REGISTRATION CLOSES

-Once your athlete is registered, we will allocate them to the proper team.

-The website allows you to pay half of the season fees to get your athlete enrolled

-The season fee is $450, thus you can pay $225 to secure your athlete's registration

-Only half of the registration fee is due now, however you must pay at least half to be registered

-We do not offer promo codes or discount codes, nor do we offer a multi-player/family coupon codes

-$450 for the full season is one of the least expensive sports there is for kids

-Your fee will help cover field rentals, field lights, insurances, league fees, equipment and more

-Due to league rules and insurance purposes, your child cannot attend a practice until you are registered

-If your family is experiencing a true financial hardship, please kindly reach out to us, and our organization will help in any way possible, and do so in a confidential manner

What equipment is needed to play tackle football?

-Your athlete will be provided with a brand new game jersey, brand new practice jersey, and helmet stickers

-Your athlete will be responsible for a black helmet/black face mask (any black color is fine)--ANY BLACK COLOR IS FINE (shinny, matte, standard, glossy, etc)

-Your athlete will be responsible for shoulder pads, white practice pants, white and/or black game pants (TBD), belt, knee pads, a 7 piece girdle (or integrated pants with pads in them is fine), mouth guard, water and football cleats.

(Cups, jock straps, elbow pads, gloves, etc are at each athlete's discretion)

For help with equipment contacts, you can reach out to

Riddell rep Jeff Whiting at 480-220-1954 or jhwhiting@riddellsales.com

Eric Sampson with Buddys Allstars at 714-948-0331 or eric@buddysallstars.com

Sunvalco Athletics sunvalcoathletic.com or 602-269-7833

As well as Dick's Sporting Goods, Big 5 Sporting Goods, Play It Again Sports and Amazon

Youtube has great videos how to properly measure for a helmet and shoulder pads

Heads Up Football - Proper Helmet Fitting - USA Football - YouTube

How to Measure for a Helmet - YouTube

ProTips: Football: How to Buy Football Shoulder Pads - YouTube

All additional questions related to equipment may be directed to JYF Board Member, Sean Bulmann at Sbulmann@gmail.com Please note, we do NOT rent out equipment. 

-If you are interested in being a coach, please reach out to Sean Bulmann at Sbulmann@gmail.com

 -We are the direct feeder program of Boulder Creek High School, meaning, we will be teaching our athletes the plays and foundation that is practiced by the BC Jaguar HS football teams.

-We do NOT have tryouts, all players, regardless of skill, are allocated to an age appropriate team

-There is registration insurance that may be bought on the registration page, review those details carefully.

Again, you can register at www.jaguaryouthfootball.org/reg

Sincerely,

Jaguar Youth Football

Go Jags!