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Footwear
Whatever your child's position is on the football field or the type of field on which he plays, there are football shoes (called "cleats") specifically designed for him. When helping your child select football cleats, there are two important factors to keep in mind.
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USA FOOTBALL
45 N. Pennsylvania St., Suite 700
Indianapolis, IN 46204
1-877-5-FOOTBALL (1-877-536-6822)
(317) 614-7750
Web: http://usafootball.com/#headsup
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/usafootball
Endowed by the NFL and NFLPA in 2002, USA Football is the official youth football development partner of the NFL, its 32 teams and the NFL Players Association and manages U.S. national teams for international competition. USA Football is an independent 501-c-3 non-profit organization that leads the development of the game through educational programs and innovative resources. USA Football also annually awards $1 million in equipment grants and subsidizes league volunteer background checks.
POP WARNER
586 Middletown Blvd. Suite C-100
Langhorne, PA 19047
(215) 752-2691
Email: pwlsreg@aol.com
Web: www.popwarner.com
Pop Warner Little Scholars (PWLS) is a nonprofit organization that provides 360,000 young people ranging from ages 5 to 16 with over 5,000 youth football and cheer & dance programs in 41 states and several countries around the world. PWLS, founded in 1929, requires its participants to maintain academic standards in order to participate.
Football: Pronunciation: \?fut-?bol\
(American) any of several
games played between two teams on a rectangular field having
goalposts or goals at each end and whose object is to get the ball over
a goal line, into a goal, or between goalposts by running, passing, or
kicking
Football is a team sport combining fierce physical contact (sometimes at high speed) with strategy. The helmets and protective pads players wear do not, and cannot, completely protect them from injury. Despite of, and perhaps because it is such a physically challenging sport requiring strength, agility and speed, football has remained the most popular sport at the high school level, with over a million players. In many communities, high school football serves important social functions and can become an important part a town's identity.
Programs at the youth level are also popular, American Youth Football or Pop Warner being the two governing bodies. Pop Warner is notable for requiring its players to meet and maintain certain minimum standards of academic performance in order to play.
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