Pop Warner seeks to provide fun athletic learning opportunities for children, while emphasizing the importance of academic success. Specifically, Pop Warner seeks to familiarize players and spirit participants with the fundamentals of football, cheerleading and dance. Pop Warner strives to inspire youth, regardless of race, creed or national origin, to practice the ideals of sportsmanship, scholarship and physical fitness as reflected in the life of the late Glenn Scobie “Pop” Warner. The program stresses learning lessons of: self-discipline, teamwork, determination, friendship, leadership and good sportsmanship.
Pop Warner takes academics seriously! As you can see, the Pop Warner philosophy is to celebrate academic success as well as athletic success. It's not often you find an organization that understands that both physical fitness AND academics are equally important in helping today's youth excel in life.