Jackson Friends Church Fall Youth Flag Football League (K - 6th) 2022

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Thursday, August 18th, 2022

This Co-Ed youth flag football league will take place at Jackson Friends Church for grades K - 6th. The league will run August 27th - October 22nd. It will include nine practices and seven games. The registration cost is $75, which includes a t-shirt, pizza night at the last practice and an end of year gift at the last game! Those that need a new jersey, the cost is $17 (soccer and flag football jerseys are the same, so you can reuse them).

This league is a recreational flag football league for grades K - 6th. Volunteer coaches (mainly parents) will work with youth on developing their football skills, including catching, throwing, quickness, coordination, balance, reactions, etc. Youth will learn good practice techniques and develop interpersonal and teamwork skills. We will also provide weekly devotions and verses for the kids to give them an opportunity to hear about Jesus.

WE ALWAYS NEED COACHES, so if you are a parent are you have a passion for kids and football (and an hour to spare on a week day and Saturday), please volunteer. We will give you all the stuff you need for coaching and devotions. $10 coupon off of a future registration for coaching!

The league will have practices once a week on Tuesday or Thursday at 5:15 PM OR 6:05 PM depending on your team (practices are 50 minutes long, followed by a short devotion), with games on Saturdays, late mornings/early afternoons! We will have one Saturday practice to kick off the league on Saturday August 27th (this practice will be an hour long). There is a small chance of Monday practices too, if we have an overflow of participants/teams. All practices and games will be held at Jackson Friends Church, outside on our fields. In the event we have severe weather conditions, practices may be cancelled and games will be rescheduled.

The league will be split up into three divisions (if need be, we may move division ages around a bit):

K - 1st Grade

2nd - 3rd Grade 

4th - 6th Grade

There will be two evaluation offerings before the season starts, so we can split the teams up evenly. Youth must attend ONE evaluation night (in the case that they cannot make either, they will still be able to play). Evaluation opportunities will be Tuesday, August 16th, 5:30 - 7:00 pm, and Thursday August 18th, 5:30 - 7:00 pm. Youth may come at any time during either of these dates, 5:30 - 7:00 pm (ex. - one kid could show up at 5:50 pm and another shows up at 6:45 pm). The evaluation process only takes about 10 - 15 minutes. We will plan on doing evaluations outside, unless we have bad weather (in which case they will be indoors. You'll get an email if we have any weather issues). Rosters and Practice Schedule will be announced by Tuesday evening, August 23th (game schedule a week after).

WE ARE GLAD TO HAVE YOU WITH US FOR JFC FLAG FOOTBALL!

Jackson Friends Church Fall Junior Soccer League (Pre K - 3rd Grade) 2022

This Co-Ed youth soccer league will take place at Jackson Friends Church for grades Pre K - 3rd Grade. Pre Kindergarteners should be four years old or turning four years old during the season (three years old is too young in most cases). Our fall soccer league goes up to 3rd grade, because our flag football league is also running at the same time in the fall on the large main field. The junior soccer league will run August 27th - October 22nd. It will include nine practices and seven games. The cost is $75 and includes a t-shirt, pizza at the last practice and an end of year gift! Anyone who needs a jersey, it is $17 and yours to keep and reuse (same ones used for flag football/soccer). Teams will practice once weekly (TUESDAY OR THURSDAY, with a potential of Mondays IF an overflow of teams), with games on Saturdays late mornings/early afternoons. We will be running at the same time as flag football but on smaller fields to the left of them. First practice will be on Saturday, August 27th (ONLY Saturday practice). First weekly practice will be Tuesday August 30th OR Thursday, September 1st (depending on your team), unless we add in Monday practice, in which that first practice will be August 29th. Practices take place at 5:15 OR 6:05 PM. Practices are 50 minutes long, followed by a short devotion (practices 10 minutes shorter than spring schedule due to losing sunlight in October). First game will be on Saturday, September 10th, 2022. Games will start at 10 AM. Pre K will be it's own division this year, K/1st grade will play together and so will 2nd/3rd Grade. The Pre-K field will be played on a smaller field and K-3rd on a bigger field. Matches will be played 4 vs 4, with a maximum of 8 players on each team (unless larger teams need to be made, in which case games will be 5 vs 5).

WE NEED COACHES. Please sign up to coach if you can spare an hour on a week night and a Saturday each week. We have everything you need to be a great coach, from first timers to experienced coaches :) ($10 off coupon for next registration with us)

The league is recreational and will focus on developing youth's soccer skills, as well as their relationship with Jesus Christ. Youth will learn good practice techniques and develop interpersonal and teamwork skills.

The league will be split up into three divisions:

Pre K Level

K/1st Grade Level

2nd/3rd Grade Level

There will be two evaluation dates available for the youth to come out and be evaluated before teams are created. August 16th, 5:30 - 7 pm OR August 18th, 5:30 - 7 pm. Youth need only attend one. You may come any time during the 5:30 - 7 PM timeframe (evaluations only take 10-15 minutes per participant). Evaluations will be at Jackson Friends Church, outside on the field by the playground. Depending on weather/field conditions evals could be moved inside. Soccer evaluations will take place at the same time as flag football evaluations.

All practices and games will be held at Jackson Friends Church, outside on our fields. In the event we have severe weather conditions, practices will be cancelled but games will be rescheduled.

Thank you for being a part of Jackson Friends Fall Junior Soccer League! We are excited to have you with us for our fall junior soccer league!

This is a three day soccer camp for grades K-6th, featuring a morning session in June and an evening session in July. The cost for either session $45.

The camps will be run at Jackson Friends Church, by former Jackson HS standout and Wright State University soccer player Coen Wilson. Coen, along with other college and former HS teammates will work on technical skills with the kids, including dribbling, footwork, passing, shooting, etc. For older kids interested in goalkeeper skills, we MAY have a goalkeeping coach available for some goalkeeping drills with those kids! All of the kids will be split up by age to be grouped with kids on their own skill level. We will have popsicles for the kids each day and some other fun gift/treat for the kids at the completion of the camp.

Parents are free to hang out and watch or leave and come back at the end of the timeframe.

BE PREPARED:

We are asking every participant to bring their own water bottle (or your choice of drink). Make sure you put ice in it, because that water will heat up quickly)! You may refill those waters inside if needed. Again, we will have popsicles to help cool the kids down. Soccer balls are provided for anyone that needs one. Shade breaks will be taken under the pavilion.

Thanks and we hope to see you this summer!