THE HUDDLE                                  September 2009
Official Newsletter from American Youth Football & Cheer
The Largest Youth Football Organization in the U.S.A

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AYF and Shutterfly Partner!

American Youth Football, Inc., the nation's largest youth football organization today announced that Shutterfly,Wilson_2009 Inc.(NASDAQ:SFLY), the leading Internet-based social expression and personal publishing service, will be a National Sponsor of their 2009 football and cheerleading season.  Shutterfly Youth Sports Share sites will be the preferred method for team parents to communicate, share photos and manage the season calendar.

Read the Full Announcement....
Shutterfly Offers Free Team Share Sites!

SHARE THE EXCITEMENT OF YOUR FOOTBALL SEASON CREATE A FREE TEAM SITE FOR THE UPCOMING SEASON
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You drive them to practice, go to the games and cheer them through
the heart-pounding moments. Share and celebrate the memories with a free personalized Share site from Shutterfly. With Shutterfly Share Sites, sharing and organizing your team's photos and activities has never been easier or more fun.

We've got a winning solution for American Youth Football parents and volunteers. Create a FREE Shutterfly Share site and organize your team's activities and memories all in one place.

It's never been easier:
 
Share and access everyone's pictures and video from games and tournaments. Set-up wizard gets you up and running in minutes. Manage meetings, practices and games with a calendar. Quickly access contact information with a team roster. Enable parents to sign up for volunteer or snack duties.

Click here to Create a site Now! 

Plus, get a FREE collage poster when you create or join a football team Share site by 9/30/09.
 
Check out a Sample of a
Football Teams Share site!


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AYF UNVEILS 2009 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP LOGOS

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AYF Nationals: December 5th-11th

AYC Nationals: December 10th-12th


Orlando, Florida
  Get Your Seasons Footballs Now

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For Team Pricing Call: 1-866-828-1397
 
AYF and Under Armour Kickoff the 2009 Season with Giving Back!

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AYF's Big Apple Youth Football Conference was the recipient of a 2009 Season Kickoff Donation of 3,000 pairs of Under Armour Football Cleats.

The Donation Presentation was held on Friday September 4th. Big E from Under Armour and AYF Executive Director, Jessica Abramovich were on hand to give Courtney Pollins, Sam Barnes and the entire Big Apple Conference the donation to help the youth football players of NYC kickoff the 2009 season on the right foot!

View the press release and pictures...
 
Congratulations Little League World Series Champions:

Chula Vista, California

AYF and San Diego Youth Football and Cheer Conference are proud of our boys who play at Otay Ranch Youth Football & Cheer!

Way to go!
 
New Under Armour Football Commercial features AYFers!

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New Groups for AYF Parents, Coaches and Administrators!

Join the Conversation Today!
New Groups Include:

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Proud Parents
Academic Achievement Alliance
Nominations: AYF Hall Of Fame
Girls Who Play Football
Leatherheads

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Scott Lancaster on Practice

...After analyzing the past seasons accomplishments and mistakes we made as a coaching staff, I decided that we needed better practice flow, with a faster pace that more effectively kept everyone's attention. Though we were well organized in our first year we still had a tendency to stand around and chat, not providing a 100% focus on the players and not allowing practices to move along at a fast pace.

In addition, youth sports do not provide a significant amount of time on athletic development or movement training. When you combine the diminishing quality and quantity of physical education in our schools and the fact that athletic development is non-existent in our organized youth sports programs, we place a majority of kids at a distinct disadvantage throughout their athletic childhood.      

With this in mind I made a point of including athletic development into all pre-season and in-season training. Now we incorporate agility, balance, coordination, strength, speed & stamina into our practices - followed by extending that experience into specific fundamental skill training...

Read more....
       

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National Sponsors

Under Armour
Universal Cheerleaders Association
National Football League
NFL Players Association
Riddell
Sadler Sports Insurance
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Eastbay
Varsity/CDT Uniforms
Fieldturf
Citibank
Shutterfly

Questions about Member Benefits?
Contact our Communications Team!
Email: Kristin or Elizabeth

National Websites

AYF Home Page
Under Armour AYF Championship Site
Join AYF
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MyAYF Members ONLY Service Panel
Coach/Admin/Parent Social Network
AYF Players ONLY Social Network
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About AYF

American Youth Football (AYF) is the largest youth football organization in the U.S. A National Youth Partner of the NFL, AYF provides support services, academic scholarships, grants, "Giving Back" programs and tournaments to more than 600,000 members. AYF is the only youth football program with members in all 50 states and several countries worldwide. AYF is committed to Giving Back and has donated more than $14 million dollars in grants and product to communities that support youth football.

AYF offers all-inclusive football and cheer divisions to every team and league, enabling every child a place to play and Age/Weight and Grade-Based Age Protected Divisions make AYF the most competitive youth football organization in the World.