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Upcoming Dates
2/11 - UA Combine -
Miami, FL
2/19 - UA Combine
Glendale, AZ
3/1 - Sponsor pre-season offers announced.
3/5 - UA Combine
Los Angeles
3/12 - UA Combine
Jacksonville, FL
3/15 - Deadline to order specially priced UA uniforms
3/26 - UA Combine, Southlake, TX
3/31 - 2010 AYF/AYC Memberships Expire
4/1 - MyAyf.com Relaunch
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AYF Membership Cards
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Take the Field Project
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AYF/AYC Staff
Click the name to e-mail Joe Galat President Jessica Abramovich Executive Director Dee Grayer Football Commissioner Elizabeth Bray Cheer Commissioner & Director, Member Communications Arielle Krieger Director, Marketing Operations Craig Heitczman Social & Marketing Communications Shannon Shy Director, New Membership Kristin Walker Director, Events Diedrea Willis Step Coordinator |
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 AYF Kicks Off The Drive to A Million!
Only 1 Month into 2011, AYF Membership is already driving past 800,000 Members.
All AYF National Tournament Conferences are reporting consistent Growth & New Conferences and Associations from across the country are Joining everyday!
Please help this initiative: tell neighboring youth football programs how AYF can serve them, either by joining forces with your group, or as a "direct" member of AYF!
Remember, AYF serves any Youth Football Organization, from teams to cities and state-wide conferences. AYF remains a NON-INTRUSIVE SUPPORT SERVICE for youth football programs in all 50 states. Contact us for support recruiting new programs in your area!
Let's Give a big AYF Welcome to our Newest Members Riverside County Youth Football & Cheer Conference - American Youth Football Conference of Oklahoma - St John's River Youth Football & Cheer Conference - Colonial Youth Football Conference - Western Pennsylvania AYF Conference - Pennsylvania Elite AYF Conference - Port Jervis American Youth Football & Cheer Conference - Dallas AYF - San Francisco Warriors - NorCal East - Northeast Ohio AYF - Norfolk Panthers - SIRFCC Florida - NFYFCC Florida - Gainesville AYF - MIlan Italy - Panama AYF - Porterville Youth Football League - South Menendez Athletic Association - Manteca Cowboys - Palm Bay Rockets - Ritchie County Youth Football - Ozarks Football League - Chester-Mendham Twin Boro Bears - Ultimate 8 Football League - Gilmer County Youth Football & Cheerleading League - G.A.C Youth Organization - Crusader Youth Football Association AYF continues to grow by leaps and bounds. Check out our membership map! |
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Celebrating Achievement
There is no greater privilege than awarding youth for their achievements. The top 2010 AYF and AYC student athletes have been celebrated and awarded with selection in All Star Divisions and participation at highlight Events. $75,000 in scholarship, apparel and equipment has been distributed to the 2010 AYF and AYC All Stars!
Thanks to UNDER ARMOUR for providing: - 8 National Championship Conference All Star Teams with Uniforms
- Travel Grants to every National Under Armour AYF & AYC All-Star and All-Star Coach
- The Latest uniforms, equipment & apparel to the National 2011 Under Armour AYF & AYC All Stars'
Thanks to WILSON for providing:- An AYF Wilson Leather Game Ball to every National Championship Team
- A Wilson Mouth guard to 4,000 National Championship Football Players
Coming Up Next: Training Scholarships to be awarded for UA Combines and The IMG Madden Football Academy. (Players must be enrolled at AYFplayers.com)  AYFs Academic Achievement Alliance will announce its 2010 All American Team and Eastbay & Carl Allegretti Scholarship Winners. Stay Tuned! |
Its Time to Get Ready for The 2011 Season...
Join Now or Renew your Organizations Membership at JoinAYF.com
Renew your membership now to ensure continuous service! Click here. AYF Has What You Need to Tackle your To Do LIst: 1. JoinAYF.com 2. Playayf.com 3. Recruit 4. Background Check 5. Train Coaches 6. Schedule Camps 7. Get Equipped 8. Get the Rest: April 1 Launches the 2011 Full Service Panel at MyAyf.com Keep Reading for Details.... |
PLAYayf.com
Set up your online player registration systems on AYF's newest platform developed specifically for AYF organizations! Go to PlayAYF.com to learn about how you can easily register players and volunteers online. Cut your administrative responsibilities in half! Collect fee payments, easily communicate with your entire organization and submit rosters simply to AYF! Click here to check it out. |
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Background Checks with LexisNexis
Since 2001, LexisNexis has screened more than 3.7 million potential employees or volunteers, identifying over 189,000 indivisutals with criminal convictions. There are many considerations for conducting background checks, AYF has taken care of the research for you. Prices for AYF members start as low as $1.50. To learn more about how AYF organizations can CONFIDENTIALLY conduct checks and set up Self-Screening for its volunteers. Visit the website.
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AYF and AYC Online Coaches Training
 Get your football and cheer coaches trained and ready to go for the season at www.AYFCoaching.comNote: This is AYF & AYC's only accepted training course for National Championship and All Star coaches! |
Plan your camps and clinics!
- Cheerleaders and Coaches- Host your own UCA/AYC Camp. It is a great way to prepare your girls and to raise funds for the season. Contact Us!
- Football Players - Sign up for Under Armour Combines
- Football Coaches - Go for Free to Glazier Clinics presented by Riddell
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Looking for Uniforms, Equipment and Apparel?
Get what you need at the best Prices available!
Contact AYF and we will get you in touch with the right representative at our sponsors' brands. Contact Us with questions and requests.
Have Equipment to DONATE to a League In Need?
Need to Request an equipment DONATION?
Contact Us to Participate in the Circle of Giving Back!
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All 2011 Member Resources at the new MYAYF.com Coming April 1
On April 1, all 2011 Members will have access to the new MyAYF.com. Please note your organization must RENEW its membership at joinayf.com or your users will experience an interruption in service and access. Updates will include: Rulebooks- Manuals -Resources -Insurance Packages- Donations - Sponsorship Programs -Risk Management Support- 501C3 Details - Forms - Competition and Event Details - Nominations & much much much more! |
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Under Armour AYF Combine Clinics 
From the Sponsor of the "NFL Combine" Comes the
Under Armour AYF Combine Clinic
AYF athletes will be taught the tests that top high school and college players go through to get recruited and receive skill training from the best in the business.
Top performers from each combine will be added to the 'Watch List' for the 2012 AYF All Star Team.
Click here to see the upcoming schedule, register and learn more. Have a Group of Players to Register? Get a Group Rate! Email Us Now! New This Week: The AYF Under Armour All Star Watch List Top AYF Combine performers will be added to the list following each combine. Check the Website Weekly to see the TOP AYF Performers in the Nation! Click Here to go to 'The Watch List' HQ
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Welcome Sportography to the AYF/AYC Family!
Sportography has become the official photography partner of American Youth Football & Cheer! Sportography will offer AYF member association turn-key photography solutions that offer diverse line of value-added photography products and fundraising programs that offer the most generous rebates in the industry.
Please click here for more information and visit the website to learn more about the many things they can do for you.
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Joe's Presidents Corner
Congratulations to the Super Bowl Champion Green Bay Packers!
The Rest of The Story Sadly, the football withdrawal pains are everywhere. No football on Friday, Saturday or Sunday until August. Big Ben and Aaron Rodger's Super Bowl performances will be discussed for a few days, only to be drowned out by the controversy of the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). Expect posturing by the NFL Commissioner and the NFLPA Representatives up until the March deadline for a lockout.
I will treasure the memories of this 2010 football season. In youth football, history was made by AYF's National Championships, it was the largest football event ever. 144 teams participated and yet there were many wild card teams turned away. The NCAA National Championship was a surprise to most when Auburn dominated Oregon. As for the NFL, it is always entertaining (even the commercials). Hey Troy, did you use my Head and Shoulders? Did ya? Honestly?
You have to love the game: Giant lineman Sumo each other while the Quarterback Matadors himself from the charging bulls to throw to a receiver, who leaps high for a catch with a ballet dancer finesse. What about The Packers' huge nose tackle B.J. Raji holding the ball like a loaf of bread as he showboated his way across the Bears' goal line.
AYF ties are everywhere. Ben Roethlisberger (whose father was an AYF President in Findlay, Ohio) avoiding the rust to complete a third down pass to ice the victory over the Jets. The spectacular Green Bay Packers receivers coached by Jimmy Robinson (who I coached with the NY Giants) has a proud brother in AYF's Shelton, CT organization, Kevin Robinson.
But this past season's headline across America was the NFL's implementing of the new 'Helmet-to-Helmet Contact Rule.' I have to admit, when I watched Julius Peppers hit Aaron Rodgers, I cringed. Most NFL Players reacted negatively to the rule against hitting of a defenseless player, helmet-to-helmet. They are taking away our aggressiveness! Put a skirt on those QBs! If you can't catch over the middle - don't play the game! Wow! That is harsh. But look at the rules over the years - in 1956, face mask tackles, 1960s, clothesline tackles, 1977, head slaps, clipping, blocking below the waist and horse collar tackles. We can live with the severe penalties for helmet-to-helmet tackles, which will greatly reduce, if not eliminate the threat of concussions. Every rule change has resulted in players protesting, then adjusting. Rules cannot really change the greatest team sport known to man. The game will continue to be America's Passion.
Perhaps we would do well to remember why the game is so revered. I say it is the players who make the game of football special. As Teddy Roosevelt said, "The credit goes to those in the arena, whose faces are covered in the dust, sweat and blood. Those who know their place, need never be with those cold and timid souls, who know neither victory or defeat."
I maintain that the players themselves are the rest of the story of our passion for the game. I wish every volunteer could spend just one day with an NFL team. I have been priviledged to have coached some of the best that ever played the game. Most possess unique athletic skill, humor (wackiness) and compassion. I love players who honor the game that gave them the platform to help others. Curtis Martin, Jets running back always put aside 15 percent of every paycheck for charity. He donated to third world countries and Manhattan's homeless. Warrick Dunn donated a house to single moms, each year in honor of his single mom. The hundreds of NFL Players' Foundation's established to help the needy is proof of these unique characters who play the game we all love. Let's all remember the rest of the story, when faced with those daunting inevitable headlines and broadcasts covering the CBA.
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