As I mentioned in part 1 of this series, I believe it to be important one chooses the youth organization that puts the interest of your children first. Mesa Youth Football ,as a committed member of the CAYFL, lives and breathes by the “Kids First” philosophy. You’ve heard me mention “Kids First” more than once but never with much elaboration. In this post I will elaborate on the breakdown of our divisions and how it embraces a “Kids First” mindset.
The safety of your child is paramount and our first concern. To that end we, as a league of Associations, continually evaluate our official rule book to ensure the safety and well being of your child is in the foremost part of our operations. One such example is the way in which we determine divisions by age and weight. The divisions within Mesa Youth Football and all other CAYFL Associations are designed with the overall safety and well being of your child in mind. As seen in the official 2009 Weight Chart our divisions are broken down somewhat differently than other local youth football organizations.
As with other similar youth organizations we incorporate your child’s natural growth and weight gain into our program. While similar youth organizations allow 1 pound per week throughout the season; we simply front load the 9 pounds in the beginning. Our student athletes are not given the 1 pound per week, but instead are given the room from growth from the onset. This ensures your child can continue with his/her regular diet without concern of having to move to another division or not certifying for a game mid-season.
Further investigation of the Weight Chart will show an extra tackle division named Cadet. The Cadet division is a relatively new division within the CAYFL and provides opportunities for the younger players to learn before participating in a division where the players have 5 or 6 seasons of football under their belt. Allowing for a young, first or 2nd year player, to play with others with the same amount of experience provides a safer environment for that young athlete to learn the great game of football and foster the excitement for continued participation in youth sports.
Providing appropriate divisions based on age, weight and now even experience is just one of the many ways we incorporate “Kids First” into our everyday business operations.
Stayed tuned for the next installment of this series for more examples of how Mesa Youth Football and the CAYFL embrace the “Kids First” philosophy.
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