2021 Camps & Events
We are committed to achieving our mission to offer our community an excellent youth football program and will be offering year round opportunities for our athletes to develop their fitness and skills. We believe improving our athletes fitness, fundamental skills and confidence in the off-season leads to safer and more successful experiences in the fall. We are excited that we have partnered with our Rec Center and High School Football program to deliver on-going training sessions, multiple camps and Spring Flag Football.
Registration is required for all camps and activities and can be done through the Independence Rec Center at https://independence.activityreg.com
Saturday Morning Skills
Choose between either a QB skill sessions lead IHS Head Coach Rick Adams or a WR/RB skill session lead by IYF Head Coach Joel Woods. These are intensive 90 minute sessions where we have the time to teach the details of the skill positions. These are for kids who are serious about developing their abilities as either a QB or WR/RB.
Grades: 2-6
Dates: Saturdays through March 27th
Time: 8:30 - 10:00
Location: Field House
Cost: Free (Register through the Rec Center)
Sweat and Skills- Work Outs and Skill Development
A 30 minute age appropriate workouts that build general athleticism for all sports: squat and push up development, core training, jumping and landing, push ups, acceleration, deceleration, speed, quickness and change of direction. Followed by 30 minutes of drills to develop skills of throwing, catching, handoffs and blocking.
These workouts are designed to support not just football players but all the youth in our community. We will separate into 2 groups, 1st-3rd graders and 4th-6th graders, to ensure each group is exposed to age appropriate drills.
Grades: 1-6
Dates: Sundays Jan, 17, Feb 7th, March 21, May 16 June 6, 20 July 11, 18 and August 1
Times: 1:00-2:00 unless noted
Location: Field House or High School Field when the weather is warm
Cost: Free (You must register separately for each session through the Rec Center)
Winter Skills Camp
Join us for a short camp ran by IYF along with the IHS football coaches to develop key fundamental skills. We will have one day each for both offense and defense.
We will run stations for multiple positions to teach our youngsters a broad array of football skills like handoffs, receiving, throwing, blocking and flag pulling.
We will teach the fundamentals of blocking and tackling (flag pulling for K-3rdgraders) as well as run stations for throwing, handoffs, and receiving. The last section of the camp will be a focus on the camper’s primary positions to teach more advanced drills for quarterbacks, linemen, running backs and receivers of offense and defensive line, linebackers and defensive backs on defense.
Grades: K-6
Dates: Sundays February 21st and March 7th
Times: K/1st 2:00-3:00 and 2nd - 6th 3:30-5:00
Location: Field House
Cost: K/1st $25 and 2nd-6th $35.00 - Registration closes February 19th
Spring Flag Football
We are excited to add this new youth football program that is becoming popular in other area communities. This will be a fun 6-on-6 flag version of football with multiple teams for 1st/2nd/3rd grade and 4th/5th/6th grade. Each session will start with 30 minutes of skill development/practice followed by a 45 minute game. Participants will get to play each position at every game;, quarterback, running back and receiver. Team T-shirt included.
Grades: 1-6 (JV = Grades 1-3 and Varsity = Grades 4-6)
Dates: Sundays April 11, 18, 25 and May 4
Times: Games will be played between 1:00-4:00
Location: IHS Football Field
Cost: $55.00- Registration closes March 16th
Coaches needed, please contact Joel Woods at independenceyouthfootball@gmail.com
Victory Camp
This is our second annual Summer Football camp lead by IHS football staff and players to continue to teach a broad array of football skills and learn the base plays that our teams run in our Independence Youth Football program. Camp shirt included.
Grades: K-6 (2021 School Year)
Dates: June 14 -16
Time: 9:00-11:00
Location: IHS Football Field
Cost 55.00– Registration closes June 1st
Summer Skills Camp
This camp is a pre-season tune up run by our HIS staff and players that will focus on developing strong blocking and tackling (flag pulling) fundamentals as well as key drills for our campers primary positions for both offense and defense.
Grades: 3-8 (2021 School Year)
Date: July 28 and 29
Time: 9:00-10:30
Location: IHS Football Field
Cost: $35
Jr. Blue Devils Olympics
Our athletes will be grouped in to teams where they will be tested individually in fitness tests such as 40 yard dash, 400m run, Pro Agility, standing broad jump, etc… as well as fun team-based challenges.
Grades: 3-6 (2021 School Year)
Date: Saturday August 14th
Time: TBA
Location: TBA
Cost: Free
Flag Camp
This is a 1 day camp run by the High school staff to prep our K-2 Football players with drills to prepare them to have a safe, fun and successful season.
Grades: K-2
Date: Saturday August 28th
Time: TBA
Location: IHS Field
Cost: $20