2023 SPRING FLAG:

For the 2nd year we are going to team up with Brecksville Youth Football to offer our communities a top notch Spring Flag program for PreK - 6th grade (current grade levels).

We feel it’s important to offer Spring Flag as it’s a growing version of youth football that will help our kids be more competitive when we play other communities in the Fall. Also, we feel it gives kids the opportunity who didn’t play in our Fall programs to experience Indy Youth Football in a low time commitment and non-contact environment that focuses on meaningful participation for all.

The format for the Flag Divisions will be 5-on-5 or 6-on-6, depending on sign ups, no offensive or defensive line play with all offensive players eligible to catch a pass.

DIVISIONS:

• PreK/K Rookie Flag:

  • 30 minutes of drills followed by 30 minutes of age appropriate game play

    • PreK must have turned 4 before 9/1/2021

    • Shorter 4 week schedule: April 16th, April 23rd, April 30th and May 7th.

• 1/2 Flag: 1pm

• 3/4 Flag: 2pm

• 5/6 Flag: 3pm

COST: $45 for Rookie Flag and $95 for Flag and all players will receive a reversible jersey. (We had a price increase this season due to keeping our pricing on par with Brecksville and similar programs in Northeast Ohio and leveraging this program as a fundraise for IYF)

SCHEDULE: All games on Sundays except where noted. Games will start every hour on the hour at 1:00, 2:00, 3:00 and 4:00. Schedule will be released the last week of March. Most coaches have a pre-game practice/warm up 30-45 minutes before game time.

• Week 1 April 2nd @ BHS 1-4

• Week 2 April 16th @ BHS 1-4

• Week 3 April 23rd @ IHS 1-4

• Week 4 April 30th @ IHS 1-4 

• Week 5 May 7th @IHS 1-4

• Week 6 Friday Night May 12th @ BHS 5:30-8:30pm

PRACTICES: There will be limited practice sessions for the program and we will leave it up to each coaches discretion of when to have practices. You can expect to have a few practices the last 2 weeks of March before games begin.

REGISTRATION: Sign ups run through March 15th. Teams will be announced shortly after.

Coaches will be needed for this program, contact us a independenceyouthfootball@gmail.com if you are interested.

Football for all.

This more casual approach to football with a short season and no week day practices is a great opportunity for kids with limited exposure to football to get involved.

Have fun.

Playing flag football with your buddies is a blast. Kids love getting outside on the turf in the Spring after being cooped up all Winter.

Preparing for the Fall.

All of our teams will run versions of our IYF base plays that we use in the fall. We want our kids to get the reps to know our plays inside and out so there is limited cognitive load and can play free and with confidence when it matters the most.