Our 3rd and 4th Grade Developmental Tackle Football is designed to teach the kids basic fundamentals of football.
SPECIFIC RULES AND GUIDELINES FOR THE CRUSADER LEVEL (3RD / 4TH Grade):
- Having 1 coach per team on the field is optional for the first half of the season.
- Coaches are allowed to be in the huddle and assist in aligning players up Coaches on the field are on the field to help line kids up and call the play after that all coaching comes from the sideline.
- To promote the conference philosophy as being developmental as our number one priority. The conference has voted that all teams are mandated to run a 4-4 defense at this level.
- There is no Blitzing allowed.
- Defenders can never be closer than 4yards to the LOS until the ball is snapped).
- We are looking to have a simple Defense to promote the learning of the game. Giving offensive teams a chance to learn blocking schemes and possibly have more success with running a play.
- No team can align in an unbalanced formation.
- There will only be two kick offs for this level (Crusader) 1 to start the game and 1 to start the 2nd
- half. The ball will be place at the 35-yard line after all scores.
- Punting is optional
All games are Sundays at 10:30am