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Greater Pasco Pop Warner Football and Cheerleading, Inc.

Coaching the Greater Pasco Hurricanes

Thank you for your dedication to coaching and mentoring the young athletes in our community. This section is designed to equip coaches with essential resources needed for a consistent and effective approach to youth football coaching. It includes crucial documents, important dates, and comprehensive coaching materials. These resources will assist you in teaching fundamental football skills across all phases of the game and implementing the most effective drills for each part of your practice—individual positions, groups, and the entire team.

Requirements

FIRST YEAR COACHES:
- Must attend one in-person training class, Date TBD

RETURNING COACHES:
USA Football : Tackle & Flag Football Coach Certification | USA Football
- Background: Registration (averity.com)

*One coach from each team must be CPR/First Aid/AED Certified

Play Safer

On fields across America, Pop Warner is making our game safer and better, while retaining what makes the sport of football so great for young people. And we’re doing the same for our young athletes in cheer and dance. We've instituted the nation's most advanced safety measures, including limiting contact to 25% of practice time, eliminating kickoffs and the three-point stance for our youngest divisions, banning full-speed, head-on tackling and blocking drills and mandating that any player who suffers a suspected head injury receive medical clearance from a medical professional trained in concussion evaluation and management before returning to play.

In addition, all Pop Warner coaches are given the tools they need to teach the game the right way. USA Football’s Heads Up Football training is mandatory for all Pop Warner coaches. Similarly, we require our cheer coaches to take the YCADA training. And we’re guided by an independent Medical Advisory Committee of neurosurgeons, sports medicine professionals, pediatricians, and researchers who are driven by medical science and professional expertise.

Football, cheer, and dance offer so much to a young person, from a fun, physically active lifestyle and a sense of teamwork to valuable life lessons like perseverance and sacrifice. To make it possible for them to enjoy those experiences, we will never stop working to make them safer. In this section, you will find helpful information for a variety of subjects including concussion awareness, hydration, training techniques, injury prevention, risk management, and proper equipment.

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