Coach Youth Football - Park Ridge Flag

01/06/2023

SAVE THE DATE 🗓 for some 🏈 and 🍖 Mel’s Craft BBQ!!!

08/17/2021

This is a great playbook. Pick two formations to start, then add a trick play and a couple handoffs.

08/16/2021

Psssst, Coach. Take a look at this playbook.

This flag football guide provides needed information—from basics to more advanced football formations—for both 5 on 5 and 7 on 7 flag football plays.

06/15/2021

Homecoming is a little over 100 days away! Join our traditions at www.parkridgefootballandcheer.com.

https://parkridgefootballandcheer.com/homecoming-is-tradition/

04/02/2021

https://parkridgefootballandcheer.com/park-ridge-falcons-fly-together/

“Be Original, Work Harder” is the slogan for Spring 2021 Park Ridge Falcons travel football – and we gave out shirts to memorialize it in our community. We want our kids to come together and play together as a team from our local communities, as a “flock of Falcons.” A group of individuals...

03/19/2021

https://parkridgefootballandcheer.com/8-ways-to-be-a-great-teammate/

The best youth football teams are made up of players who work together as a team and are willing to make individual sacrifices.The best youth football teams are made up of players who work together as a team and are willing to make individual sacrifices. A team with unselfish players will usually pl...

03/12/2021

https://parkridgefootballandcheer.com/no-one-cares-where-you-played-in-youth-sports/

What Level of Football Do You Play? With the traditional Fall 2021 football season registration coming up, we wanted to address some of the unfortunate confusion in town relative to our levels of football. Flag football is the lowest level of youth football a kid can play. It’s less competitive, c...

03/06/2021

03/05/2021

Good coaches teach you how to win games. Great coaches teach you how to win life.

Sports teach life lessons. That’s really the whole thing, especially for youth sports. Yes, the kids get exercise, they make new friends, they learn new skills. As coaches, we have a unique opportunity to teach. Young athletes view us in a way that even teachers and parents don’t enjoy, as the l...

03/02/2021

https://parkridgefootballandcheer.com/the-number-1-problem-with-crazy-sports-parents/

02/23/2021

Hey Coach! Is this anything like your story?

Let's Start with My Football Background I played football back in the day, Maine South class of ’89, baby. Go Hawks! This was the Phil Hopkins era, before Coach Inserra taught the town how to win state championships with the spread offense. We ran smashmouth football, Hopkins calling traps and div...

02/19/2021

Coaches sometimes figure out talent, weight and positions early on, but usually they miss as many calls on ‘future potential’ as they get right. Let the kids grow and develop at their own pace.

Tryouts of any kind are prohibited by Park Ridge Football. Why? Simple answer is that it’s a ‘no cut’ sport, and there is no way to know how they’ll develop. Tryouts or player evaluations are never perfect. Youth players might not compete to their full potential on that day or even over seve...