Flag Football for Kids

My great nephew Griffin, who will be 6 years old in a couple of months, had his first flag football practice last night.
There were 30 excited, enthusiastic future Heisman trophy winners out there.
The coach was nice, supportive and extremely exhausted after the 44 minute session.
He had the kids run drills ~ like run 30 yards...
and throw 5 yards..and try to catch the ball from 5 yards away.
When they were given their first ever net football jerseys they screamed like made the all-star team.


It's flag football and so there will be no tackling of your opponent. They will only learn to pick the pocket of the runner with the flag. After these 6 weeks, we can send them all to New York to be street thieves just in time for Christmas.

They will practice 45 minutes for 4 weeks and then, have 2 REAL games.
I think Griffin had the best time until the end of practice, when someone told Grif's best friend to tackle him. CRUNCH. Bad ankle. I guess that's why they play flag football at this age. Oh, Griffin will be fine. We hope.

I have 6 more days to find a cheerleading outfit to match Griffin's mesh jersey color.