LOUYAA has announced the formation of the Oakdale Bears Youth Football Program under the LOUYAA umbrella. This will round out the LOUYAA football offering to include 3 true football feeder programs for each of the are high schools in the LOUYAA region. Urbana, Linganore and Oakdale high schools will now all benefit from direct community based youth football programs designed to help players become familiar with and use the offensive and defensive strategies their high schools utilize. This close tie to the high school program helps young football players get to their best chance of success when they reach high school levels of play. It makes perfect sense if you think about it. By the time these players reach the 9th grade many of them have been using the same numbering system, plays, formations, blocking schemes, defensive schemes, blitzes, coverage assignments and drills taught by the local high school coaches. It makes a very smooth transition possible and allows the HS coaches to move at a much faster pace and get to more advanced levels of coaching quickly since the foundation is already set in place. It’s no wonder Linganore and Urbana have enjoyed so much success at the High School levels of play over the years. I would highly recommend making sure your young athlete plays in the local High School feeder program and not a place where they are learning football that will have to be completely re-taught when they get to high school. There is no way a youth team feeding into 4 or 5 high schools can effectively teach what youth players need for their best chance of success at high school. Stick to your community youth football that is the local high school feeder where all the players can look forward to working together and staying together for many years. This kind of chemistry and team camaraderie is invaluable in later years. Look for programs who have teams at every age level so kids don’t get discouraged having to play with older and more experienced ones. It’s no fun sitting the bench while you try to learn a sport. Make sure your program offers guaranteed play time and multiple skill levels to participate.
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