usaf org overview

8/7/2019 USAF Org Overview

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Create innovative educational resources forcommissioners, coaches, players, parents and gameofficials

Author unified rules, standards and best practices

Field national teams for international competition

Mission and Goals

USA Football, the sport’s nationalgoverning body on youth and amateurlevels, leads the game’s development,inspires participation and ensures apositive experience for all youth andamateur players.

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Development Partners

Official Youth Football Development Partners

USA Football is the “Official Youth Football Development Partner” of the

NFL, its 32 teams and the NFL Players Association.

This relationship marks the first time in the NFL’s 90-year history that ithas named an official youth football development partner.

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USA Football offers membership anddevelopment resources for commissioners,

coaches, players and game officials.

USA Football has an extensive database thatfeatures direct contacts for more than 2,200leagues nationwide as well as more than 11,000key decision makers in youth football.

Membership snapshotMembers in all 50 statesNearly 50,000 coaching, commissioner and

game official membersMembership represents more than 800,000

youth football players and 1,200,000 football

parentsLaunching League Affiliation (league-wide)

Membership in 2011

USA Football Membership and Resources

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USA Football conducts more than 80 events on an annual basis. Events include:

USA Football Events

State Forums• Forums that bring together youth footballcommissioners and key administrators throughout astate or region.

Coaching Schools• Single-day coaching schools designed specifically

for youth football coaches.

Player Academies• Three-day player camps for youth football players(ages 7-14).

Team USA Training Camps and Competitions• Elite athlete training camps and internationalcompetitions.

Pre- and Post-Season Tournaments• Pre- and Post-Season Youth FootballTournaments and Events.

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USA Football awards $1 million in new

football equipment each year.

USA Football receives morethan 2,000 grant applicationsannually.

Grants are awarded based onneed and merit.

Grantees select an equipmentor apparel package that bestfits their needs.

Applications are submittedonline at usafootball.com.

Grant Programs

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As the sport’s national governing body on youth and

amateur levels, fielding and managing America’s

national team program is among USA Football’s

responsibilities.

USA Football selects the “top-right” football players

who possess exemplary skill as well as characteristics

and qualities befitting a U.S. National Team athlete.

There are six teams within USA Football’s national

team program: Under-15 (Youth), Under-19 (High

School), Men’s Tackle, Women’s Tackle, Men’s &

Women’s Flag.

USA Football national teams compete in World

Championships and “friendlies” against the 58 fellow

member nations within the International Federation of

American Football (IFAF) spanning five continents.

U.S. National Teams

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