Please read this parent letter for season information and summary of expectations, and visit the Player’s Corner for information on player and parent expectations, as well as the required medical form/sports physical and waivers that need to be agreed to during registration.
Players are required to have:
YYF supplies: helmet, shoulder pads, practice jersey & pants. Returning players use their last year’s game jersey, new players receive a new game jersey.
*Registration with checked waivers and a completed, signed medical form must be completed/turned in prior to any player practicing.
PRACTICES/EQUIPMENT:
Juniors (7th/8th):
Mites (3rd/4th) & PeeWees (5th/6):
The Pee Wee and Mite jamborees are usually held toward the end of August. For full details on the Jamborees, click here.
Practices are held at the Bog field upper football field. Typical practice times are as follows but may vary:
$200.00 which includes the use of all equipment your child will need except for cleats, cup, and navy-blue socks
Please go to www.teamsnap.com or your app store in your phone and search for “TeamSnap”. Download the app to create an account and register. After registration you will be able to access your child’s team roster and schedule as they happen, as well as sync the team scheudle with your phone’s calendar. TeamSnap will also be used for communicating with coaches, team parents, other parents, getting updates to the schedule as well as practice changes.
The Mites team includes children in grades 3 & 4, and older 2nd graders (players must be at least eight (8) years of age before November 22nd). Pee Wee team includes children from grades 5 & 6. The teams are divided into grade 3 & 4 (split into an A and B team) as well as grade 5 & 6 (split into an A and B team). All teams are drafted by the coaches with a balance of skill and talent. The A team tends to be the older players. The B team tends to be the younger players.
The Junior team includes children from grades 7 & 8. The teams are divided into an A and B team. The A team tends to be the 8th graders and the B team tends to be the 7th graders.
SMYFL currently does not have a weight limit cut off.
Mites and Pee Wees typically play on Saturdays, Juniors on Sundays for home games; away games are dependent on the hosting team. Mite and Pee Wee teams (3/4 and 5/6) typically play their games back-to-back to make it easy on parents with children on both teams. The current game schedule can be found on the SMYFL website.
The SMYFL website and TeamSnap will list directions to away fields. Home games are played at the Bog Rd upper football field.
Registration is typically open starting in April of each year. We send out an email to our contact list as well as post on social media & school communications. Please follow us on Facebook and Instagram to get updates.
