Practice is now at Spring Grove Park

Announcements

Opening Practice is scheduled for Monday, July 18th from 6:00pm to 8:00pm at Thelen Park. Please drop players off between 5:00 and 5:15.

Players should wear shorts and a T-shirt and make sure to bring the following items...

• A “ plastic cup style” dual strap chin protector
• A colored mouth guard. The mouth guard MUST attach to the helmet facemask
• Good football spikes
• A water Jug
• Helmet!
• practice socks

Opening practice week is considered our “conditioning” week. No additional pads will be needed during this week. Each player is required to attend three conditioning practices PRIOR to any contact.

It would also be very beneficial to have the players stay very active over the summer through various activities involving cardio, quickness, and strength.

The opening practice on 7/18 will also include a mandatory parent meeting from 6:00pm until 8:00 at Thelen Park. The meeting will include a review of the Comets program, equipment instructions, coach's expectations and philosophy and questions and answers.We may also have a Professional Youth Athletics speaker at the meeting. One parent from each family is required to attend.

Regular practices throughout the season are Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday every week. Some coaches may have “additional” practices (beyond the Tues-Thur normal days) based on each teams specific needs.

Equipment – Equipment was handed out at all registrations held thus far. You can also get any missing equipment, or make adjustments to your current equipment after the  practice of the first week. Again, the only thing you will probably need to purchase at this point is athletic supporter, cup (optional), colored attachable mouth guard, and chin strap. Also maroon socks for games.

Medical Tape – Each season we ask players/parents to bring 2 rolls of medical tape if possible to keep everyone taped up for each game/practice if needed. If you can assist in this area, please pass this along to any of the coaches.

Absent – If your son cannot make practice the opening week, please contact a coach so we can make other arrangements.

Full Pads – Will begin the first practice with full pads on July 25th or sooner for some teams. Please remember to try on the equipment at home several times prior to practice to get the feel of it.Mouth guards must be attached to the helmet's face mask. Practice pants and practice jerseys only for practice, do not wear game uniform. It’s a good idea to always wear a t-shirt underneath the shoulder pads. Sleeveless is also OK.

Water Bottles/Jugs – Please be sure to have your player's name on water bottles or jugs that are brought to practice. This is also important for any of their personal equipment and bags. We strongly recommend purchasing water jugs instead of bottles as bottles are generally not large enough to hold an ample supply of fluid in hot and humid climate early in the season. Also please mark your name on athletic tape and attach it to any of the equipment (helmet/shoulder pads.)