Program Address 

Seacoast Titans American Youth Football and Cheer Teams

Welcome to the Seacoast Titans American Youth Football and Cheer Program. It is important to understand the commitment you and your child will be making over the coming months. We take great pride in this program. The success comes from everyone: the kids, the parents, and the coaching staff. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at SeacoastTitans@hotmail.com. We will be happy to assist you.

Registration

All players and cheer participants are required to provide all of the following documents and pay all fees before they will be allowed to pick up equipment or participate.

·         Registration Form

·         Physical Form

·         Volunteer Form

·         Code of Conduct Agreement

·         Birth Certificate

·         Report Card

Waiting List:

In the event a team roster is full, a waiting list will be created. Please complete all of the registration paperwork as required. You will be notified in the first week of August if a position on the team becomes available. Fees will be collected will be collected at this time.

Physicals:

American Youth Football requires a child to have an annual physical. Any participant without a current physical form on file will not be permitted to participate in practice or games.

• A physical form must be completed by the physician within the current year and must be stamped with the physician’s name, address, date, and doctor’s signature or seal on it.

Please call for an appointment soon. A signed statement, on letterhead, from an examining physician is acceptable. It must state that the candidate is physically fit and there are no observable conditions that would preclude his/her participation.

For your convenience, Access Sports Medicine in Exeter, NH holds an annual sports physical clinic. Please contact them at (603) 431-3575 for more information.

Time Commitment

The program begins during the first week of August. Prior to the start of school, there are approximately 10 hours of practice per week. Once school begins, practice time is decreased to 6 hours a week. It is important that your child be prompt for practices and games. There is a lot to learn. Please talk to us now if you think you may have vacation plans in August.

There are eight games in the regular season, generally starting the last weekend in August, skipping Labor Day weekend and then seven more. Games are on Sundays. New Hampshire American Youth Football Conference determines the overall game schedule. Game times are confirmed by Thursday night prior to Sunday’s games. The players and cheer participants are generally required to be at the game field one hour prior to game time. If a team makes the playoffs, there are additional games.

Practices:

Try to be as prompt as possible on bringing your child/ren to and from practices. All practices will be held at the fields behind the Strafford County Court House on County Farm Rd, Dover, NH. The practice schedule for each team is set individually by the Coaching Staff.

Games: 

You will receive a schedule and directions for away games as they occur from your Team Parent or Coaching Staff. The exact time and location may not be available until Thursday evening prior to that game. Games will start either at 8:00am or 9:00am with the Mitey Mites being the first to play. Subsequent games occur every 2 hours for the remaining teams. Players/Cheerleaders are generally required to be at the game field one-hour prior to game time.

Please make sure that if you have not received a map, or do not know the exact time for your child’s game, that you ask the coach or team parent.  

Cheer Competition:

A cheer competition is held late October/early November at the Whittemore Center in Durham, NH. This is an all day event. Tickets need to be purchased later in the season.

Financial Commitment

The non-refundable registration fee is required: 1st child $135.00, $100.00 for each additional child in the program.  In addition to this registration amount there is a refundable* deposit for each child collected at the time the equipment/uniform is provided. (Exact date will be provided in June). All checks should be made payable to “Seacoast Titans.” A $10.00 fee will be assessed for each returned check. Payment will then be required by either cash or money order. Equipment will not be distributed until the registration fee and deposit have been received.

* The refundable deposit is an equipment/uniform deposit. Once all uniforms and/or equipment per family are returned, all deposits will be refunded. Deposits will not be refunded for any equipment/uniforms returned after December 15th. Furthermore, players/cheer participants will not be permitted to register the following season if any equipment/uniform is still outstanding.  

The cheer participants and football players are loaned uniforms. Waivers must be signed agreeing to replace lost or intentionally damaged equipment/uniforms. Additional items that need to be purchased are:

For football players: 

·         Football cleats. (Removable cleats are acceptable, but cannot be metal.)

·         Athletic supporter

·         Arm, rib and wrist pads. (Optional)

For cheer participants:

·         Sneakers

·         Socks

·         Briefs

·         Body suit 

Football/Cheer Uniforms/Equipment: 

Please review the uniform policy above, as you are responsible to return the uniform in CLEAN AND REUSABLE condition, other than reasonable wear and tear, at the end of the season or you may be assessed a cleaning or replacement fee. 

Volunteering and Fundraising Commitment

In order to have a successful program, we depend on the program participants and family members to volunteer time. Each team chooses a volunteer Team Parent that will coordinate and assign the various duties that are required throughout the season.

Volunteer activities include (but are not limited to):

·         Working in the concession stand

·         Tabulating minimum plays required for each football player

·         Participating on a 3-person crew measuring offensive yards gained (aka “chain gang”)

·         Scorekeeper

·         Game Announcer

Your registration fee pays for approximately 1/3 of the per player expenses for each season. In order to keep registration costs down and keep the program functioning, each family is required to participate in the following fundraising activities, which include (but are not limited to):

·         Soliciting for the 50/50 raffle

·         Tagging

·         Fundraising calendar sales

An additional fee of $150.00 is required to “opt out” of volunteering and an additonal amount to opt out of  fundraising activities. Checks should be made payable to “Seacoast Titans” at time of registration. Full details on this option are available on the Volunteer Form.

Thank you and welcome to the Seacoast Titans!