Pop Warner exists to use football, cheerleading, dance and a respect for education to develop strong, smart, responsible, respectful, and healthy young men and women. We give them experiences that build an appreciation for and an understanding of leadership, teamwork and discipline. While individual statistics may be more common among older football players, Pop Warner strives to recognize the athletic accomplishments of the team rather than the individual player. We don’t track personal tallies like touchdowns, sacks, rushing or passing yards per game. We applaud the athletic efforts of the team to reinforce the importance of teamwork.
We don’t try to build stars. We don’t want to over-inflate a young ego, nor do we want to risk injuring the self-esteem of a young person. Whether our kids have good or bad days they are still an integral part of our team…and will always be.