Date: February 12, 2009
Courtesy of USA Football

Helping foster great football experiences for its youngsters, the Lago Vista Pop Warner Football Association (LVPWFA) has enrolled coaches into USA Football’s Certified Coaching Education Program (C.C.E.P.). The league serves the Lago Vista and North Travis Lake areas, encompassing 100 youngsters. USA Football, the sport’s national governing body on youth and amateur levels, has trained more than 16,000 youth football coaches nationwide in all 50 states and Washington, D.C., since March 2007.

LVPWFA coaches will complete the first level of USA Football’s C.C.E.P. or attend a USA Football Coaching School. To advance through the courses, which take roughly two hours each to complete, a coach must receive a cumulative score of at least 80 percent on the 11 quizzes administered throughout the curriculum at usafootball.com.

USA Football’s C.C.E.P. encompasses coaching philosophy, practice planning, communicating with young players and parents and how to teach football fundamentals, including proper blocking and tackling techniques though computer animation and audio narration. Upon course completion, coaches receive a USA Football coaching certificate and have their name added to usafootball.com’s national coaches’ registry.

“Prepared and dedicated coaches result in our young football players having more fun playing a game they love – that is precisely what is happening for Pop Warner football in and around Lago Vista, Texas,” said Pop Warner Little Scholars Executive Director JON BUTLER. “USA Football’s coaching education program is a valuable tool for our 8,000 head coaches.”

“The best way to shape America’s favorite sport at the youth level is to provide coaches with resources to become quality instructors and mentors,” said USA Football Executive Director SCOTT HALLENBECK.  “Lago Vista Pop Warner and Pop Warner leagues across the country are doing this in an exciting way through our coaching education courses and events.”

About USA Football:
USA Football, the sport’s national governing body on youth and amateur levels, hosts more than 100 football training events annually offering education for coaches and game officials, skill development for players and resources for youth football league commissioners.  The independent non-profit manages U.S. national teams within the sport for international competitions and provides $1 million annually in equipment grants and youth league volunteer background check subsidies.  USA Football was started by the NFL and NFLPA in 2002 through the NFL Youth Football Fund and is chaired by former U.S. Congressman and professional quarterback Jack Kemp.