Sterling Community Center
Open to females from ages 8 to 13
March 10th-April 7th
Grades 3-5: Monday @ 5:45-6:45 PM
Grades 6-8: Monday @ 6:45-7:45 PM
Location: Erin’s Gym
Cost: $65
Join up for a fun and empowering session where players will learn skills, build confidence, and have a blast on the field!
Flag football, a version of the sport in which players pull colorful flags from belts around their opponents’ waists instead of tackling them to stop play, has been rapidly growing in popularity. Since it is strictly no-contact, it emphasizes quickness and accuracy over physicality.
While the sport is played by both men and women, the style of play favors female athletes. It gives girls a unique opportunity to play football, which has long been considered a quintessentially — and exclusively — male sport.
“For many years, it was sort of, you know, girls don’t play football, right? That sort of mentality,” said Scott Hallenbeck, Chief Executive of U.S.A. Football, the governing body for both tackle and flag football. “All of us in football, and hopefully society at large, recognize that this is a critical and incredible opportunity to be inclusive.”
