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Administrative
questions for the season:
Q) Where will my child’s home games be played?
A) Our home field this
year for tackle games will be Los Altos High School, located on Los Robles
in Hacienda Heights. We are hoping to have enough space to
include our flag games there also, which remains to be determined.
Q)
When does the season begin and end?
A) The season runs from
August 4th thru the end of November. Check the calendar for more
dates
Q)
What time do the kids practice?
A) Practices are 2 hours
long and are usually between 6:00pm and 8:30pm depending on the coach’s
schedule.
Q)
Where will my child have practices and games?
A) Practice sites will be
located at Los Altos High School and Manzanita Park. Home games are played at
Los Altos High School and away games could be as close as Monteobello or as
far away as Santa Margarita .
Parents are responsible for all transportation for their children to and
from practices and games.
Q) Are
the coaches paid employees of Hacienda La Puente Pop Warner Football?
A) NO. They are volunteer
businessmen and/or fathers who donate their time to help our kids. This
entire program, in fact, is run by volunteers who put in a great deal of
personal time to make this program available to your children. We can use
your help.
Q)
After I pay my registration fees are there any other fees involved?
A) Yes – youth football is
not an inexpensive sport. We take great pride in offering value to our
participants however. In addition to the use of certified equipment in new
condition (helmets, pads, jerseys etc), we also must pay for a multitude of
costs including referees, skilled paramedics, lights, insurance, an office
with storage, fields etc. We require each participant to fundraise or
contribute an additional $40 over the registration fees to cover the costs
of the association. Please ask a board member for information if you would
like to review the annual budget at any time. In all, costs will not exceed
$200 for the length of the season unless you wish to contribute more.
Q)
What is a waiver?
A) Each team is permitted
up to 2 waivers for children to participate on a team that do not live
inside the geographical boundaries of the team. This rule is typically used
for assistant coaches children, car poolers etc. In no case can a team have
more than 2 waivers.
Q)
When will I know what team my child is on?
A) You will be contacted by
your coach approximately 1 week prior to the beginning of the season. It is
important when registering that you give us your home phone number & email
so the coach may contact you in a timely manner. If you don’t hear from
your coach, please email or call us here.
Q) How
much will my child play?
A) All children will play.
Coaches will determine what positions each child is best suited for and as a
result some will play more plays than others. Every division has a minimum
number of plays (Pop Warner Mandatory Play Rule MPR) per half that each
child must play. For Mighty Mite the minimum number of plays per half is 5.
For all other divisions, the minimum number of plays per half is 4.
Q)
What is Certification Day? Does my child have to be there?
A) Certification Day will
be on Saturday, August XX. It is the day that all players and cheerleaders
are placed on a certified roster for their team. YES.........ALL PLAYERS AND
CHEERLEADERS MUST ATTEND!! On this day, all players have their final
weigh-in by Conference or Federation officials to make certain they qualify
to play in the division they have been placed in. All paperwork must be
presented to league officials to verify each child’s age, weight and
identification. This is done to comply with safety regulations. Pop Warner
National does not make any separate distinction between football and cheer.
All participants must be checked at Certification.
Q)
What if we can’t make it to Certification Day?
A) Certification is
mandatory. If your child does not certify, their name will not appear on the
teams’ roster and your child will be ineligible to participate for the
entire season. This is NOT a HLPPW Football rule. We
have no control over this ruling.....If you don’t certify....you don’t
play! Check with your team staff if you absolutely cannot be there – a late
certification may cause your child to miss the first game.
Q) If
my child misses Certification and can’t play, do you refund our money?
A) NO. All fees paid at
registration are NOT refundable for any reason. Keep in mind that our costs
are fixed once we enroll your child for the year, and you are also
potentially taking another child’s space that may be turned away.
Q)
How are the head coaches picked?
A) We have a pretty
exhaustive approach to Head Coach selection, and it really cannot be any
other way. We all expect a lot from our coaches. A good youth coach helps
young children take healthy risks that they may not otherwise take; he
instills pride in self and team; he teaches discipline and technique that
help the players improve; he is a mentor; and he is a positive role model
that the child will never forget. We seek out people with these skills each
year. Our coaches first go through a coaches selection committee which is
comprised of successful coaches and administrators of the league. This
interview is very pointed and a bit confrontational because we want to be
sure that the adults we recommend are going to have the ability to do the
things we hope they will. At the conclusion of the interview, the committee
votes to recommend or not the coach to the general board. Next, the whole
board votes for or against the coach, and each coach must have a majority to
be selected. Finally, we then assign coaches to specific division of play
based upon accumulated points of service in HLPPW. Basically, coaches that
have very successful years and volunteer to go beyond the field in helping
support the kids of HLPPW gain more points than those who do not. For more
detail on this process, please see a board member.
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