PONTE VEDRA, Fla. — When most of us think of football we think of it being a boy’s sport, but an all-girls flag football team in Ponte Vedra is working to change that.
GIRL POWER is a flag-football league that isn’t just for anyone; it’s for the fearless, the supportive, and the girl.
The league was started by Coach Phill, a father of three young daughters and an even younger boy. Over the last year, he extended his family to over 150 athletes.
“I just felt like the sport of football is so important to build confidence, to build self-esteem—especially at such a young age,” Coach Phil told Action News Jax. “These girls are developing and they don’t have those attributes yet, and when you can build his league where everyone comes out and competes in a healthy, positive environment, then it is such a great success.”
The team’s mission is to help young girls build confidence, self-esteem, and mental fortitude for everyday life.
Coach Phil encourages all girls to get involved no matter their ability or if they’ve played before. “Just giving them the same opportunities that the boys get, but just doing it a little bit differently, where yes, it’s competitive, but it’s so healthy; it’s so fun and we’re building everybody up. It doesn’t matter
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Travis Burnett
A pioneer in the flag football community, Travis helped co-found the Flag Football World Championship Tour, FlagSpin and USA Flag. Featuring 15+ years of content creation for the sport of flag football, creating and managing the largest flag football tournaments on the planet, coaching experience at the youth and adult level as well as an active player with National and World Championship level experience.
