By Anthony Richards
Flag football continues to grow as a fun way to learn the game of football, especially for those at a younger age and for parents who want their children to learn the game of football without the complete physicality that’s often associated with the sport.
There have already been several camps throughout the summer that have been offered for local St. Johns County children to take advantage of by St. Johns Flag Football & Agility Training, including the latest of which, that will take place July 19 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Veterans Park’s turf field.
There is a lot of aspects and techniques that can be covered through the game of flag football and it can be a unique way of preparing players so that all they have to do is how to tackle once they get to the high school level.
Flag football is something enjoyed no matter a child’s age and no matter they are boys or girls, and St. Johns Flag Football & Agility Training is doing its part to teach them the ins and outs of the sport.
One of the things the training outfit does is setting up camps with professional flag football players who have played the game firsthand and understand what it takes to be successful.
The camp teachers will be the pair of Jamie Kennedy and Laval Davis, who are both a part of the USA flag football national team.
The camp will be unique because it will be a defensive back vs. wide receiver camp that will spend a lot of time working on the one-on-one battles that defensive backs and wide receivers encounter during a game.
Parents can register their children by emailing at trainflag.com, and the price of the four-hour camp is $40 per child.
As members of the national squad, Davis is a two-time gold medalist and Kennedy is a gold medalist as well, which gives them a unique experience to pass along to the children attending the camp.
The two are recent gold medal winners after Team USA brought home the gold medal during a flag football tournament in North Carolina in early July.
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.
