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Introduction
The White Bear Youth Football Association was established in 1983 and is registered with the State of Minnesota as an independent non-profit organization offered in cooperation with the White Bear Lake Area School District Community Services/Recreation Department. We operate solely on donations, sponsor fees, player registration fees, and private contributions. While contributions are important, the time and effort devoted to the organization by board members, coaches, and many parents has contributed to our success.
In our beginning, many youth football programs were surveyed throughout the metropolitan area as well as nationwide. Our present program was developed from the best portions of all these programs. With support from the City of White Bear Lake, White Bear Lake Area School District Community Services/Recreation Department, and many volunteers, we have evolved to include; two lighted fields, a concession stand, certified referees, and increased player participation. We always seek better ways to run our program and welcome positive input from parents.
When a young person joins a football squad, they join a youth group that is striving for positive values in excellence, achievement, and teamwork. Football teaches the importance of unselfishness when striving to attain a group goal. In what other sport are there so many players who never touch the ball and without whose unselfish efforts no team goal is possible? Ask anyone who has ever played “in the pits”. Football promotes physical and mental fitness, good sportsmanship, and teamwork. It is the only sport that demands eleven players know their responsibility as an individual and execute assignments at precisely the same time.
Our goal is to teach young players how to win with humility and lose with dignity. Our philosophy is: we are a player’s league. Everything we do is for the benefit of the majority of the players. To summarize:
1) Teach the fundamentals of tackle football.
2) Teach and encourage physical and mental conditioning.
3) Teach fair play and good sportsmanship.
4) Most important -- have fun.
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