flag football
Flag Football enables players to enjoy the sport of football without the aspect of tackling. The purpose of CDC's flag football program is to provide an opportunity for the participants to have fun, learn the sport and develop life skills including a lifelong love of the game.
AGE DIVISIONS
CO-ED
Kindergarten-1st Grade
2nd Grade
SPORTS SEASONS
Fall- Early August through September/early October
COST
$115 per season. In addition to the sports fee, families are asked to pay a membership fee of $50 once per year. All families are required to volunteer during the season, but can choose to opt-out of volunteering by paying $25.
VOLUNTEER REQUIREMENT/OUT-OUT FEE
Carmel Dads' club requires every family to pay $25 or work a two-hour shift in the concession stand for a sporting event. Athletes whose parents serve as a league commissioner, head coach or team sponsor are exempt from this requirement.
REGISTRATION
Registration for Fall - Flag Football is open May 4- June 22.
Special requests are taken into consideration such as practice dates, side of town, coach request, and buddy request; however, sport fees cannot be refunded after DATE in the event we are not able to accommodate your requests.
*Refund Policy – If you register your child(ren) for one of our sports programs and then opt for them not to participate, refund requests are granted AS LONG AS the refund request is made during that sport season’s regular open registration period. Refunds are NOT given if requested after open registration unless there is a medical reason your child cannot participate. For more information or if you have questions or concerns regarding this refund policy, please contact the office.
The fall late fee's begin July 1st.
The fall refund deadline is July 1st.
PRACTICE AND GAMES
CDC offers an east and a west practice location to facilitate travel for the flag football league families. We attempt to have coaches from both sides of town.
The east side practice location will be at Prather Park (formerly known as River Road Park).
The west side location will be at Towne Meadow. All games will be played at Hermann or Pittman Fields.
GEAR REQUIRED
CDC will provide uniform jerseys. Players are asked to supply their own football pants or shorts, mouthpiece, water bottle and football (size K2).
COACH TOOLKIT
FLAG FOOTBALL RULES
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
All families are asked to fulfill a volunteer obligation by working as Head Coach, Team Sponsor, Sport Commissioner, Concession Worker or paying the Opt-Out Fee when they have a child playing in this sport.
HEAD COACHES
Volunteer coaches are needed for every team. Please consider volunteering as head coach when registering your child.
Head Coaches are asked to attend a coaches meeting before the season starts and will receive rosters, schedule and uniforms. Coaches will sign up for their practice time by calling the office at their scheduled time and selecting from available times and locations.
ASSISTANT COACHES
We are also in need parents that are willing to assistant coach out of goodwill for their team - in addition to their volunteer obligation.
LEAGUE COMMISSIONERS
If you are interested, please contact General Commissioner
