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ASA Flag Football
Coach Orientation
Spring 2022
Chad Smith
2/28/2022 1
Introduction
• The coach overview is designed
to set the conditions for the
success of the league, and
provide coaches information
regarding expectations,
equipment, officials, rules, and
the game.
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Agenda
• Overview
• Rules of the Game
• Coaching Musts
• 2022 Timeline
• Questions
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ASA Philosophy
• The ASA Sports program
strongly emphasizes the child
first, and the sport second.
• Coaches have a tremendous
impact on young people.
• Success is not defined by
winning.
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Sportsmanship and Participation • The ASA Football Program regards bad sportsmanship as unnecessary and completely intolerable. • Sportsmanship is everyone's business. • Coaches are responsible for their team’s (coaches, parents and players) behavior. • Good sportsmanship is a priority in the development of ASA athletes. • MINIMUM PLAYING RULE - Except for injuries, all players must start on either Offense or Defense and may only sit out 1 play per half. Free substitution is allowed in any overtime period.
2022 Flag Football
Board
Chad Smith
Commissioner
Chad Smith Chris Coleman
DK Director D1 Director
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2/28/2022Flag Football
Divisions
• DK – Kindergarten – 6 Teams
• D1 – 1st Grade – 6 Teams
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2/28/2022Uniforms and Equipment • Players must wear a solid one color shorts or pants with no stripes. • Jerseys are not provided. • All players must wear a colored mouth guard. • All players in D1 must wear a soft shell helmet. • Each team must use Flag-a-Tag Sonic Boom Flags. • Ball Size: Wilson K-2 (Pee Wee) • Each team can supply their own football for their offense to use during a game.
Soft Shell Helmets Foam rugby style helmet NO hard plastic shells
Field Rules and
Boundaries
• Each game is played on one end of the field only (30 yard
line and in).
• Two games may be played on the same field, at the same
time, one on each end of the field.
• All football coaches and players must remain in the area
between the two twenty (20) yard lines. Coaches should
be no closer than one yard (3 feet) and players no closer
than two yards (6 feet) from the out of bounds line. All
spectators must remain five yards (15 feet) beyond the
out of bounds line.
• Coaches are responsible for cleaning up their sideline
after their game.
• Spectators who are beyond the twenty (20) yard lines
may not coach or instruct players in any manner. They
can encourage, but not instruct. Spectators desiring to
take pictures or video tape games must remain at least
five yards (15 feet) from the boundary lines.Game Field
G 15 30 30 15 G
No Running Zone / Pass ONLY
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2/28/2022Coaches on the Field • For Kindergarten Division, two (2) coaches will be allowed on the field. Division 1, one (1) coach will be allowed on the field. The coach may assist the players in calling their plays in the huddle and in lining up the players in their proper positions. • A coach may give verbal instruction until the ball is snapped. Once the ball is snapped all communication (verbal and non-verbal) from both the offense and defense coaches on the field is prohibited. The spirit of the rule is to allow coaches to call the play and line the players up correctly—period.
Game Format • The game will be played per ASA FLAG Football rules. All players are eligible to receive a pass including the quarterback after a hand-off. The center is also an eligible receiver. • Two 20 minute halfs with a running clock. • 5 minute half-time. • 25 seconds to get a play off. • Ball placed at the 30 yard line to start each offensive possession. • There will be no ties. Overtime rules are used until one team wins.
Offensive Positions
• The offense shall have a QB, center and 5 eligible receivers. (The center is
eligible) All plays must start with a center snap between their legs. Each
offensive team MUST have at least one offensive player on the line of
scrimmage, and the remainder can line up anywhere they want.
• The offense can either run or pass. The quarterback cannot run the ball, he
must handoff or pass the ball. The player who takes the hand-off may throw if
he is behind the line of scrimmage.
• Once a team is in the no running zone the ball must cross the line of
scrimmage in the air and cannot be passed behind the line of scrimmage and
then carried forward.
• FOR THE KINDERGARTEN DIVISION ONLY- Each player must carry the ball at
least once per game before any player can carry the ball more than once. An
attempted pass reception is considered a carry. The league suggestion is to
run the players who do not normally carry the ball on your first few offensive
plays, then use your regular backs the rest of the game. Coaches must develop
a plan to implement this rule.Defensive Positions • The defense may line up in any defensive formation they desire. There is no prohibition as to zone or man. • When the quarterback transitions (hands off or passes) the football any defensive player can cross the line of scrimmage. Players may blitz (cross the line of scrimmage before the quarterback transitions the football) as long as they are a minimum of seven yards from the line of scrimmage. A special marker, or the referee, will designate seven yards from the line of scrimmage.
General Game Rules
• “No running zones” are located five yards from a first down and the
goal line. This is designed to avoid short yardage power-running
situations. The use of high motion is NOT allowed. Motion is allowed
as in regular Fall ASA football rules.
• If the quarterback fumbles the snap ONLY he is allowed to pick it up
and continue the play.
• Spinning is allowed, but players cannot leave their feet to avoid a
defensive player, no jumping.
• The ball is spotted where the ball carrier’s feet are when the flag is
pulled, not where the ball is.
• If a player who is the ball carrier falls down the play is dead.
• If a ball carriers flag falls out during a play the play is not dead until
the ball carrier is touched.Blocking Rules – Kindergarten Division • In KINDERGARTEN DIVISION – No “contact” blocking is allowed, only “shield” blocking. • An offensive player may attempt to get in the way of a defensive player, but his arms and hands must be kept straight down against his own body and not extended away from his own body. The offensive player can not initiate contact with the defensive player. • Conversely, a defensive player must attempt to go around a shield block and can not “run through” the block or initiate contact with the offensive player.
Blocking Rules – Division 1 • In DIVISION 1, hands ONLY contact blocking is allowed. • Offensive players may contact defensive players with their open hands anywhere above the waist and below the neck of the defensive player. No contact to the head or neck is allowed. • Offensive players can NOT block with their shoulders or forearms/elbows. • Defensive players are allowed to contact offensive players with their hands and arms to avoid and/or defeat a block. • No closed fist contact is allowed.
Special Playing
Rules
• Defensive tackling is defined as intentional tripping or intentionally
contacting any offensive player by force. The ball carrier has the
responsibility to avoid intentional contact. Game officials can use
their discretion on other acts of contact to determine if contact is
intentional.
• There will be no fumble recovery. Once the ball is dropped and
touches the ground, it is dead at the point of loss of possession, and
the team that has possession will run the next play from that point.
Intercepted passes can not be advanced. Mid-air fumbles or
intercepted pitches are treated the same as an interception.
• The ball carrier is not allowed to move, push or knock away the
hands of the defensive player trying to get the player’s flag. The ball
carrier is not allowed to “protect” the flags by use of hands, arms or
the ball. A ball carrier may not “stiff” arm. A ball carrier’s running
style is not a factor in flag guarding, if the hands intentionally
protect the flags it will be flagged as flag guarding.
• Flags may not be pulled from players not in possession of the ball.
• The complete ASA Flag Football Rules and Policies can be found at:
http://www.allensports.org/Portals/3/Documents/Football/ASA%20Flag
%20Rules%20and%20Policies%20-%20Spring%202020.pdfCoaching musts:
• Attend ASA coach meeting.
• Know the rules.
• Provided practice and game schedules.
• Make arrangements to get jerseys and
flags (ASA does not provide them).
• Hold a parent meeting.
• Attend division coordinator scheduled
meetings.
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2/28/2022Practices
• Once teams are formed, and rosters
are final, teams may practice at the
Head Coach’s discretion.
• Regular season practices are limited
to 4 Hours per week maximum, and
practice must not last beyond 8:00
PM.
• Regular Season begins March 19th.
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2/28/20222022 Timeline
• Registration opens January 2
• Registration closes February 12
• Regular Season Starts March 19
• Regular Season Ends May 7
• D1 Playoffs May 14
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2/28/2022Questions
• Please contact your Head Coach or the
appropriate ASA Football Division Director
with any questions during the season.
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2/28/2022Thank you!
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