Welcome to the Bulldogs Atom Football program!

COACH'S MESSAGE

The 2009 Coaching Staff is excited about the upcoming season of football. We will be stressing the importance of fundamental skill development through a strong work ethic and sound discipline. We will be working with the coaching staff of the Pee Wee team to develop a seamless system of Bulldogs football. We will be implementing some new ideas for team building – pre-game warm-ups at our field, bus rides to the games, helmet sticker incentives as well as using the website and Colin’s video expertise to provide feedback to the athletes.

Athletes will be given the opportunity to practice all the skills during the pre-season camps and then asked to work on specific skills for one or two types of positions for the season, based on the coaching staff’s assessment of the athletes’ abilities, aptitude and physical fitness.

Atom football is a non-competitive league, therefore scores and standings are not kept officially. Win or lose, we want to make each and every game a positive experience for the athletes and it will be important for the families to keep things in perspective. It is our goal for the team to run a variety of plays; both passing and running throughout the season. It is our expectation that the team be able to perform the skills to execute the plays and know their respective assignments for each play. Our team’s success will be measured by the smiles at the end of the season… coaches, athletes and parents.

Andrew Williams
Co-head coach – Atom football

GENERAL INFO:

Our objective at the Atom level is to introduce football to the children in a safe and fun manner. Atom games are usually played Saturday/Sunday afternoons.

The rules and regulations for Atom Football are designed to create a safe and fair playing ground for all players:

1. There are only 10 players/team on the field at a time.
2. Games are to be played on a half field (50-yard line to end zone).
3. Games are controlled scrimmage style as follows: The team starts at the 50-yard line and runs 5 offensive plays, then the opposing team starts at the 50-yard line and runs 5 offensive plays. They switch off six times for a total of 30 offensive plays each.
4. No score or stats are recorded.
5. There are no formal referees. 1 referee from each team, coach recommended.
6. There is no kicking in Atom games.
7. One coach from each team allowed on the field.

ATOM CONTACTS:

Andrew Williams, Co-Head Coach - trina@tiroclarke.com
Sandy McRea, Co-Head Coach - sandymcrae@shaw.ca
Colin Curwen, Team Manager - colin@curwen.com