Flag American Football
A hybrid between basketball, tag rugby and american football. Flag Football is not only the fastest growing format of American Football in Great Britain, but it's one of the fastest growing sports across the globe. Fast paced and non-contact, as tackles are made by pulling flags from opposing players hips, it's both a challenging sport in it's own right and provides a great baseline for other formats of the game as well as teaching key life skills, like active problem solving. Flag Football is a sport for all because it's....
Welcoming
A game of specialisms. Each position is different from the next and so the game naturally celebrates diversity, no matter an individual's skillset or experience. Furthermore, as a non-mainstream sport, it's centered around a supportive and social environment creating a platform where people of all ages feel like they can belong.
Activitating
Multi-directional and leveraging a wider range of physical skills compared to other sports, Flag Football is not only a social platform but also one for fitness. In an hour athletes can expend as much as 400 calories, run 3000 steps and activate nearly every muscle group in some capacity. There are few sports that can offer the same to participants.
Challenging
No matter your personal aspirations or desired level of challenge Flag Football has a format for you! Whether you're a recreational player, more competitive or even have aspirations of standing on an Olympic podium one day, all of that and more is possible in this sport!
Stimulating
Both strategic and tactical, Flag Football supports atheltes with mental agility. Decision making, situational adaptation, coordination, leadership and team work are all core facets of the game and important life skills too for any individual. At its highest levels Flag Football is a live-action chess match between teams!