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American
Youth Cheer Sponsored by
AYC Membership Structure
AYC has
established a comprehensive easily adaptable set of governing principles:
AYF/AYC is configured into two independent structures. 1) Tournament Memberships and 2) Local Membership. Declaration of your organizations intention/structure is required yearly at registration. 1. Tournament Membership Structure:
Tournament Membership Structure
pertains to those leagues that plan to American Youth Cheer rules are only available to our members. To become a member visit www.joinayf.com 2. Local Membership Structure: Local
Membership Structure
stays true to the
Tournament Membership Structure: Terminology/Definitions Region: A Region is defined as a geographic territory. The geographic territory is determined by the AYF National Office. The 8 regional territories that make up AYF can be found online at: AYF Regional Map. A Region is comprised of Member Conferences within their territories that have applied for, and have been granted membership, by the National Office. Conference: A Conference is defined by the geographic boundary of its membership. A Conference’s membership is the Associations that have applied for, and have been granted membership, by the Conferences governing body. In keeping with the American Youth Football’s Goals and Philosophies no application for membership should be unreasonably withheld. Team: Teams are further broken down into Small - Large and skill classification Red – Blue. Maximum team size is 36 members
Small team 4 – 16 members, male and/or female. Large team 17 – 36 members, male and/or female. (Mascots are not included in the total count) 10 & under teams will compete as RED only. Download the AYC Age Chart For Age/Division Information. AYC Rules and Regulations AYC rulebooks are only available to our members. To become a member visit www.joinayf.com.
American
Youth Football recommends and follows, for Regional and National Rule Books and Operations manuals can be found on the MyAYF control panel. This site is available to members only; use the password and username you were emailed upon joining. If your league or conference is a member of AYF and you are a coach or league administrator and don't have a username and password, ask your league administrator to add you to the league account or supply you with the necessary rules.
UCA will provide Cheer camps, Coaches clinics and educational resources for AYC members. In addition: UCA Representatives will provide a support system for AYC members at all levels: Local and Regional Support for all AYC members is at your fingertips. Need help planning an event, educating coaches/participants/parents, need rule clarifications, AYC competition/qualifying guidelines...UCA will help! Contact the AYC/UCA National Coordinator, Lauri Harris at Lharris@uca.com or your State Director (find your state director here) for more information. In 2009 UCA will help to present an enhanced AYC National Championships. Details are still to come, but expect AYC Nationals to take on the incredible energy and excitement that UCA is known for! More about UCA: UCA's goal is to inspire leadership on and off the field. All of UCA's material and programs are centrally focused on the traditional role of cheerleading. UCA believes the primary purpose of a cheerleader is to support athletic programs and lead the crowd before and during games. Cheerleaders play an instrumental role in raising, leading and maintaining school spirit in and around their communities. In short, they are leaders in building general morale at their school! See www.uca.com for more. VARSITY: The Official Uniform Partner of AYC!
Since its founding in 1974 by Jeff Webb, Varsity has been the driving force making cheerleading the dynamic, athletic, high profile activity it is today. Varsity has driven the development of the phenomenon that is Cheerleading as we know it today! AYC and UCA Partner to provide Cheer Camps and Coaches Clinics As part of a partnership created to help AYC leagues be more successful, AYC and UCA are offering Cheer Camps and clinics to educate, motivate and protect both Cheerleaders and Coaches! Learn more about UCA/AYC Camps and Clinics and contact a State Director to set your date! Information on our AYC National
Championship Event will be posted at www.ayfchampionships.com as it
becomes available.
STEP
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