Homecoming is Tradition
Remember your first few weeks of high school? You learned where your classes were, tried to impress new coaches, and realized that you better figure out how to get a…
Read More The Park Ridge Football and Cheer is a youth sports organization that is dedicated to teaching young athletes the most important attributes that come from being a part of a great program. These attributes are things like sportsmanship, work ethic, teamwork, and a positive mental attitude to name a few. This blog will be focused on articles about those topics and many more. We hope that you enjoy our blog articles and look forward to continuing our journey to help inspire as many young student-athletes as possible.
Park Ridge Falcons Fly Together
“Be Original, Work Harder” is the slogan for Spring 2021 Park Ridge Falcons travel football – and we gave out shirts to memorialize it in our community. We want our…
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8 Ways To Be a Great Teammate
The best youth football teams are made up of players who work together as a team and are willing to make individual sacrifices. A team with unselfish players will usually…
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No One Cares Where You Played in Youth Sports
What Level of Football Do You Play? With the traditional Fall 2021 football season registration coming up, we wanted to address some of the unfortunate confusion in town relative to…
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Lesson #1: Run Hard, Run Straight, and Don’t Stop
Sports teach life lessons. That’s really the whole thing, especially for youth sports. Yes, the kids get exercise, they make new friends, they learn new skills. As coaches, we have…
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The Number 1 Problem with Crazy Sports Parents
Park Ridge Football believes the issue of coaches and parents obsessing about either youth or high school athletic status, house vs travel levels, Freshman A vs B decisions, All-Star vs.…
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Park Ridge Football, Leadership, and Life
At Park Ridge Football & Cheer, the 4 main pillars which we base everything we do are fun, safety, skill development and education. In order to further emphasize the importance…
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A Fat Old Lineman Falls in Love with Coaching Flag
Let’s Start with My Football Background I played football back in the day, Maine South class of ’89, baby. Go Hawks! This was the Phil Hopkins era, before Coach Inserra taught…
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Everyone Starts and Ends Somewhere in Sports
Tryouts of any kind are prohibited by Park Ridge Football. Why? Simple answer is that it’s a ‘no cut’ sport, and there is no way to know how they’ll develop.…
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Shared Values Among Youth Football Coaches and Athletes
Shared Values Among Youth Football Coaches and Athletes We (Park Ridge Football & Cheer) teach our youth athletes critical lessons, such as sportsmanship, teamwork, work ethic, and respect. We realize…
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