Jacksonville Jaguars Community Report 2016-2017 | Seite 32

YOUTH FOOTBALL

Community Football
Fields

7-on-7 Passing
Challenge

Mom’s Clinic

Through a partnership with
the NFL, LISC-Jacksonville,
local city and county governments, non-profit organizations and youth football
associations, the Jaguars
organization has constructed 13 safe and accessible
community football fields
throughout Northeast Florida.

The Jaguars hosted their annual Jaguars 7-on-7 Passing
Challenge with 16 area high
school football teams participating in the tournament.
This event is designed to
sharpen the skills of young
athletes while giving them
an early dose of competition
as they prepare for the high
school football season.

More than 200 North Florida
area moms took part in
the Jaguars annual Mom’s
Clinic. This free USA Heads
Up Football clinic focused on
educating moms on proper
equipment fitting, concussion awareness, heat exhaustion and hydration. Moms
and their athletes practiced
Heads Up Tackling and football related drills to better
understand how to play the
game in a safe manner. This
event is part of a series of
community Football Safety
Clinics.

Last year, Shad Khan
announced a significant
increase in the team’s
commitment to support local
youth football through the
renovation and construction
of 10 new or refurbished
football fields over three
years. This year, two new
fields in Jacksonville and one
field in Yulee, Nassau County,
were built.