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so we've participated in a few um and one of our board members actually this year said hey why don't we you know this this being our first year uh with such numbers why don't we go ahead and um try our own so that's kind of how it got started the naperville saints which until 2019 was known as st rayfields football is the town's longest running youth football organization dating back to 1963. looking to expand beyond the st rayfield football community the program wanted to kick off the 2022 youth football season with a special preseason event this summer the group hosted its first ever jamboree on saturday august 13th at both knock and nike park we're doing this to get our players ready they can scrimmage and play full plays against kids their own age we can really get them excited to play get their parents ready and as you can hear behind me all the fun stuff going on on the field shows that the early season competition also aims to increase the number of youth football players in the area after a decline in past seasons each game featured kids from ages 7 to 14 all geared up in their game day uniform and were ready to run hit make plays on the field and have fun the goal of the jamboree is to get these kids together get them in a close to simulated live game environment get them used to putting on their actual game day uniforms and running through the plays that they work on in practice it's gotten a lot of families out to see what their kids have been working on keep in mind we've only been at practice for a couple weeks now so what makes it worth it is and what and where you know is successful is you see how happy the kids are you see how much fun the parents and the families are having and that's how you know it's been a success the first ever jamboree was a positive sign to the youth football community in naperville we went from about 250 to 420 kids this year so a bunch of growth and we were we were just really excited about having that many people interested and back into football in naperville the coaching staff of the saints has been taking as many safety precautions as possible for a better and safer game all of these are pivotal for them and the parents who want their kids to get that contact experience prior to playing at the high school level my 11 year old played last year and that was his first year playing tackle so we kind of saw how it went and coming from flag football which i don't think is as safe as tackle because they're not in equipment so this was definitely a better option my son's little so he's gonna have people coming after him but i think with helmet and pad and all that stuff then he's a lot more protected so so we feel like he's safe out there after a great turnout the organization is excited for a bright future there's a lot to be excited about with the with naperville saints youth fault but even more broadly um football in naperville which has been on the decline in recent years for several factors so now that we're seeing seeing it surge back up the more people are educated about the game of football today versus what it was 10 20 years ago now the saints look forward to seeing the program grow and continue the story traditions of prep football in the city of naperville for naperville news 17 i'm patrick koto [Music]
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