Give flag football a try

Check out this fun, fast sport—no experience required!

Flag football is one of the fastest-growing sports in the US. No specific skills are required to play, and boys and girls of all ages can join. “Flag football is a sport for everyone,” Kelly Hantman, co-founder of Westfield PAL Girls Flag Football, in Westfield, New Jersey, told The Week Junior. “It’s an opportunity to participate in something just for fun and learn the values of being part of a team, like collaboration, facing a challenge, and learning success.” Here’s how to get started. Understand the game Flag football is a “no contact” sport, which means players don’t tackle one another like they do in regular football. Instead, each player wears a belt with two small flags. Players try to remove one or both of their opponent’s flags to end…

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