WE HAVE BEEN BRANDED...

The EPIC Knights will proudly wear the Schutt and Under Armour Brand this season.  Under Armour does not sponsor our team but the Under Armour company will provide The Knights with all of its Under Armour Cleats, Wide Reciever Gloves and many other Under Armour products by way of the Barcelona Sporting Goods of Houston, Tx.

Join The EPIC Knights for the 2009 season! We offer both select competitive youth tackle football for ages 8-12 and competitive  youth tackle football for ages 5-12.

There is only one real difference between the select competitive and the competitive teams and that is playing time.  For those athletes whom usually get over shadowed by the more dominate players those days are over.  All of our athletes will have their moment to shine.  We want to separate the more dominate players who learn at a faster pace by grouping them all together to make one team (select competitive).  We will hand pick these players after several tryouts and create a teams where their the coaches can work a little faster to get them better and reduce the repetitive aspect of coaching for the sake of the players that need more time to execute correctly. 

This does not mean that our competitive team will be made up of players with little or no skill and no chance to win.  We will win with both teams.  We will take the competitive team and perform a series of exercises that will continuously improve their ability to play and become more dominant as will be the same process for the select competitive team.  All we have done is just group like players with like talent to creete a balance that makes it easier to teach.  Other organizations usually bury their less than dominate players within areas of the offense and defense where their is less opportunity to learn therefore their playing time is usually limited to the league's Minimum Play Requirement (M.P.R.).  The M.P.R. range, for most leagues, is 4 to 8 plays within the entire game that each player is require to receive.  Many players fall into this trap and only get what thr M.P.R. allows.  We are in the business of building  dominate players.  This removes the need to work within the M.P.R. system.  The system that we will use to determine who plays and for how long will be based on participation in practice and at home.   

Without game time experience it is very hard to truly improve.  The games are the stage and our athletes are the performers and it is a part of learning to see how well your performance improves from week to week.  We use Strengths Based Coaching styles which is a fancy way of saying that we will build our program from year to year around the abilities the children already have, then grow from there.  This is better than the traditional program that usually takes the children and ask them to fit into a system that they may not be a good fit for. 

We will provide the players with position training which will be done within a dedicated practice each week throughout the season.  This practice will group all the players by position so that they can learn the skills necessary to improve at that position.  We will also utilize half the time of a practice if not the time of an entire practice each week perform foot work, speed drills and strength and conditioning.  I will be honest with you that opt to go with out program, the kids will be ask to work at their fullest capability.  With only one to two practice left to learn offense and defense and special teams our work out will be very full and will utilize the entire practice time in order to achieve our goals. 

The select competitive and the competitive teams will practice at the same time on the same team.  The select competitive teams will practice the same way and at times the two sides will work hand and hand.  The select team and the competitive teams will scrimmage regularly so that they are properly trained for game day execution.  Our kids will be "Prepared" for each and every weekend for what ever opponent we are matched up against.

The select competitive team will not play within the same league as the competitive team so both teams will represent the EPIC Knights Branding.  Our teams will come together as one team at the end of the season and celebrate the great season that they kids will have with a big party where the teams will enjoy

The first day of practice for the Fall season will likely be in early July for the upcoming season.  Please plan your vacations accordingly! It's important for your child to try to attend all practices.  Check the program calendar for details about dates and times for various activities.

There are several scheduled tryouts and sign-ups scheduled in the early and mid summer months.  The participants are run through a predesigned program very similar to the NCAA combine's that are used to select players from the NCAA into the professional ranks.  Register early in the spring for the fall youth tackle football season!  We have a spot reserved for you  if you register early.  Also take advantage of some really good pricing deals.