2009 Weigh Ins & PPK

PLEASE forward this message to your coaches and/or discuss a few items with your parents prior to the PPK at Sheldon on August 8th.

Sheldon is the host of the 2009 PPK and we want welcome everyone to the campus to do the mandatory weigh-in and PPK competition. Last year Sheldon hosted and the event went fairly well. I would like to speak about a few things from last year in an attempt to improve and hopefully move a bit faster this year. Someone else may be giving more specific direction in the near future, but here are a few things to keep in mind:

1) Please park in front of Sheldon HS in the regular parking lot. Please do not park in the swimming pool parking lot. If necessary, park behind the school. Last year my truck was broken into in broad daylight at around 1 PM during this event (my window was smashed). Please warn people about leaving valuables in the car.

2) Please line the teams up in the courtyard prior to entering the right side doors into the cafeteria. Please ensure that kids are not hanging on tree branches, peeling paint from the building, or tearing up flower beds while they are in the courtyard. All this happened last year causing hundreds of dollars in damage that the school (not Pop Warner) was left paying.

3) After lining up in the courtyard, a team will enter the cafeteria together. The kids will need to be weighed in at the electronic scale. Immediately after, the book will be given to the people verifying team books. Last year it took several hours for books to be returned, so be ready for the delay and have someone willing to linger to pick up team books.

4) After exiting the cafeteria through the opposite doors, please walk back through the courtyard toward the front parking lot, walk past the pool to the football field (nobody should walk through the gym area, please, for security reasons).

5) While at the football field, the head coach and assistant coaches of each team will be responsible for getting the kids lined up, and moving through the events. A WVPW Board member will be directing traffic, but coaches should be ready to pretty much run the drills, including marking distances and writing down the distances.

6) A WVPW Board member will be collecting the papers after the distances are calculated.

8) Food and beverages will likely be available at a reasonable price, possibly even an option of a $5 burger basket lunch for parents and/or kids.

9) Bob Canaday usually sets up a tent offering attire and gear. It is likely that he will have many options for kids/parents/coaches for the upcoming season.

10) Immediately following the PPK event, teams are asked to move off the field to make room for other teams. If people like, they may watch from the stands or from the paved area around the field.

11) Keep in mind that Sheldon is the host, but is not responsible for organizing the event. I appreciate the offers that people have sent via email assuming that Sheldon is coordinating the event. I have tried to direct people to Kim. However, I will be on site for pretty much the entire day to manage the facilities and keep people flowing to their next destination.

12) In summary, Sheldon is happy to host the PPK, but we need to move teams through quickly in order to give all 1400 athletes an opportunity to complete the event. Please keep kids, parents, coaches, etc, out of hallways and interior restrooms. Please pick up an trash on the ground (if it is not yours it is likely from a Pop Warner person so please help).

Thank you all for your consideration of the above. This will be a great event and it will take us ALL to make it a success!