Florida Youth Track and Field Association, Inc.
(FLYTAF) is a Florida not-for-profit corporation.
FLYTAF is an athletic organization that provides
athletes the opportunity to compete in track and
field events, at both the local and national levels.
Participants are male and female athletes, ages
five through eighteen primarily from Miami-Dade,
Broward, and Palm Beach counties. Many athletes
travel from other counties within the State of Florida.
Our organization provides thousands of young athletes
with exciting and quality track and field meets
that are geared toward enhancing their development
in the sport. Many of the athletes in our program
have qualified and competed in the USA and Amateur
Athletic Union (AAU) National Junior Olympics, based
on the many hours of dedication and challenges they
have endured. The focus of FLYTAF is to develop
great athletes and to also instill the value of
hard work, morals, and discipline. The coaching
and administrative staff's positive role modeling
provides our participants with experiences which
will transform these athletes into tomorrow's leaders,
or future Olympians.
FLYTAF
is a volunteer organization that relies on community
support to accomplish its program objectives. The
scheduled athletic events will reach several thousand
young people each year and provide them with supervised
activities geared towards enhancing their development
in physical fitness and positive mental discipline,
to achieve their goals.
The purpose
of Florida Youth Track and Field Association, Inc.
shall be to develop sportsmanship as a philosophy
of life, utilizing the tenets of good sportsmanship;
promoting an active interest in government and civic
affairs; inspiring respect for the law; promoting
patriotism and work for international accord with
friendship among all people; aiding and encouraging
the development of youth, in the belief that the
giving of one's self in service to others, will
advance community life and the well- being of man
kind.
