The game
Tackle and flag
Contact. Pads and a helmet.
The ball moves by running and passing, and a play ends when the carrier is tackled, steps out, or scores. Clubs field tackle teams through their district association.
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Non-contact. A flag pull ends the play.
No tackle, and no pads. Flag football is the discipline on the programme of the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games. State athletes and officials move toward national selection through UPAFA and the American Football Federation of India (AFFI).
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Where the game starts.
Club play is the first step. Young athletes learn the game with a district club before they move up the state pathway.
Youth development.
Youth (under 14), Junior (14–17), and Senior (18+). Players start at a district club and move up through the state pathway.
From a local club to the national federation.
- Club
- District
- Zone
- UPAFA
- AFFI
A club affiliates through the district association in whose territory it plays. UPAFA holds the zones and the districts, and is affiliated with the American Football Federation of India (AFFI).
IFAF. The International Federation of American Football. AFFI is the federation it recognizes for India.
LA28. Flag football on the programme of the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games, through national selection under AFFI.
Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games.
Flag football is on the Olympic programme in Los Angeles in 2028. UPAFA’s role is the state pathway — players and officials — toward national selection under AFFI.
