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After a successful 2015 campaign, the St. Louis SLAM women’s professional tackle football franchise is cultivating its 2016 season by hosting an open tryout this weekend in St. Louis.
The squad’s public tryout, held this Saturday from 10 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. at Tandy Community Center (4206 Kennerly Ave., St. Louis, MO), will give those who wish to tackle the gridiron an opportunity to join a hard-charging unit that reached the Women’s Football Alliance (WFA) post-season this past June.
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Registration fee for the tryout is $25 if paid in advance by applying at the SLAM’s official website. A walk-up registration on Saturday that begins at 9:30 a.m. has a fee of $35. One must bring a valid driver’s license and proof of insurance to participate.
The tryout will consist of sprints, agility, strength, conditioning and football assessments.
Participants are asked to bring workout clothes, tennis shoes (cleats, if you have them), water, a towel and a smile. No prior football experience is necessary, but one must be at least 18 years old to participate.
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Founded in 2003, the SLAM won the WFA National Championship in 2009 and has reached the playoffs five times out of the last seven WFA seasons. After being inactive in 2014, the SLAM successfully returned to the field in 2015 and won the WFA Great Plains Division.
Its 2016 schedule, which begins in April, will be set at a later date.
For more information on this Saturday’s tryout, call the SLAM’s hotline at (314) 884-0403.
Visit the SLAM’s official website or its official FACEBOOK page to keep up to date on the team’s latest activities.
By trade, he is a six-time, regional Emmy Award-winning news videographer/editor for KTVI/KPLR-TV. By hobby, he is a writer for Arch City Media, dating back to February 2014. Emphasis is on featuring and promoting local women's sports, but will cover anything that is not reported by traditional media outlets. Also a contributor to local concert reviews.
