30 · 7v7 national team
Skill football at speed, at 8U, 10U, 13U and 16U.
The competitive side of the academy. Four age divisions, major Texas tournaments, select Florida events, and real exposure for athletes who want the next level.
Chapter 01
What 7v7 is, and why it develops skill positions faster
7v7 is football with the line play taken out. No offensive or defensive line, no tackling, and usually a shorter field. What is left is quarterbacks, receivers, running backs, linebackers and defensive backs doing the thing they actually get recruited for, over and over, at full speed.
The development case for it is simple arithmetic. In a full-contact game a receiver might see the ball a handful of times across four quarters. In a 7v7 tournament weekend the same athlete runs routes against live coverage all day. Reps are how technique becomes reflex, and this format buys an athlete several times the reps for the same amount of weekend.
It is also the safest competitive football G1 runs, which makes it the honest recommendation for a family who wants their child challenged but is not ready for contact, or for an athlete coming back from an injury who should not be taking hits yet.
A G1 Football Academy athlete set in a defensive stance on the field
Division by division, and what each is really doing
The four divisions are 8U, 10U, 13U and 16U, and they are not the same activity at different heights. An 8U roster is learning to play a position at all: line up here, this is your assignment, this is how you get off the line. Wins matter much less than whether a child can execute one job without being told twice.
By 13U the athletes are running real route trees against defenders who can read them, and coaching moves from what to do toward how to beat the person in front of you. At 16U the competitive purpose changes again, because these athletes are inside the window where college programs are genuinely looking, and the tournament calendar becomes part of a recruiting plan rather than just a season.
Coaching across the divisions comes from the same staff. Lawann Latson runs the offensive system as offensive coordinator, and the athletes he has developed toward the NFL include Tank Dell, KaVontae Turpin, Trent Taylor, Terrace Marshall Jr., Tyler Hudson, John Stephens Jr. and Calvin Jackson Jr. London Crawford coaches receivers and tight ends from a career that took him through 37 games at Arkansas and on to the Houston Texans. Ron Brooks coaches the defensive backs who have to cover them.
Chapter 03
Travel, exposure, and what nobody can promise you
The team competes in major tournaments across Texas and in select tournaments in Florida, which extends reach and exposure beyond the state. For a family that means real travel weekends, and it is worth asking about the schedule early so you can see the season before committing to it. Costs depend on the division and the season, so call (972) 269-5188 for the figure that applies to your athlete's group.
On recruiting, here is the part worth being plain about. Showcase events and national tournaments put an athlete in front of people who evaluate athletes, and that is genuinely how exposure works at this level. Nobody at this academy or any other can promise a scholarship, and you should be suspicious of any program that implies otherwise. What a program can do is make sure your child is seen, prepared, and not carrying an avoidable technique problem when they are.
That is also why the academy pushes on the part around the football. Its stated aim is an athlete who checks every box a university looks at, which now includes academics, digital literacy and NIL-safe conduct alongside the tape. A 16U athlete with good film and a problem online is a harder recruit than one with good film and nothing to explain, and G1 teaches that as a subject rather than hoping it works out.
G1 Football Academy, Dallas, Texas. Divisions at 8U, 10U, 13U and 16U. Call (972) 269-5188.