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Study: Limits on football practice contact making a big difference
Limiting contact during high school football practices was undoubtedly going to reduce head-impact exposure for athletes, but we were unsure just how much. Now, we finally have an idea. [caption id="attachment_14682" align="alignright" width="...
Riddell offering equipment grants to football teams
Riddell's Smarter Football program is a grassroots campaign that recognizes and rewards those who advance the sport through more progressive playing habits and approaches to the game. The aim of smarter football is to help teams bolster ...
Concussion worries force Pa. town to end youth tackle football
Concerns over concussions have forced a Pennsylvania community to drop tackle football for its youth programs. The Windber Youth Football League (Windber, Pennsylvania) switched from flag to tackle football six seasons ago, but concussion worries ...
Ohio prep football players suing former coach, athletic director
Five Ohio high school football players are suing their former coaches and athletic director, claiming they were subjected to constant harassment and bullying. [caption id="attachment_16144" align="alignleft" width="200"] St. Marys football[/captio...
Beating the heat this summer
With summer workouts on the horizon, coaches must be up to speed on the best ways to keep their players safe from heat illnesses. Education is the first step to keeping athletes in playing shape. The National Federation of State High School Associ...
Three invaluable qualities of football coaches
The most important qualities of football coaches relate to the culture they set and the actions they take away from the playing field. Even the most successful football coaches understand the game isn’t all about Xs and Os. To build a cohesive, win...
14-year-old North Carolina student dies following football workout
A 14-year-old North Carolina student died Tuesday, one day following a summer conditioning workout with the high school football program. [caption id="attachment_16111" align="alignright" width="299"] Karson Cross, center. | Photo from GoFundMe.c...
Starting from scratch
New Texas high school is building an athletic program from the ground up It’s not yet 9 a.m. on the last Friday of April and the thermometer in Leander, Texas, is stretching toward 80 degrees as Rob Schoenfeld pulls another set of boxes from t...
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