Maryland Schools to Implement Heads Up Football Program
May 6, 2014 / Football
From The Washington Post
The Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association endorsed USA Football’s Heads Up Football tackling program last week and will implement the program for Maryland high school football teams for the 2014 season, MPSSAA Executive Director Ned Sparks announced this week.
The endorsement is unprecedented in state high school athletic associations: though Heads Up Football has been endorsed by the NFL, Pacific-12, Big Ten, Big 12, and the National Federation of State High School Associations, Maryland will be the first state to officially partner with the program in an effort to entrench its approach statewide.The Heads Up program emphasizes education about proven methods of reducing the risks of playing football and provides training in concussion awareness and prevention, guidelines for properly fitting equipment, rules for hydration and nutrition, and information about the safest tackling techniques and how to teach them.
The MPSSAA will not mandate that its schools comply with and implement the program’s guidelines, but Sparks said he expects 50 to 60 percent of schools to implement the program this season, and he hopes for 100 percent participation in two years.
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