Good Friday all.  Ok.  we have talked about it at length and I am not going to stop. We can not have coaches allowing athletes in any Sport to put themselves in a position to be hurt. This is terrible.  But to be honest I have both seen this and lived this time and again. These two boys are tackling helmet to helmet and with the top of the head no less.  This coach has no business allowing this type of drill if these kids do not know what they are doing. These boys should not be in the drill because they clearly do not know how to tackle correctly. It takes weeks to develop proper technique in a young player and 80% of that can be done in a tackling progression drill from the ground up using dummies and pads. So Watch This and see what I am talking about: Now take this drill and times it by a hundred.  Then a thousand.  Then Ten Thousand.  Because across America this is happening all the time. These hits lead to issues both short and long term.  Both Kids … [Read more...]