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Post by gpking on Aug 18, 2011 4:28:48 GMT -6
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Post by cats11 on Aug 20, 2011 16:32:51 GMT -6
I don't believe there is a concussion proof helmet bro. It's a contact sport, just has more protection than hockey & rugby. My son has a shutt. He wants a riddell speed, just for the looks.
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Post by gpking on Aug 22, 2011 6:15:36 GMT -6
I don't believe there is a concussion proof helmet bro. It's a contact sport, just has more protection than hockey & rugby. My son has a shutt. He wants a riddell speed, just for the looks. He has a speed helmet on order. It is not for looks. It is for protection. We didn't get the team that he wanted but he will be learning this season anyways. 1st year and his daddy is a worried wreck.
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Post by FB fan on Aug 22, 2011 6:35:03 GMT -6
We always knew you were really an old lady King. J/K It's very strange (and a little scary) the first time it's your kid on the field. You go through all the build up and practice with them then come game time you are left on the sidelines maybe for the first time ever and there is nothing for you to do. Just don't turn in to a helicopter parent. I am sure he will be fine.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2011 8:36:57 GMT -6
We always knew you were really an old lady King. J/K It's very strange (and a little scary) the first time it's your kid on the field. You go through all the build up and practice with them then come game time you are left on the sidelines maybe for the first time ever and there is nothing for you to do. Just don't turn in to a helicopter parent. I am sure he will be fine. I've heard of some parents who a defering on the youth football thing just because of injury thing. A couple of years ago, I joined those ranks and decided to defer on one of my own not playing until seventh grade. When he was in the third grade, I was sitting in the drop off line in the morning I counted two kids exiting their cars on crutches. Then I went to the school for some function and I saw a couple of arms in slings. Where did it come from? Youth football. My boy is quite on the thin side and I just didn't want to take that risk of him joining those ranks and he was fine with the decesion. So we just stick to baseball, basketball, etc for another two years while I educate him on the side about football and allow him to attend some camps. To top it off, when you have people like Troy Aikman saying the same thing, you have to take notice. Oh and I concur with the helicopter parent thing 100%. One thing I also notice (and it's just not football around here) is former "greats" trying to make sure their legacy shines as it gets to the middle and high school levels and some (not all) of these kids parents can get quite annoying doing it. And I will note some of the Mamas are more annoying than the Dads.
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Post by gpjohn on Aug 22, 2011 10:02:42 GMT -6
We opted out of youth football, mainly because we were concerned about injuries and coaching. I know that the youth coaches mean well, but I just don't know how much training they get. I know in baseball it is practically zero, just have to be willing! But football is different than baseball in that baseball is not intended to be a contact sport. (yes I know there is some contact in baseball, but not every play like football!) If a well intentioned coach is teaching the wrong techniques, or is not correcting poor technique, a kid could be injured, and then does the coach have the training to recognize and/or treat an injury?
Again, I know that the promoters and coaches of the youth football leagues are all well intentioned, but I would be very careful in having my kid involved.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2011 10:35:13 GMT -6
We opted out of youth football, mainly because we were concerned about injuries and coaching. I know that the youth coaches mean well, but I just don't know how much training they get. I know in baseball it is practically zero, just have to be willing! But football is different than baseball in that baseball is not intended to be a contact sport. (yes I know there is some contact in baseball, but not every play like football!) If a well intentioned coach is teaching the wrong techniques, or is not correcting poor technique, a kid could be injured, and then does the coach have the training to recognize and/or treat an injury? Again, I know that the promoters and coaches of the youth football leagues are all well intentioned, but I would be very careful in having my kid involved. We are on the same page. My oldest had that problem in youth football. Now to the coaches credit, most of them knew their stuff. The issue was he didn't play his first season until 4th grade while most of the other kids had been playing since the get go and he was picked by a team who's Dad's (Most of the Coaches) would fit the above legacy types and it seemed more like they were getting the own ready for 7th grade . I think he and about two others were first year players. Needless to say he paid for it a few times and he expected it and I stressed it over and over even as we walked up to the table on sign up day. What bothered me is he and the other newcomers were not pulled over to the side and shown some of the basic things and were just thrown into the fire. He took some licks, came home a few times wanting to quit, but he stuck to it.
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Post by gpjohn on Aug 22, 2011 10:54:41 GMT -6
I'm sure that 99% of the coaches are good guys who want to do right. But the other 1% who are "win at any cost" types can either get a kid injured, or turn him off to football. I saw plenty of those types in Little League Baseball, I hate to think what a more agressive sport like football would possibly bring out in them.
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Post by texan90 on Sept 14, 2011 12:59:14 GMT -6
Advice from a coach. Teach them to play soccer. Works their feet and teaches them to kick and condition. Football is great fun but BAD habits form and ego's get bruised when they hit 7th grade and can't take the heat. Just my 2 cents. Take it for what it is. Working with young kids is hard enough without having to teach them to listen to the coach on what to do, and not the Pee-wee coach. Not saying that their aren't some good ones out there, just that sometimes they just don't know what they need to teach the boys or how to go about teaching the boys. Plus no one wants to see a 3rd - 5th grader on crutches or in a sling with a busted growth plate. One thing we run into is parents buying their kids the wrong size helmet because they want their kid to have their own. Not safe for the kid and the school does supply helmets that are safe.
Like I said, just my .02 cents.
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Post by FB fan on Sept 14, 2011 15:59:36 GMT -6
Advice from a coach. Teach them to play soccer. Works their feet and teaches them to kick and condition. Football is great fun but BAD habits form and ego's get bruised when they hit 7th grade and can't take the heat. Just my 2 cents. Take it for what it is. Working with young kids is hard enough without having to teach them to listen to the coach on what to do, and not the Pee-wee coach. Not saying that their aren't some good ones out there, just that sometimes they just don't know what they need to teach the boys or how to go about teaching the boys. Plus no one wants to see a 3rd - 5th grader on crutches or in a sling with a busted growth plate. One thing we run into is parents buying their kids the wrong size helmet because they want their kid to have their own. Not safe for the kid and the school does supply helmets that are safe. Like I said, just my .02 cents. I accidentally followed your advice with my son. I say that because I was active duty Navy and where I was stationed during my son's younger years there was no pee wee football of any kind. There was plenty of soccer in Scotland as you can imagine. He stayed with that and baseball until he got older and football was available in school in Hawaii. He took to it like a duck to water. I noticed his cardio was much better than most and I credit that in large part to all the running he did in soccer. Not to mention his kicking and punting. Yep, 6'3" 225 kicker punter, FB, TE and DE as required. Even going both ways and hardly ever missing a play he never had a cramp bring him out of the game for example. Not having played pee wee football sure didn't hold him back in school football either. Just my .02 cents.
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Post by texan90 on Sept 15, 2011 13:45:01 GMT -6
Pee wee football is fun for the kids. I'm not saying don't let them play. But if you are worried about injuries as some parents are soccer is a great alternative to teach them team building and it keeps them in shape. We have several on our team right now that only played soccer and never pee wee football and 6 out of the 7 start. They do a great job and are very coachable.
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Post by gpking on Sept 15, 2011 20:22:48 GMT -6
Well thanks for the info! He is playing now and loves it! He does whine at times when he gets hit hard! But usually he is the one hitting! He a running back and a outside LB. we did not get the coach we wanted. Oh well? His head coach is i it for the label of head coach and to lecture the kids! The other $ Assistants are the coaches. We work with the kids on the basics! Blocking and tackling! There is one kid on the team that is the hardest hitting kid that I have ever seen! It hurts me just to watch him plow into bigger kids! I mean it is bone chilling! He is also the fastest kid on the team. After every hit I check him out and tell him this is practice! Take it out on the games not your team mates, then the next play BAM!!!. I hope he doesn't get hurt! My son is a game player not a practicer! Game time he shines, practice he is average. I knew that from watching him play soccer. All is well so far and he loves the helmet! I Hope so 200$ is alot!
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Post by cats11 on Sept 15, 2011 20:45:00 GMT -6
How did the game go for his team last Saturday?
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Post by gpking on Sept 30, 2011 10:15:39 GMT -6
His team has only 2 players that have played before and have 17 kids. There is 3 (8 year old) sophmore teams in G-P. He is a running back and a outside linebacker. His team(white) hasn't won a game yet 0-3. They are learning the game. They play Refugio, Calallen Cowboys, and OG.
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