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POP WARNER BECOMES FIRST NATIONAL FOOTBALL

ORGANIZATION TO ELIMINATE THREE-POINT STANCE

Nation’s oldest youth football program is also eliminating kickoffs in a fourth division and introducing age-specific programs:

Adding alternative to Age-Weight. Pop Warner leagues may continue the current structure of divisions based on a player’s age and weight or it can now implement a division by age only. Currently, an estimated 75-80% of youth football leagues nationally abide by an age-only structure

LANGHORNE, PA (February 28, 2019) – Pop Warner Little Scholars, Inc., the nation’s longest serving youth football organization, today announced that it will become the first national football program at any level to eliminate the three-point stance as it advances efforts to make the sport safer for young people.

The ban, which will be introduced in Pop Warner’s three youngest divisions this season, is aimed at changing how offensive and defensive linemen engage in contact when the ball is snapped. Under the new rule, players in Tiny Mite (5-7 years old), Mitey Mite (7-9) and Junior Pee Wee (8-10) will not be allowed to position themselves on the line with their hand on the ground before the snap. Instead, they must either be upright or in a modified squat position with their hands on their legs.

“We believe this change is another major step in creating a safer, better football experience for young people,” said Jon Butler, executive director of Pop Warner Little Scholars. “By moving away from the three-point stance at our youngest levels we are changing how players are introduced to the sport and how they learn to play the game. We are also setting the stage for our higher levels of play to adopt the change. Because our sport has been willing to evolve over the past 150 years it is safer than ever, while maintaining what makes it so great.”

“When making decisions like this we first look at them from a medical standpoint and examine whether the change will make the playing experience safer for our young athletes. We believe this rule does that,” said Julian Bailes, MD, chairman of the Pop Warner Medical Advisory Committee and NorthShore University Health System’s surgical director at NorthShore Neurological Institute and chair of the Department of Neurosurgery. “Eliminating the three-point stance should lessen the amount of force between linemen and we expect it will cut down on unintentional helmet contact at the line.”

Pop Warner will use this coming season to assess the new rule in the younger divisions as it considers implementing it later for the program’s higher levels.

Pop Warner also announced two additional changes for the 2019 season, which starts in September:

No kickoffs at the Pee Wee (9-11 years old) level. Pop Warner’s 2016 rule banning kickoffs in its three youngest age groups will be introduced at its Pee Wee division this season. Instead of kicking the ball off following a score or to start a half it will be placed at the 35-yard line.
Adding alternative to Age-Weight. Pop Warner leagues may continue the current structure of divisions based on a player’s age and weight or it can now implement a division by age only. Currently, an estimated 75-80% of youth football leagues nationally abide by an age-only structureOver the past 10 years Pop Warner has instituted other major safety-foucsed changes, including:

To teach kids how to better recognize if they or a teammate have suffered a concussion, Pop Warner is providing access to CrashCourse, an interactive concussion education program developed by TeachAids, a nonprofit education initiative, and researchers at Stanford University.

Pop Warner offers Rookie Tackle, a program to help kids transition from Flag Football to 11-player tackle. It is played on a smaller field with fewer players and meant to introduce the sport.

In 2016, Pop Warner announced contact is restricted to 25 percent of practice time.

Pop Warner coaches are mandated to train in USA Football’s Heads Up Football program, where safer approaches to tackling and blocking are taught.

In 2012, Pop Warner banned full-speed head-on, blocking or tackling drills where players lined up more than 3 yards apart.

In 2010, Pop Warner implemented the first youth sport concussion policy. Under the policy, any participant removed from play due to a head injury may not return to Pop Warner activities until he or she is evaluated – and receives written clearance – by a licensed medical professional trained in the evaluation and management of concussions.

To ensure that Pop Warner stays on the forefront of health and safety issues and any medical developments that may affect our young athletes, Pop Warner formed an independent Medical Advisory Committee in 2010. Led by neurosurgeons, researchers, pediatricians and sports medicine professionals, the committee is focused on the prevention, proper identification and treatment of concussions; hydration awareness and proper nutrition guidelines; and general health and safety issues.

About Pop Warner Little Scholars, Inc.

Founded in 1929 and headquartered in Langhorne, PA, Pop Warner Little Scholars is the nation’s oldest youth football, cheerleading and dance organization and the only youth sports organization that emphasizes academics as a prerequisite for participation. Pop Warner participants enjoy the opportunity to learn and compete in their sports in an atmosphere that emphasizes fun, academics and character. For more information on Pop Warner and its programs, visit popwarner.com or follow Pop Warner on Twitter @Pop_Warner, Facebook @PopWarnerLittleScholars, Instagram @popwarnerlittlescholars and Snapchat @popwarner1929.

ECTPW is a non-profit 501c organization that has been serving and benefiting the city of Everett’s children for over 65 years. Our youth football/cheerleading began with the Everett Huskies that was found in 1955 and then the Everett Eagles formed in 1960s. In 2012 both organizations merged together and became The Everett Crimson Tide Pop Warner.

Our Mission: is to provide a positive experience with the children and families of our community. We are committed to creating a culture in which our youth build character and learn life lessons, while sharing the emotions of success and failure that will help them beyond the playing field.

Our goals are to provide an opportunity to have fun while developing physically, emotionally and socially. ECTPW aspires to make sure the diverse needs, interests and abilities of all children are met while upholding a common set of values. Our program respond’s to the needs of our community.
We are devoted to individual growth, teamwork, sportsmanship, civil and ethical conduct for the total community of children, coaches and parents.

Our belief is that hard work, dedication to goals and discipline will help our children increase their self-esteem and realize their full potential. ECTPW exists to provide an opportunity for young people of all backgrounds to participate in and enjoy youth sports in encouraging environment.
Finally it is our mission to ensure that each child has a rewarding experience by learning the importance of playing with honor, integrity and passion
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Should I let our son play tackle football?

This question is being asked in households in every city and town across the United States.Warriors Youth Sports in Denver and the Arapahoe Youth League would like to provide our answer to this question – a resounding YES – and then provide you information to help you reach the same conclusion.

Having played this sport, coached my own sons and instructed many others, I strongly feel that every child who shows interest should be allowed to play tackle football, the greatest game out there. Football provides the best opportunities for your child to learn many life lessons that will apply to the future. Life lessons to help them be better men, husbands, fathers, citizens, employees, bosses … you name it.

Football is a hard sport. There is no debating that. However, I believe many of you will echo that at times life is pretty hard as well. There is no other sport that requires the same levels of teamwork, self-sacrifice, reliance on others and physical preparedness that a player learns in tackle football. Like life, football knocks you down time and time again and requires you to get up and face those challenges until you master them. Football teaches perseverance, something that can be applied to playing a musical instrument, public speaking, math, chemistry, work skills, boot camp, special projects, family budgets and so much more.

You may accept all of this, but it doesn’t address your fears that your son will get seriously hurt playing tackle football. Unfortunately, this is an area where the national media has done a great disservice to this question. Football in America is news. It is the most popular sport on TV, and it will always attract the negative story if there is one out there.

In February 2012, USA Football commissioned a two-year study of injuries in football called the Youth Football Player SafetySurveillance Study. This independent scientific study monitored 13 leagues with more than 200 teams and 4,000 players, ages 5 to 14, in six states. For the study, medical professionals attended every practice and documented every injury – from an upset stomach to the smallest bruise to broken bones and concussions – during the course of the 2012 and 2013 seasons. The study’s findings include:

· Nearly 90 percent of youth players did not sustain an injury that resulted in missing a game or practice

· Of the 22.4 percent of players who reported an injury, 70 percent returned to play the same day

· Of the 11.9 percent of players who missed a game or practice because of injury, 60 percent returned to play within seven days.

· Bruises were the most common injuries (34 percent) followed byligament sprains (16 percent)

· 1.4 percent of players suffered a broken bone or fracture with 77 percent of these in the forearm, wrist or hand

· More than 95 percent of players in the study did not sustain aconcussion

· No youth player age 7 or younger sustained aconcussion at any time during the two-year study

· No catastrophic head, neck or heat related injuries were reported among the more than 4000 players during thestudy’s two-year span

· Injury rate and time loss rate goes up with age

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