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April News Letter
First I want to welcome and thank the new subscribers to the scoretouchdowns.com newsletter.
This months edition will discuss the new high school football rules, football related information and a link to a video that demonstrates practice drills receivers can do on their own.
New High School Football Rules for 2010
There are 12 new rules being introduced into the 2010 season. Perhaps the most important is the new concussion rule.
The previous rule directed officials to remove an athlete from play if “unconscious or apparently unconscious.” The previous rule also allowed for return to play based on written authorization by a medical doctor. Now, officials are charged with removing any player who shows signs, symptoms or behaviors consistent with a concussion, such as loss of consciousness, headache, dizziness, confusion or balance problems, and shall not return to play until cleared by an appropriate health-care professional.
“Given that the vast majority of concussions do not include a loss of consciousness, but that athletes often show obvious evidence of concussion, the NFHS Sports Medicine Advisory Committee (SMAC) strongly believes that officials must continue to be empowered to remove these athletes from play, thus protecting them from further injury,” said Dr. Michael Koester, chair of the SMAC. “Continued participation in any sport following a concussion can lead to worsening concussion symptoms, as well as increased risk for further injury to the brain and even death.
“The safety of the athlete is of paramount concern during any athletic contest. Officials, coaches and administrators are being asked to make all efforts at ensuring that concussed athletes do not continue to participate. Thus, coaches, players and administrators should also be looking for signs of concussion in all athletes and should immediately remove any suspected concussed athlete from play.”
In addition to football, the new concussion language is being placed in all NFHS rules books for the 2010-11 season, as well as the “NFHS Suggested Guidelines for Management of Concussion.”
For more information on the new rules visit http://www.highschoolot.com/content/blogpost/7165391/
At the beginning of this edition of the news letter I promised a link to a 4 minute video that demonstrates practice drills receivers can do to develop soft hands and stronger fingers, it is on a product page fro a receivers training aid called Great Catch. The exercises appear at about 1:44 in the video. I hope you enjoy the video and find its practice drills helpful at : Great Catch
We have added four new DVDs to our new releases category
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