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Tuesday, 12 June 2012 00:00

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Pop Warner, the nation's largest youth football organization announced Tuesday it is taking steps to eliminate hits to the head and reduce the number of concussions suffered by players.

Chairman of the Pop Warner medical advisory board, Dr. Julian Bailes said, "The impact of head-to-head contact causes the most severe concussions, so we felt it was imperative that Pop Warner take a proactive approach and limit contact in practices. We're trying to take away all at once the head-to-head contact in practice."

Pop Warner is the nation's oldest and largest youth football, cheerleading and dance program, with over 400,000 members ranging in age from 5-14.

Starting in August many teams practice nine hours a week until Labor Day when most are then shortened https://hours. Research has shown that some of the hardest hits and many concussions occur during practice, not games. New rules prohibit head-to-head hits and limit contact in practices to 40 minutes a day. Fulhttps:// head-on blocking and tackling drills where players line up more than three feet apart are no longer allowed.

In April 2012, veteran journalist and former Dateline co-anchor, Stone Phillips produced a report entitled, "Hard Hits, Hard Numbers," detailing a Virginia Tech study on head impacts in youth football. Accelerometers placed inside 7- and 8-year-old players' helmets recorded hits from 15g-100g, surprising researchers. Previously, many believed that players that age did not have the speed or strength to deliver hits of those magnitudes.

Over 4 million sports- and recreation-related concussions occur each year in the United States and more than half of those are suffered as a result of football, reported NBC News.

Source: Ahead of Season, Pop Warner renews safety emphasis -- USA Today -- June 12, 2012

Pop Warner limits contact in practice --boston.com -- June 12, 2012

Pop Warner issues new safety regulations -- NBC News --June 12, 2012

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Source: Pop Warner limits contact in practice -- Boston.com -- June 12,2012

Pop Warner issues new safety regulations -- NBC News --June 12, 2012

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