Should Tackling Be Banned From Youth Football? #BbI7

Should Tackling Be Banned From Youth Football? WEDNESDAY, Feb. 3, 2016 -- Tackling should be eliminated from youth football due to the risks that collisions and head injuries pose to young athletes, a researcher argues in the Feb. 4 New England Journal of Medicine. Despite this evidence, an AAP policy statement issued in the November 2015 Pediatrics didnt recommend that tackling be eliminated from youth football. Instead, the AAPs Council on Sports Medicine and Fitness said coaches and officials should teach safe tackling techniques to kids, and make sure that rules against illegal tackling are enforced. Thats the stance taken by the AAP, which recommended in its statement that head-up tackling be required in youth games to limit the risk of head-to-head collisions, which often result in concussions. Our statement recommends that officials and coaches must enforce the rules of the game, including proper tackling techniques, and every effort should be made to reduce blows to the head.