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Oregon high school football coaches ahead on safety
Oregon Schools Activities
Association (OSAA) is the
nation’s first high school asso-
ciation to require the Heads Up
Football program and member
schools respond in an effort to
advance player safety
Oregon high school football
coaches are leading a national
effort to increase player safety
in the sport of football.
“We need to make sure we
are doing absolutely everything
we can to make the game as
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safe as possible,” OSAA
Executive Director Peter Weber
said. “Implementation of the
Heads Up certification pro-
gram, packaged with past poli-
cy changes that limit full-con-
tact during the practice week,
mandate return to play proto-
cols, and emphasis on enforce-
ment of NFHS Football rules
provide us a solid foundation
directly addressing risk mini-
mization efforts.”
Since the OSAA first
announced it was requiring
USA Football’s Heads Up
Football Program in February,
each of the 241 member
schools which play the sport
have had a member of its staff
certified as a Player Safety
Coach.
Supported by the American
College of Sports Medicine, the
National Athletic Trainers’
Association and the American
Medical Society for Sports
Medicine, the Heads Up
Football program teaches tack-
ling and blocking techniques
designed to reduce helmet con-
tact while incorporating con-
cussion
recognition
and
response, sudden cardiac arrest
protocols, hydration and heat
preparedness and instruction on
proper helmet and shoulder pad
fitting.
Player Safety Coaches are
trained to guide, direct and
monitor the program’s imple-
mentation as well as lead in-
person training for fellow
coaches, parents and student-
athletes.
Every high school football
head or assistant coach in
Oregon, paid or volunteer, must
complete the Heads Up
Football certification.
Terry Summerfield, a USA
Football master trainer and
head football coach at Barlow
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High School and several other
master trainers from surround-
ing states conducted 17 clinics
statewide in the past seven
months.
“If you love football and you
love working with kids and
want to do the right thing, USA
Football is going to give you
the tools that put an emphasis
on players and safety,”
Summerfield said.
More than 1,100 high
schools and nearly 70 percent
of U.S. youth football leagues
registered for Heads Up
Football in 2015.
“Heads Up Football is the
most comprehensive player
safety program available
today,” said Brad Garrett,
OSAA Assistant Executive
Director who directs football
for the association. “It rein-
forces best practices regarding
all-player fundamentals essen-
tial to building a continuum of
football throughout the grade
levels.”
The primary goal of the
OSAA is to ensure the health
and safety of its student-ath-
letes. Initiated by efforts of its
sports medicine advisory com-
mittee, in 2008 the OSAA
became the first state high
school activities association to
prohibit same day return to
play for athletes with a suspect-
ed concussion and helped
shape the suggested guidelines
for management of concussion
in sport that is included in
every NFHS rule book.
“Heads Up Football is the
logical next step forward as
sports medicine experts contin-
ue to work with coaches to
implement innovative ways to
minimize the risk of football
injuries,” said Dr. Michael
Koester, chair of the OSAA
Sports Medicine Advisory
Committee. “The OSAA’s
endorsement of the program —
and requiring our football-play-
ing schools to adopt Heads Up
Football — is an important
opportunity for high school
coaches statewide to set an
example for youth leagues in
their communities.
As a team physician and the
parent of a high school football
player, I stand behind Heads
Up Football as a leading inter-
vention for safer play.”
“Oregon high school football
coaches are making an invest-
ment in ensuring the future of
the game,” Garrett said. “As a
father of a son playing football
in Oregon, I am extremely
thankful and proud to be asso-
ciated with athletic administra-
tors and coaches who under-
stand the importance of risk
minimization.”
Armstrong wins top spot in Camas Valley race
Florence pro ATV sand drag
racer Gary “G” Armstrong won
another first place, this time in
the Camas Valley Dirt Drags
Heads-up X Class (anything
goes) Race on Saturday in
Camas Valley, Ore.
“I’m having one banger rac-
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Armstrong, who competes in
the Pacific Northwest and
California. “Today’s win gives
me a 66 percent podium rate
for the season so far, with 80
percent of those podiums being
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remaining 20 percent are sec-
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Armstrong and his Yamaha
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