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Wednesday, October 7, 2015
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Heads Up
Football a
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More info
USA Football’s Heads Up
Football program includes
the following components:
Coaching education
• Coaches successfully
complete online training
through the NFHS-USA
Football High School Heads
Up Football course at NF-
HSLearn.com,
covering
football fundamentals and
all-sport-relevant topics of
concussion recognition and
response, sudden cardiac ar-
rest protocols and hydration
and heat preparedness.
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
DAYVILLE – Foot-
ball coaches and players
throughout Oregon are get-
ting a “heads up” regarding
the prevention of concus-
sions with a new program
called Heads Up Football.
Grant County coaches
have incorporated the new
rules which become an Ore-
gon School Activities Asso-
ciation requirement in 2016
for the 249 football-playing
high schools.
The Heads Up Football
requirements are in addition
to the existing OSAA pro-
tocols that benefit the stu-
dent-athletes.
The program includes
teaching tackling and block-
ing techniques designed to
reduce helmet contact, also
addressing concussion rec-
ognition and response; sud-
den cardiac arrest protocols;
hydration and heat prepared-
ness; and instruction on
proper helmet and shoulder
pad fitting.
Dayville/Monument head
football coach Nathaniel
Ashley has taken the class.
Concussion recognition
and response
• Coaches gain in-person
instruction and are assessed
on CDC concussion recog-
nition and response.
• Coaches, parents and
players are taught concus-
sion-related protocols at
the start of the season.
Equipment fitting
• Coaches, parents and
players are taught proper
helmet and shoulder pad
fitting.
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“The Heads Up program
is all about eliminating head
inMuries, and it’s a good pro-
gram,” he said. “The class
was a lot about correct fit of
pads and helmets, as well as
different techniques to mini-
mi]e inMuries with contact.”
OSAA Executive Direc-
tor Tom Welter said the pro-
gram is part of an ongoing
effort to minimize risks in
the sport.
“This program will en-
sure that all coaches, play-
ers and parents will receive
consistent technique training
and make the game as safe as
possible,” he said.
Dr. Michael Koester,
chairperson of the OSAA
Sports Medicine Advisory
Committee, says the Heads
Up Football requirement in
Oregon is logical consider-
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training and rules
to help prevent
concussions with the
Heads Up Program.
Nathaniel
Ashley
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Sudden cardiac arrest
• Instruction on how to
have plans and procedures
in place to quickly react in
the case of cardiac events,
the No. 1 cause of death
among young athletes
during exercise.
Heat and hydration
• Coaches, parents and
players learn heat and hy-
dration safety measures
provided by the Korey
Stringer Institute at the
University of Connecticut.
Player Safety Coach
• Appointed by each high
school, this individual en-
sures that High School
Heads Up Football prin-
ciples and protocols are
properly taught and applied
within a program.
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for athletes with a suspected
concussion.
“The committee sees
this as a natural next step
as we continue to look at
innovative ways to mini-
mize the risk of all football
inMuries, but particularly
concussions,” Dr. Koester
said. “This is an opportu-
nity for high school coach-
es to set a standard for the
youth leagues in their com-
munities across the state.
Ideally, we’ll have youth
coaches getting certified as
well, allowing for continuity
of tackling techniques and
safety protocols through an
athlete’s entire playing ex-
perience.
“As a team physician and
the parent of a high school
football player, I’m excited
about Heads Up Football.”
Heads Up Blocking and
Tackling
• Series of fundamental
drills reinforce tackling and
blocking mechanics, teach-
ing players how to perform
these basic football skills
with a focus on reducing
helmet contact.
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
JOHN DAY – Glory
days are returning to Grant
Union’s Three Flags Field.
Everyone is invited to the
Old Man Football & Taco
Feed fundraiser on Friday, Oct.
23, where Grant Union alumni
and football player parents will
get in on grid action.
Football boys will coach
the teams, and serve as ref-
erees.
The evening starts with a
taco feed 5-6:30 p.m. at the
school cafeteria, with the
game beginning at 7 p.m.
Tickets are $10 a person.
The event bene¿ts the Mu-
nior and senior high football
teams, and tickets may be
purchased from the football
players or head coach Jason
Miller.
Awards will be presented
to the players at the close of
the game.
Tickets for a tailgate-party
rafÀe basket will also be sold
that night with the winner
announced Friday, Oct. 30,
at the senior night football
game versus Imbler.
