by David Purdum Apr 07, 2011
Bobby Hosea’s pioneering tackling technique protects players from devastating head injuries.
As a coach, what are you doing right now to make the game safer for your current and future players? Could you be doing more to ensure head-to-head hits are eliminated from the game?
Bobby Hosea can help you answer those questions. Hosea, a former UCLA cornerback who played professionally in Canada and in the USFL, has emerged as a passionate and authoritative voice in the movement to change the violent tackling culture in football. He enlightens coaches, parents and players on exactly how concussions or neck and spine injuries occur and develops innovative tackling methods that can reduce these devastating personal tragedies.
“If you hit a ball carrier with your head, your head’s going to stop, but your momentum is going to continue and so is his,” Hosea explained. “All that pressure is going to compress your spine and the base of your neck. Your brain is going to fly forward and slam against the inside or your skull from your head stopping so abruptly.”
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As a coach, what are you doing right now to make the game safer for your current and future players? Could you be doing more to ensure head-to-head hits are eliminated from the game?
Bobby Hosea can help you answer those questions. Hosea, a former UCLA cornerback who played professionally in Canada and in the USFL, has emerged as a passionate and authoritative voice in the movement to change the violent tackling culture in football. He enlightens coaches, parents and players on exactly how concussions or neck and spine injuries occur and develops innovative tackling methods that can reduce these devastating personal tragedies.
“If you hit a ball carrier with your head, your head’s going to stop, but your momentum is going to continue and so is his,” Hosea explained. “All that pressure is going to compress your spine and the base of your neck. Your brain is going to fly forward and slam against the inside or your skull from your head stopping so abruptly.”
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