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Injuries are going to happen, so it is important that you protect not only your players but yourself as well. Many leagues will require your players to provide proof of insurance before their first game, as well as a waiver form signed by their parents. The medical cards should include emergency phone numbers, doctor’s information, and any existing medical conditions, particularly those that might require medication to be administered during practice.
As a quarterback reaches his plant step on the drop back, the football should be at ear level and both hands should still be on the ball (see figure 3.8a). The player should then step forward with the opposite foot—if he’s right-handed he should plant with his right foot and step with his left—in the direction he would like to throw the ball (figure 3.8b). The quarterback should propel the ball forward by applying pressure just behind the center point of the ball (figure 3.9c), moving the ...
The first thing every running game must have at any level is a quick-hitting play, or dive play. You will need a go-to play you can fall back on when things get tough, and the first thing every running game must have at any level is a quick-hitting play, or dive play. We recommend using the midline option play (see figure 5.2), but regardless of what play you choose, the basic idea is a quick, hard-hitting play that goes between the guard and tackle split (or B gap).
Two experienced coaches come to the rescue with Survival Guide for Coaching Youth Football (Human Kinetics, 2010), in which they show coaches how to teach players the fundamentals of football in a fun and enlightening way. Key issues include playing time, team goals, and parental involvement; Dougherty advises informing parents that the goal is always to keep playing time equal among players. For more information, see Survival Guide for Coaching Youth Football.
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Travell and Simons (J. G. Travell & Simons, 1983, 1992) and Cyriax (Cyriax, 1977) advocate the use of trigger point injection as an effective method of treatment, but this treatment is neither appropriate nor legal for rehabilitation clinicians. Trigger point treatments using Travell and Simons’ techniques are direct methods. Travell and Simons (J. G. Travell & Simons, 1983) indicated that this technique of applying ice or vapocoolant followed by a stretch was the most effective technique ...
