From DCTF.... Your thoughts?
“UIL med advisory board unanimously recommends to Legis. counsel to limit in-season full-contact in football to 90 min per week #txhsfb”
And with that, the Twittersphere proceeded to freak out, without any further details. Heck, we didn’t even know what “full-contact” entailed, and yet the social media world descended into chaos.
Eventually, though, as more details became available, everyone calmed down and realized…this really isn’t that big of a deal.
Smith has a very good breakdown of the committee’s recommendation, complete with quotes from top coaches, and it’s worth your time. For the “Too Long, Didn’t Read” crowd, here’s a summary:
-Yes, the UIL medical advisory committee unanimously recommended a limit of 90 minutes of full-contact practice per week during the season for high school football.
-However, by the definition of “full-contact” – which is, loosely, game speed and blocking/tackling all the way to the ground – most programs are already in compliance of the rule.
-The biggest keys here are in the details, like the “during the season” part. That means that in the preseason – when most of the actual teaching and technique refining goes on – teams can still act at the speed they need to in order to teach.
“UIL med advisory board unanimously recommends to Legis. counsel to limit in-season full-contact in football to 90 min per week #txhsfb”
And with that, the Twittersphere proceeded to freak out, without any further details. Heck, we didn’t even know what “full-contact” entailed, and yet the social media world descended into chaos.
Eventually, though, as more details became available, everyone calmed down and realized…this really isn’t that big of a deal.
Smith has a very good breakdown of the committee’s recommendation, complete with quotes from top coaches, and it’s worth your time. For the “Too Long, Didn’t Read” crowd, here’s a summary:
-Yes, the UIL medical advisory committee unanimously recommended a limit of 90 minutes of full-contact practice per week during the season for high school football.
-However, by the definition of “full-contact” – which is, loosely, game speed and blocking/tackling all the way to the ground – most programs are already in compliance of the rule.
-The biggest keys here are in the details, like the “during the season” part. That means that in the preseason – when most of the actual teaching and technique refining goes on – teams can still act at the speed they need to in order to teach.
