Football For All - USA Football Podcast

Season 2 of the Football For All podcast is going to be different. We talk with a women's tackle league CEO, the Browns staffer who helped introduce a new way to play in Cleveland and the best water boy in New England. Football For All season 2 starts July 13 from USA Football.

Tim Healy, CEO of TackleBar® joins host Keith Grabowski to discuss the idea behind tackle bar and how it fits as a training tool as well as a game type in the Football Development Model.

TackleBar® is a limited contact football game that bridges the gap between flag football and tackle football. Players wear full pads and learn all of the traditional fundamentals of the game in a limited contact setting. This approach is providing players an authentic football experience that decreases injuries and increases participation in the sport.

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On today's episode USA Football's Andy Ryland joins us to discuss how we can better acclimate our players' bodies for the contact loads and forces they will take on during a season.

With an extended shutdown which may keep our players out of contact for over a year, it's important to think about how we can prepare them for the next time they step onto the field.

Prep for Contact is for all types of football, even without tackling, young players need to prepare for how they might fall or bump into other players. Ryland explains how this can fit into any practice structure for all types of football.

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As one of the six pillars of USA Football's Football Development Model, focusing attention on physical literacy and skill development means emphasizing foundational movement and sports skills by teaching them during practice. Foundational movement skill that were for generations learned through free plat now can-and should- be taught in oder to instill baseline fundamentals as building blocks in every player.

Brett Klika of Spider Fit joins us to discuss 60 Ways to Play and his roll in developing the program.

Resources:

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This episode is from a webinar with Michael Krueger, Sr. Director of Education at USA Football, and Dr. Michael Koester, chair of the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) sports medicine advisory committee.

USA Football has developed a phased approach for the return to youth football this year.

They discuss the plan that is based on phased reopening guidelines from the CDC. USA Football, the governing body for the sport in this country advises youth leagues to consult their city or county health departments to determine which CDC phase their community is in. That step begins a youth program’s local reopening procedure during the coronavirus pandemic.

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https://www.usafootball.com/resources-tools/return-to-youth-football/

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https://soundcloud.com/user-321104229/episode-14-return-to-youth-football-with-jesse-ghiorzi-usa-football-brand-manager

As youth football families seek a responsible return to play, USA Football works with leaders across medicine, football and athlete development to pave that path for youth leagues. Here’s a look at the ways we have your back as you get back to youth football

Mount Vernon High School (Indiana) head coach Mike Kirschner sits down with Keith on this episode of the Football For All Podcast. Kirschner, who guided Ben Davis to a Class 6A state title in 2014, his second there, shares the secrets to his successful collaboration with the local youth and middle school programs. He discusses how he prepares youth players and parents in his youth programs t see the game is fun. He also discusses how he ensures that his youth coaches are prepared to coach the game an provide a positive experience.

Free Shoulder Tackle System mentioned in podcast: footballdevelopment.com

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Today on the Football For All Podcast we welcome former Arizona State and NFL quarterback, Jake Plummer, onto the show. After playing in the NFL with the Denver Broncos, Arizona Cardinals, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Plummer transitioned to a role as the Co-Founder of Ready List Sports. Tune in and hear about Jake Plummer's thoughts on quarterback development, whether quarterback guru's are necessary, and how we need to give kids a chance to have fun while they develop as players.

3:25 Do you need a quarterback guru

9:42 Enjoying the game

14:11 Having fun while still developing

19:09 Giving players chances to grow

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You can follow Jake Plummer on Twitter here: @snakestakes

Dallas Cowboys Offensive Guard Zack Martin joins Keith Grabowski to discuss how playing multiple sports better prepared him for football, especially in college at Notre Dame. Martin also discusses the two-point stance and how it is useful in training young athletes to better pay the game.

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On today’s episode of Football for All, Nick Martin, Center for the Houston Texans, speaks about how imperative the fundamentals of football are even at the NFL level. Hear about Nick’s journey through the game and how his youth league technical arsenal helped prepare him to earn a starting spot in the NFL.

1:36 Nick’s football journey

2:52 Football is meant to be fun

5:00 Competition vs. Fun at the youth levels

6:15 The importance of fundamentals ***

8:28 Football development has changed into a transactional process*

11:24 The Football Development Model’s implementation in today’s game

12:52 The FDM’s responsibility towards the progression of football

13:44 The changes in football that have made the game safer

14:48 The game will never be “soft”

15:08 Fundamentals and technique at the NFL level

16:29 Recommendations for current players getting better during quarantine

17:17 Fondest football memory

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