ABOUT FOOTBALL SAFETY
In accordance with Pop Warner Football, our core mission is enabling young people to benefit from participation in team sports and activities in a safe and structured environment. Pop Warner football is safer today than at any point in our history, thanks to mandated coaching education, greater awareness of concussions, the most stringent existing rules, and a changing culture inside the sport. As a nation, we know more today than we did 10 years ago, and that has led to a safer and better version of youth football. Tackle football is a physical game with inherent risk.
To ensure the Cannoneers program is at the forefront of player health and safety, we continue to work with great partners in the following ways:
  • We apply Heads-Up-Tackling techniques from USA Football to complement our own efforts to make it safer for all players. According to Datalys Institute’s research data show that Pop Warner Rules and Heads-Up Football Training result in injury rate that has 87% fewer injuries than non-Heads-Up/non Pop Warner programs.
  • We use helmets from Riddell that have fully integrated components and innovations for peak athlete performance and state-of-the-art protection.
  • We employ research and education from the National Center for Sports Safety to ensure our youth sports community is practicing “safe play” while promoting injury prevention and safety at all levels.