At all levels rules are changing to make football a SAFER and BETTER game but one thing difficult to control is “Incidental Contact” which is liable to happen as a consequence of playing the game.
This contact is unavoidable and inevitable at the line of scrimmage (LOS) between offense and defensive lineman. Research even suggests that linemen on an 80 yard drive have as many as 18 sub-concussive hits of which 85% are rotational.
Linemen must be taught how to protect and prepare for impact by keeping the head and eyes up seeing through the hands while using a “shoulder shrugging motion” to use the necks stronger extension muscles stabilizing the head/neck in a closed pocket at the moment of impact.
Learn how the “Hulk Up Shrug Technique” utilizes a shoulder shrugging motion which allows the neck’s stronger extension muscles to stabilize the head thereby enabling the head, neck, shoulders and upper back to act as a solid single unit during football impact thus functioning simultaneously not as separate individual units by Dr. Donald Chu PhD, PT, ATC, CSCS, Sports Performance and Sports Medicine Specialist.
Football Safety at the Line of Scrimmage (LOS)
“To Play SAFER and BETTER Football”
Head Up – Eyes Up – HULK UP!
DISCLAIMER
The Football Safety Academy acknowledges the coach has the responsibility to decide which football techniques should be taught for the well being and safety of his players and there is not one specific technique including the Hulk Shrug Technique or safety device that can completely eliminate the risk of injury from impacts related to football including catastrophic injury and death. To the knowledge of the Football Safety Academy no specific research has been done regarding the Hulk Shrug Technique, however the Football Safety Academy is actively pursuing this goal.