In Today’s Game of Football, Head and Neck Safety is Paramount!
The HULK SHRUG Technique
Current research overwhelmingly supports that the only way to reduce concussions and sub-concussive impacts is to “stabilize the head from moving during impact.” Research from as far back as 1987 stated “the athlete should be taught to contract the large muscles of the neck for proper tackling and blocking.”
The Hulk Shrug Technique utilizes a shoulder shrugging motion which allows the neck’s stronger extension muscles to stabilize the neck in a closed pocket more stable position at the moment of impact.
Cheers for the HULK SHRUG Technique:
The POWER LOAD System
Football coaches would agree football is a high-muscular explosive power activity where the primary movers are the legs and hips that requires strength to direct force in the right direction with acute maximal power to effectively strike an opponent. Football coaches would furthermore agree that at the line of scrimmage “A Great Safe Powerful Strike Solves a Lot of Problems.”
Cheers for the POWER LOAD System
From the Blog...
Reducing Sub-Concussive Impacts in Football
Sub-concussive impacts are repetitive but less forceful impacts to head are now a concern at all levels of football. Every coach has observed players in the perfect position to make a block or tackle an opponent but fail immediately at impact. Too often sub-concussive impacts jar the players head and in a split second, interrupting a player’s cognitive
ATAVUS Tackling System makes Football a “Safer and Better Game”
The Football Safety Academy would like to recognize ATAVUS for developing an Advanced Tackling System that makes football a “safer and better game” by developing techniques to minimize the head impact during tackling. As a football coach of almost 5 decades, I’v seen the concepts of tackling change for variety of reasons but not until
Pop Warner makes “Youth Football” Safer and Better!
Pop Warner the nation’s oldest youth football organization has announced that it will eliminate the traditional three-point stance from its lowest three levels (Tiny Mite, Mighty Mite and Junior Pee Wee). “The concern is that this position lowers the heads, making them more likely to lead with their head and putting them in a more
“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.