What are the facts about Pop Warner football and safety?
Kids compete with kids of similar age and size. Pop Warner is the ONLY youth football program (local, regional and national) that sets and enforces a strict AGE & WEIGHT MATRIX that reduces the risk and reality of injuries . . . Sharon coaches are required to attend coaching clinics each year and are knowledgeable in coaching techniques, physical conditioning, and the safety rules of organized football. Head coaches are all CPR/first-aid certified . . . Proper Equipment Proper equipment, mouthpieces, and padding is mandated, along with helmets that are reconditioned and recertified every season . . . Pop Warner football has 12% fewer injuries per capita among 5-15 year-olds than organized soccer in the same age range (U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, NEISS)! Also, organized football among 5 15 year-olds has 74% fewer injuries per capita than skateboarding in the same age group.
