This is why they say tackle football should be delayed during the early years. This many heads hits has a catastrophic impact on brain development. But hey, they’ll all be pros right? Who needs that!?
I'm going to chime in as i read the comments about the possible long term brain injury from these drills. Having done this from 3rd grade to 7th grade, then later in high school, its almost impossible to get injured at this age as the mass is so low, and the speed is so slow. The most dangerous sports for brain injury are biking, skating, skateboarding, skiing, rollerskating, soccer, and hockey. Probably the most dangerous sport overall for kids is swimming. I remember this drill, I loved it, but watching this I realized how little force I had as a child in this and i was fairly bigger than most. My first year i had a helmet that roll on my head with no padding. I believe the opposite, in that a child should have some contact like this so they can say they did it, but as an adult you have to consider the possible outcomes.
The kids are on point, feel like some of them drills the distance could have been tightened up. No need to have the kids hitting each other at such a distance, they have to make it to Highschool!
Why are none of there heads up . This is how I learned to tackle 30 years ago head first and don’t look at what your hitting use crown of the helmet in the chest. Not good teaching tackling
as a 6th grader and a pretty hard hitter (in football) i dont agree with this but maybe it’s just my personal preference because i like football :/ i do agree these kids look 6-7 and should not be trucking/ driving the ballcarrier to the ground at this age
