Son desperate to play high school football

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Anonymous wrote:I work in a school and I’d put our football coaches up against anyone in any school for what they do for our kids. No one works longer hours for less for 100s of kids than that group of guys. If the rest of our faculty gave 25% of the time and energy that those coaches do for our students we’d have a lot more students that would be on the right track. Don’t get me wrong, they want to win, but they way they go about getting kids to buy in sets the kids up for success.

At my kids large FCPS HS I saw this too - these guys really do put in the time with these kids. And yes they want to win, but they also seem to care that the guys suceed.

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Anonymous wrote:Never should’ve agreed to flag football. It’s a gateway to tackle which is why the nfl is promoting it.

😭. You are right. I told him I would let him play as a compromise to not playing tackle. It's a recent thing. Any advice for me moving forward?

I’m not kidding when I say make him
Do an entire research paper, 5 pages, on the risk of concussion in football AND the effects that concussions (especially multiple) have on your physical and mental health in years to come. Show him how to find reliable sources (not ChatGPT)

Actual brain scans are useful. Injured brain have lower intelligence.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I had a kid who wanted the same and we had the same concerns. We finally let him freshman year. Socially it was great for him and practically the team was coached well, however, it was not his main sport and his grades weren't good so we made him drop it. FF to senior year, he wants to play again and coach is actively recruiting him to play bc he's a good athlete. He actually had committed to college in another sport. We told him to contact his college coach who responded with "have fun" so we let him. One injury half way through the season and his college sports career went up in flames.

Np. Similar in some ways. Dc wanted to play and was good at it, but thankfully he got into another sport and the coaches reminded him that an injury would blow that sport. So he played two years, had a great time but now just does his one sport. Coaches are trying to lure him back but he’s adamant that he’s done

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I work in a school and I’d put our football coaches up against anyone in any school for what they do for our kids. No one works longer hours for less for 100s of kids than that group of guys. If the rest of our faculty gave 25% of the time and energy that those coaches do for our students we’d have a lot more students that would be on the right track. Don’t get me wrong, they want to win, but they way they go about getting kids to buy in sets the kids up for success.

At my kids large FCPS HS I saw this too - these guys really do put in the time with these kids. And yes they want to win, but they also seem to care that the guys suceed.

I agree. I was really against football, but caved. I've been very pleased with the football coaches and teammates. The coaches have literally changed my son's habits for the better around punctuality, discipline, commitment, friendship, work ethic, etc. The football coaches are probably his best nonrelative male role molels in his life. Football also gave him a social group he didn't have before, and most of the kids are good friends to him.