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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you have a elementary or junior high son who really wants to try tackle football, let him or her. Even, and especially, if they are small. Find a youth program that matches kids by size, not age. That way, they will play only against kids their own size. Tackling at that age isn't intense; the kids just aren't that fast or strong. If you wait until kids are "bigger" or in high school, they will have to play against kids of all sizes and the risk of injury increases immensely, if they ever see playing time.

If you don't let your kid play tackle football when they are young, they may never get a chance to play at all. [/quote]

Your statement that tackling in junior high school isn't intense is incorrect. Saw many 7th & 8th graders taken off the field by coaches in very wobbly condition. Many went to the hospital emergency rooms. This league had several sons of pro football & pro basketball players & very tough, demanding coaches.

Junior high school might also include 9th graders, but left the area for boarding school.

I love tackle football, but it is incorrect to think that players won't get injuries such as broken bones, severe sprains, and concussions in a league composed of 7th and 8th grade students. Plus, the parents are more rabid than they are for high school & college football.[/quote]

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