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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

So this is the wrong advice.  If you kid wants to play in high school I would let them.  No pressure and they have to want it.   But the hits before high school are just not needed.   Anyone can learn football starting in high school.  Heck there are people in the nfl that only played two years of college and no high school.   Research is pretty strong not to start early. [/quote]

Also, people seem to think youth football is dead.  It's not.  It's far from it.

If your kid things they'll walk onto the field and get a spot on the team having never put a helmet on before, that's probably not happening.  [/quote]

BCC parent here who knows at least 2 new players on the BCC team who have never played a day of organized football in their lives. I'm afraid for them.[/quote]

Yup.  They are going to learn fast to keep their heads on a swivel.

The truth is, over the next few weeks, they are going to take some really hard hits.  It takes a few of those to realize how to let the pads take the hits.

Which is why, if your kid is interested in football, it is better to get them in when young.  They can learn that skill before the opponents get too large.

I'd be more likely to say yes to pee wee/youth but no to HS (unless they played at the youth level)[/quote]

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