USA Football Heads Up Football Day Hosted by IU
851 views · Published 27 September 2013 · 1:01 · Indexed 19 October 2026
Channel: USA Football · 2013 · Sports
College football fans come in all shapes and sizes. On Sept. 21, a large group of very little but extremely enthusiastic young athletes learned fundamentals and skills alongside their favorite team. More than 400 kids took part in the USA Football Heads Up Football Day hosted by Indiana University. Players took them through Heads Up Football drills before the entire group ran onto the Memorial Stadium field to help pump up the crowd prior to a prime time kickoff against Missouri. Heads Up Football, created by USA Football with medical experts and football leaders on multiple levels, encompasses coach certification, safer tackling techniques, Center for Disease Control and Prevention concussion recognition and response protocols and proper equipment fitting. Nearly 2,800 youth leagues across the United States representing approximately 600,000 players and 90,000 coaches have committed to the health and safety of their players by adopting Heads Up Football. A high school version of Heads Up Football is being piloted by 34 schools across 10 states this season with a national rollout planned for 2014. - See more at: http://usafootball.com/blogs/heads-up-football/post/7562#sthash.4adu9ABZ.dpuf
