Flag Football isn't Football...and safer? Please...

[JNreturns]

University of Iowa Health Care researchers report that the results of a study of injury rates in youth football leagues did not show that flag football is safer than tackle football.

Flag football has little to do with real football, except that you use a football.


The F14G people make a number of false and misleading claims: Their basic understanding of physics must be severely limited. Let's start with Force = Mass X Acceleration. They want to talk about weaker necks on children, but not about the relative different between the force of a 240 pound high schooler that can run a 4.9 40yd dash versus an 85 pound 10 year old that can run a 6.3 40 yard dash.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/02/170214130551.htm

 

[Graphic Edge Guy]

Flag football is not tackle football...but it very closely resembles 7 on 7 football... I guess a lot of coaches are wasting their time doing that too, no?

 

[JNreturns]

Flag football is not tackle football...but it very closely resembles 7 on 7 football... I guess a lot of coaches are wasting their time doing that too, no?

Yes, pretty much. Because if your line sucks in high school football.. a) your QB won't have time to throw and b) your wide receivers won't have time to get open.

 

[Graphic Edge Guy]

Yes, pretty much. Because if your line sucks in high school football.. a) your QB won't have time to throw and b) your wide receivers won't have time to get open.

Does 7-on-7 not help with secondary coverage skills?

Should a Coach assume his line will suck and not work on his recievers and passing game?

If your line sucks...how effective will a running game be with ZERO passing capabilities?

 

[JNreturns]

Does 7-on-7 not help with secondary coverage skills?

Should a Coach assume his line will suck and not work on his recievers and passing game?

If your line sucks...how effective will a running game with ZERO passing capabilities be?

No, there are some small aspects of the game that can be worked on, just like in flag. 7 on 7 is also where teams can find recruits and transfers...

I love this quote from the attached article...and it makes my point as well:

"Of the 40 prep football coaches who responded to The News Tribune’s survey, 97.5 percent of them said it’s more beneficial for an athlete to participate in some sort of other school-sponsored sports team during the winter and spring seasons (such as basketball, wrestling, baseball, track and field and soccer) than 7-on-7 football." AND, I love this one,
"7-on-7 football has become a breeding ground for the entitlement culture, prima donnas, poor techniques, over-the-top celebrations and getting athletes to transfer to another high school."


Read more here: http://www.thenewstribune.com/sports/high-school/article161493228.html#storylink=cpy

 

[Graphic Edge Guy]

No, there are some small aspects of the game that can be worked on, just like in flag. 7 on 7 is also where teams can find recruits and transfers...

I love this quote from the attached article...and it makes my point as well:

"Of the 40 prep football coaches who responded to The News Tribune’s survey, 97.5 percent of them said it’s more beneficial for an athlete to participate in some sort of other school-sponsored sports team during the winter and spring seasons (such as basketball, wrestling, baseball, track and field and soccer) than 7-on-7 football."

Read more here: http://www.thenewstribune.com/sports/high-school/article161493228.html#storylink=cpy

Good link...and I 100% agree with that. Love 3-sport athletes! But a little 7-on-7 over the Summer months can sure help going into the Fall.

 

[JNreturns]

Yeah, I'm sure in a future year, when Webb City wins another title, they will ask Coach Rod what helped push them over the top. And he will say, "Well, I owe a lot of it to the kids doing 7 on 7. That really pushed us over the top."

But its better than doing nothing for sure. And except for getting bad habits, like holding the ball wrong, or not playing the backfield D like your coach wants you to in the Fall... overall better to do it than not.

 

[Graphic Edge Guy]

Yeah, I'm sure in a future year, when Webb City wins another title, they will ask Coach Rod what helped push them over the top. And he will say, "Well, I owe a lot of it to the kids doing 7 on 7. That really pushed us over the top."

But its better than doing nothing for sure. And except for getting bad habits, like holding the ball wrong, or not playing the backfield D like your coach wants you to in the Fall... overall better to do it than not.

Ironically...the last team I coached ran the ball 80% of the time and I did feel like 7-on-7 pushed us over the top.

We didn't throw it often...but when we did throw we were very efficient and pretty lethel. Also...our LB's and DB's were damn good on pass coverage.

I am/was about as old school as you can get...and our base offense was the archaic "Full House-T"...and I happend to think that 7-on-7 is really vital off-season work.

But Hey...that's just me.

 

[Duck_walk]

No, there are some small aspects of the game that can be worked on, just like in flag. 7 on 7 is also where teams can find recruits and transfers...

I love this quote from the attached article...and it makes my point as well:

"Of the 40 prep football coaches who responded to The News Tribune’s survey, 97.5 percent of them said it’s more beneficial for an athlete to participate in some sort of other school-sponsored sports team during the winter and spring seasons (such as basketball, wrestling, baseball, track and field and soccer) than 7-on-7 football." AND, I love this one,
"7-on-7 football has become a breeding ground for the entitlement culture, prima donnas, poor techniques, over-the-top celebrations and getting athletes to transfer to another high school."


Read more here: http://www.thenewstribune.com/sports/high-school/article161493228.html#storylink=cpy

Hey Genius, they arent talking about kids playing 7-on-7 with their high school teams. Omg.