The Future of Youth Football: Tackle vs. Flag Sports
Join us as we explore the evolution of youth football, discussing the rise of flag football and its impact on traditional tackle leagues. Learn how different communities adapt to keep kids engaged in the sport and what this means for future programs. #YouthFootball #TackleVsFlag #FlagFootball #FootballEducation #YouthSports #CommunitySports #PlayFootball #SportsEvolution #AthleteDevelopment #FutureOfFootball
It's just you know you just see a lot of Things now and like you said like There's a group this this is now a Generation that hasn't seen any of that Beforehand you know the the days of that Stuff that was gone by the time you know The these guys have been wearing Guardians since they put a helmet on you Know or they didn't even start football Until they were in seventh or eighth Grade you know um Dave sees it a lot More now because he's got a Nine-year-old who's what is this this Will be Troy's what third year of tackle This uh this year coming up will be his Third year yeah he'll be in the 10 he'll Be in the 10 this year yeah so it's uh It's a weird World he's played tackle for three years No this will be his third he did two he Did two be his third eight played eight Nine then this year will'll be yeah as Third as a 10-year-old it's uh I mean You know like I'm in Middletown which is A big Traditional football place um you know It's it's funny because we play like we Play places that are traditional Football places those are always good Games and then we play places that don't Really have a tradition in football and It's like it's not even a close game Because they have a hard time getting Enough enough kids you know so it's it's
Very interesting uh um tackle football From town to town now you know what's Obviously huge everywhere which is flag I mean that's that's huge everywhere Which is it's it's interesting to see How that Um 15 years from now affects how tackle Is I'm curious on all of that but um What the Pro Bowl is Now yeah I mean I I don't know like I Feel like I have an opinion but I'm not Sure because I feel like there are there Are some things for young young kids I Think that are really good in it like Keeps them in football like until They're ready you know so there's no Pressure if they're not ready like I Know a lot of kids that I think probably Will play football down the line that Stay in flag because either the parents Aren't comfortable with it yet or or They think their kid isn't comfortable With yet but they're very good athletes And I think they probably will play Tackle so my whole thing is like Whatever kind of keeps them in football To me whatever it is whether it's Flag Seven on seven uh if they like T if they Want to play tackle what whatever it is That keeps him involved in enjoying the Game and um you know is a important Because I think when you get to high School then it keeps high school Programs with the opportunity to
Continue to have football programs
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