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Title: Sign Her Up Coach (SIAP) Post by: Leroy on November 08, 2012, 07:29:18 PM Quote Check out 8-year-old Sam Gordon ripping up this Utah Pee Wee Football League. Video of Sam has gone viral with well over a million hits on YouTube, because Sam Gordon -- is a girl! Little Sam says she usually plays soccer, but thought playing football would be fun after her dad showed her a video of a BYU Football player. Fun indeed! 35 touchdowns, 65 tackles, Awesome! I hope the video works :-\ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs8X1RzQ1Gw Title: Re: Sign Her Up Coach (SIAP) Post by: SUPERCOACH on November 08, 2012, 07:45:13 PM I will be honest with you guys. I don't like this one little bit.
Title: Re: Sign Her Up Coach (SIAP) Post by: pmull on November 08, 2012, 08:34:09 PM I will be honest with you guys. I don't like this one little bit. I don't like this either. Football is not a sport that should be coed. Title: Re: Sign Her Up Coach (SIAP) Post by: Leroy on November 08, 2012, 08:36:32 PM I honestly don't like full contact or tackle pee wee football for children - boy or girls - one little bit. If I could have my way it would be against the law the same as dog fighting and cock-fighting.
Title: Re: Sign Her Up Coach (SIAP) Post by: SUPERCOACH on November 08, 2012, 08:44:11 PM I honestly don't like full contact or tackle pee wee football for children - boy or girls - one little bit. If I could have my way it would be against the law the same as dog fighting and cock-fighting. I don't like it either until maybe junior high. Football younger than junior high should be flag football for just learning how to run pass routes, throw, catch, avoid defenders, etc. Title: Re: Sign Her Up Coach (SIAP) Post by: Leroy on November 08, 2012, 08:55:53 PM I honestly don't like full contact or tackle pee wee football for children - boy or girls - one little bit. If I could have my way it would be against the law the same as dog fighting and cock-fighting. I don't like it either until maybe junior high. Football younger than junior high should be flag football for just learning how to run pass routes, throw, catch, avoid defenders, etc. I agree with you 100% on that SC...for the reasons you gave and many others I learned from my Dad who was a pretty sucessful high school football head coach that strongly opposed pee wee football. Title: Re: Sign Her Up Coach (SIAP) Post by: cbbama99 on November 08, 2012, 09:09:57 PM I will be honest with you guys. I don't like this one little bit. I don't like this either. Football is not a sport that should be coed. Ditto. Title: Re: Sign Her Up Coach (SIAP) Post by: Catch Prothro on November 09, 2012, 08:23:16 AM I played tackle football starting at 7 years old. It taught teamwork and toughness, and I felt I was better off because of it. But I don't think my son will be playing anytime soon.
It's all cute and all to see a little girl running around playing football, but generally girls have less strength in the knees and are more likely to be injured as they get older. Even soccer too early can cause them problems. Title: Re: Sign Her Up Coach (SIAP) Post by: SUPERCOACH on November 09, 2012, 09:30:57 AM I played tackle football starting at 7 years old. It taught teamwork and toughness, and I felt I was better off because of it. But I don't think my son will be playing anytime soon. It's all cute and all to see a little girl running around playing football, but generally girls have less strength in the knees and are more likely to be injured as they get older. Even soccer too early can cause them problems. I played before junior high too, but not until 5th grade. Like you I probably will not let my son start that early. There is a lot you can learn from the game even at an early age, but the injury risk is too great IMO. There is such a huge size difference between some kids at that age. Title: Re: Sign Her Up Coach (SIAP) Post by: Catch Prothro on November 09, 2012, 10:10:57 AM I played tackle football starting at 7 years old. It taught teamwork and toughness, and I felt I was better off because of it. But I don't think my son will be playing anytime soon. It's all cute and all to see a little girl running around playing football, but generally girls have less strength in the knees and are more likely to be injured as they get older. Even soccer too early can cause them problems. I played before junior high too, but not until 5th grade. Like you I probably will not let my son start that early. There is a lot you can learn from the game even at an early age, but the injury risk is too great IMO. There is such a huge size difference between some kids at that age. Title: Re: Sign Her Up Coach (SIAP) Post by: SUPERCOACH on November 09, 2012, 11:24:00 AM I played tackle football starting at 7 years old. It taught teamwork and toughness, and I felt I was better off because of it. But I don't think my son will be playing anytime soon. It's all cute and all to see a little girl running around playing football, but generally girls have less strength in the knees and are more likely to be injured as they get older. Even soccer too early can cause them problems. I played before junior high too, but not until 5th grade. Like you I probably will not let my son start that early. There is a lot you can learn from the game even at an early age, but the injury risk is too great IMO. There is such a huge size difference between some kids at that age. That is a great way to do it. Around here there aren't enough kids to do that. |