Several youth football drills expose young athletes to head impacts more frequently and more roughly than others, according to a U.S. study that followed 10- and 11-year-old players for a full season.

Eliminating particular high-impact drills in youth football practices significantly reduces the risk of head injuries, according to a study published in the Journal of Neurosurgery on Tuesday. ...

Youth Football Coach Pushes Neck Exercises Football coaches are reminding players about good tackling techniques ever since the cervical spine injury of Kevin Everett, tight end for the NFL's ...

Nearly three quarters of the football players in the U.S. are less than 14 years old. But amid growing concern about concussion risk in football, the majority of the head-impact research has ...

Nebraska’s starting quarterback brought kids from across the state together to train with their favorite Huskers and create lasting memories.

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Thirty-four young players on two Blacksburg, Virginia, youth football teams wore helmets lined with spring-mounted accelerometers. The data showed some practice drills carried much higher risks of ...

Football Hall of Fame Inductee was an unexpected camp counselor at a South Shore youth football camp on Saturday.

But kids are the most vulnerable to football injuries, especially head and neck injuries, which can have lifelong consequences and account for up to 13% of all football injuries for school-age ...

INDIANAPOLIS — On a warm and sunny March evening, little ones gleefully chased each other at Tarkington Park while just weeks into their 2019 spring season, the Indy Steelers youth football ...