RedRider1;1534921 wrote:Or it's not football season until next July.

Riderwannabe;1535226 wrote:isnt it always football season in Orrville

When it's a losing season, superfan rr-"none" will abandon ship as soon as possible! Like RRN stated elsewhere, he's already ceased posting pre-game outlooks on his blog. It's obviously too "negative" for him to say that the Riders might/will lose.

Who is "in charge" of the pee wee system? Is the boys club part of it. I know they were at the beginning but I don't know if they still are. Where are the coaches from for the league and what training do they have.

It was pretty cool to be coached by the varsity football players for Flag at the club. Built a connection with the players and the kids.

they are all volunters that coach the pee wee. and the boys club runs it and its not run well at all according to parents and either is the flag leagues. A BIG JOKE IS WHAT I CALL BOTH LEAGUES.

I would like to see the flag program become strong again. Like when Jerry Lane was running it. Need to get the HS players coaching again....

Youth football programs are a very controversial topic right now. Most players that we watch play on Saturdays and Sundays have played tackle football since they were very young. The key is implementing the skills and fundamentals that will help these kids later on correctly. There is nothing wrong with youth football if it is done correctly. Doing it correctly seems to be the challenge that some local programs can't solve. The numbers in several Wayne County football programs are dangerously low. I would not be surprised one bit if a Wayne County team can't field a team sometime within the next ten years.

rrfan;1535501 wrote:I would like to see the flag program become strong again. Like when Jerry Lane was running it. Need to get the HS players coaching again....

The HS players are too busy on here!

Red Rider Nation;1535808 wrote:The HS players are too busy on here!

I don't think so...

It’s not ALWAYS football season in the ville. Heck, we were encouraged to play other sports. Becoming a better overall athlete is a good way to help your football team. I think there is too much specialization at a young age these days anyways. I feel like kids should explore all kinds of sports and activities to help them be more rounded and find something they are passionate about? There were only a handful of kids that just played football back when I played. I am not sure if that was the meaning of the post “isn’t it always football season in Orrville”, but it got me thinking anyways…….

As far as the flag football thing goes, I use to think those high school players that coached us were modern day gladiators! Bill Rice and Kirby Shoup would show up on Saturday mornings with bruises and cuts all over them….. They were the closest thing to gods I had ever seen and they were right in front of me!!!! That played a role with how I viewed a cut or a bruise the rest of my life! LOL! Definitely some sauce to that for sure! And then when we played we paid that forward to the kids when we coached. We would head to the club right after films on Saturday morning. I thought and still think that was pretty special. I think those high school coaches helped me develop an “attitude” with which I played the game. I can still see them! That was when I REALLY started watching the games and not throwing a ball around over by the bathroom. I had faces and coaches to go with those numbers I saw on that field on Friday nights. I would talk with them about specific plays I remembered from Friday night. Sometimes they were happy to talk about what I saw and sometimes NOT, winning and losing had a lot to do with that I think.
As far as tackle pee wee leagues go, I just don’t know, some towns have success and some don’t. I think there are so many factors that come into play when it comes to kids tackling kids. LOTS of moving parts with coaching Pee wee tackle football. Kids are so young, some developed so much more than others…. The overall consistency of how fundamentals are taught is where I would see the first speed bump. I have watched a few Pee Wee practices in Medina and I love that these guys are out there on their time, and I respect the hell out of that but there seems to be serious disconnects from coach to coach and team to team in how they go about basic injury prevention fundamentals…. Could have just been the few days I watched but just seemed odd. LOTS of head down shoulder tackling and hang tackling…

Enough of all that, I LOVED the flag days with Jerry at the club! The entire experience influenced how I played and looked at the game back then, very special times!

I was watching ESPN's "Outside the Lines" last week and they were discussing concussions and how that may well be detrimental to "Pee Wee" kids playing tackle football and why there seems to be an increase in youth "not" playing football.

When you think about it, the helmets do seem to be somewhat heavy and awkward for those small kids. Do they really have the strength to be colliding into one another at their age?

The show also spoke about concussions and its effects on retired NFL pros such as Tony Dorsett, Jim McMahon and the late Dave Duerson and Junior Seau who both committed suicide due to the endless headaches, depression, etc., allegedly stemming from concussions. Perhaps some kids aren't that in love with football to spend their life suffering and half-crippled from the sport.

Of course, those aren't the stories that most people want to discuss as they may come off as negative.

I was watching ESPN's "Outside the Lines" last week and they were discussing concussions and how that may well be detrimental to "Pee Wee" kids playing tackle football and why there seems to be an increase in youth "not" playing football.

When you think about it, the helmets do seem to be somewhat heavy and awkward for those small kids. Do they really have the strength to be colliding into one another at their age?

The show also spoke about concussions and its effects on retired NFL pros such as Tony Dorsett, Jim McMahon and the late Dave Duerson and Junior Seau who both committed suicide due to the endless headaches, depression, etc., allegedly stemming from concussions. Perhaps some kids aren't that in love with football to spend their life suffering and half-crippled from the sport.

Of course, those aren't the stories that most people want to discuss as they may come off as negative.

I saw it as well, very thought provoking for sure!!!

Series62;1537716 wrote:I was watching ESPN's "Outside the Lines" last week and they were discussing concussions and how that may well be detrimental to "Pee Wee" kids playing tackle football and why there seems to be an increase in youth "not" playing football.

When you think about it, the helmets do seem to be somewhat heavy and awkward for those small kids. Do they really have the strength to be colliding into one another at their age?

The show also spoke about concussions and its effects on retired NFL pros such as Tony Dorsett, Jim McMahon and the late Dave Duerson and Junior Seau who both committed suicide due to the endless headaches, depression, etc., allegedly stemming from concussions. Perhaps some kids aren't that in love with football to spend their life suffering and half-crippled from the sport.

Of course, those aren't the stories that most people want to discuss as they may come off as negative.

that was a very good program. I also noticed that the young kids "according to the special" are more succeptable to concussions. Another reason to get the flag program back and healthy in Orrville.