Posted on 10/12/2017 5:23:55 AM PDT by Colonel Kangaroo
This thread exemplifies what’s wrong with America and on Free Republic
Pussy Nation
And not in a good way....
We did not have Pop warner yet (early 1950s), but my grade school had a football team, for seventh and eighth graders. They played a 7 or 8 game schedule, mostly against high school freshman teams. Only a few grade schools had teams.
Some of us did the same, a few of us into our 30s. I remember a couple of knockouts, lots of cuts and bruises and a few sprains, but we all survived. Mrs. JimRed made me quit when I kept coming home bloody and dirty. As a 74 year old I still miss the hitting. Doing rec B'ball 2-4 times a week now, and those 40-50year old kids are killin' me!
Back in the day when I was of age to play Pop Warner football, they did have teams in the area I lived, but due to their age/weight limit restrictions, I couldn't play because I was too big, so I didn't start playing football until high school and freshman football. Here's a link to the matrix of the age/weight limits:
POP WARNER LITTLE SCHOLARS AGES & WEIGHTS
The reason Pop Warner Football institutes the age/weight scale is to match up kids around the same size to limit injuries and balance the competition.
My sons played both Pop Warner Football and high school football and when they moved up to the high school team, they excelled because they already knew the fundamentals and had 4-5 years experience playing. My younger son starred on defense on his college football team and he was also the long snapper and played special teams and playing Pop Warner Football laid the foundation for him.
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