USA Football and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have shown the importance they place on concussion awareness by partnering together to provide information and best practices to youth football coaches and commissioners across the United States.
USA Football will conduct 37 full-day Coaching Schools in 25 states in 2010, designed for youth football coaches. Each coach will receive this clipboard sticker regarding concussion awareness and management, created by USA Football and the CDC. USA Football anticipates more than 5,000 youth football coaches to attend its 2010 Coaching Schools.
This same information, screened onto 9" x 13" clipboards and 6" x 8.25" refrigerator magnets, will be given to youth football league commissioners at USA Football's 38 State Leadership Forums in 2010, spanning 27 states.
In 2009, more than 700 "Heads Up: Concussion in Youth Sports" tool kits for coaches were distributed at USA Football Coaching Schools and State Leadership Forums, which took place all across the United States. The tool kit comes equipped with a clipboard that has the key concussion signs and symptoms to recognize; a fact sheet for coaches, parents and athletes; a magnet and poster with injury information; and a quiz for coaches, parents and athletes as well.
