POP WARNER SAFETY FACTS AND INFORMATION
Kids compete with kids of similar age and size.
Pop Warner is the
ONLY youth football program (local, regional and national) that sets and enforces a strict
AGE & WEIGHT MATRIX that
reduces the risk and reality of injuries.
Did you know that Pop Warner football is safer than soccer? Pop Warner's age-weight schematic protects younger, lighter players, creating lower injury rates.
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Organized football among 5 – 15 year-olds has 12 percent fewer injuries per capita than organized soccer in the same age range
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Organized football among 5 – 15 year-olds has 50 percent fewer injuries per capita than bicycle riding in the same age range
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Organized football among 5 – 15 year-olds has 74 percent fewer injuries per capita than skateboarding in the same age group.
The
Institute of
Sports Medicine and Athletic Trauma in
New York completed a Pop Warner injury survey in 71 towns covering over 5,000 players in 1998. The injury experience of 5,128 boys (8 to 15 years of age, weight 22.5 to 67.5 kg [50 to 150 lb]) participating in youth football revealed an overall rate of significant injury of 5%, with 61% classified as moderate and 38.9% as major injuries. That's about 1.33 per team per year. No catastrophic injuries occurred, and it was rare for a permanent disability to result from any injury.
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