Update: Local Coaches Question Law Limiting Football Practice
Deerfield High and Lake Forest High School Coaches have concerns over state Rep. Sente’s proposed law limiting football practice activities.
(Update at 7:25 p.m.)—Deerfield High School football Coach Steve Winiecki likes the effort of state Rep. Carol Sente (D-Vernon Hills) to limit athletic injuries but also agrees with Lake Forest High School Coach Chuck Spagnoli the approach might not be the right way to go. “I applaud her concern over the safety of athletes but it’s very difficult to know how (the law will) define tackling,” Winiecki said. “At Deerfield we teach form tackling,” he said, wondering if those drills would be limited to once a week. Should the law be passed, Winiecki also expressed apprehension some coaches might put too much emphasis on a lot of contact at once. “If they do drills that are just hitting, hitting, hitting it’s physiologically worse for the body…
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Stevie Janowski
10:53 pm on Wednesday, February 27, 2013
HAHAHA go to Europe and watch soccer you clown. more ›