Tis the season of giving and we are working to inspire more Springfield grads [SHS North South], family, friends and Buckeyes who have not yet become annual donors to the SHS Scholarships Program. Hope that you will join in with the other 50+ who have. No donation is too small.
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all . . . jack57shs on twitter
Do you really want to reduce concussions in sports like football. Then …
1. Remove the facemasks from the football helmet. That will change immediately the way that players block and tackle.
OR
2. Get rid of the hard shell helmets. Use soft helmets made of the material similar to what is used in wrestling mats. No facemasks.
OR
3. Pad the outside of the hard shell helmets the same way that Woody Hayes pioneered it for just one season at OSU back in the early 1960s.
By the way, Coach Hayes told us in class why he stopped doing it. Our Buckeye ball carriers became accustomed to getting hit in practice with soft helmets. However, In games, our ball carriers were getting hit on the hands with the hard helmets of our opponents. That caused fumbles. So, Coach Hayes discontinued the use of soft helmet padding to help stop our ball carriers from fumbling the ball. So, this tells us that all teams need to adopt one of the three suggestions above, not just some of the teams.
Jack Hutslar, a former teacher and coach with degrees from Ohio State and Penn State, founded the North American Youth Sport Institute in 1979. He has been involved with kids and sports since 1953, starting as a batboy, gopher, and practice helper for the first Little League baseball program in Springfield, Ohio. It was coached by Bill Hutslar, my father. Jack is now in sales - training - consulting, an author, a 1957 SHS graduate and played in the band.
