Help the VCFL keep kids safe!
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Calling all football fans!!!
The VCFL wants your help to keep kids safe and playing the game we all love!
The Valley Community Football League comprises five incredible associations in the Fraser Valley of British Columbia. Each non-profit association represents hundreds of kids from the ages of 5-18 playing Canadian tackle football.
Our mandate is simple: Keep kids safe while teaching them the value of hard work, sportsmanship and good citizenship through the game of football.
With all the information surrounding football safety and specifically concussions, the VCFL is taking action!
The volunteer leaders of the VCFL want to purchase ShockBox impact sensors. Placed into the players helmet, our coaching staff, training staff and parents can get real time information regarding any contact the player receives. Information such as specific location and severity of the contact. That information can be used proactively to help coach the kids in safe contact drills, and proper form playing the game.
A lot of media coverage has been focused on the NFL and post-concussion syndrome, but almost nothing regarding minor or community football. We want to use these first and foremost to keep our kids safe, but to also report to the league, coaches and parents real data regarding these impacts. Real information so parents can make real decisions regarding their children.
Please help us achieve our goal of protecting our current players and safely paving the way for the football stars of the future!
Specific Benefits:
1. Our number one concern is that we will now have stats that are from our local VCFL players. We want real reporting of what is happening in our back yard. We want to know what the impact of our atom games, our peewee games etc. are on the players. We don't want to hear stats from other areas. We want to know the stats in the VCFL. This is our league and our game, let's get our data.
2. Safety: We can adjust the G-Force reader for each sensor individually. If we want to check the player at a G-force lower than the average we can set it and monitor it to do so.
3. Proactively, we can see patterns of coaching opportunities for improvement - for example if there are too many tackles led with the head on a certain team or certain player.
4. Reactively, we can see a 3D image. You can see the exact area of the hit on the helmet.
5. The trainer of each team will get a notification of the G-Force impact and will be better able to assess the player. There will be an app on the trainer's phone that will pull up the roster of those individuals with sensors at the start of games and practices.
6. Data: We will collect data for each level and be aware of what's going on. REAL data we can share with parents, the association, league, BCCFA, BCPFA and Football Canada.
7. The chip is inserted into the helmet and it activates once the helmet is shook. It needs to be charged after each practice. It's easy, and does not affect the players performance.
The VCFL wants your help to keep kids safe and playing the game we all love!
The Valley Community Football League comprises five incredible associations in the Fraser Valley of British Columbia. Each non-profit association represents hundreds of kids from the ages of 5-18 playing Canadian tackle football.
Our mandate is simple: Keep kids safe while teaching them the value of hard work, sportsmanship and good citizenship through the game of football.
With all the information surrounding football safety and specifically concussions, the VCFL is taking action!
The volunteer leaders of the VCFL want to purchase ShockBox impact sensors. Placed into the players helmet, our coaching staff, training staff and parents can get real time information regarding any contact the player receives. Information such as specific location and severity of the contact. That information can be used proactively to help coach the kids in safe contact drills, and proper form playing the game.
A lot of media coverage has been focused on the NFL and post-concussion syndrome, but almost nothing regarding minor or community football. We want to use these first and foremost to keep our kids safe, but to also report to the league, coaches and parents real data regarding these impacts. Real information so parents can make real decisions regarding their children.
Please help us achieve our goal of protecting our current players and safely paving the way for the football stars of the future!
Specific Benefits:
1. Our number one concern is that we will now have stats that are from our local VCFL players. We want real reporting of what is happening in our back yard. We want to know what the impact of our atom games, our peewee games etc. are on the players. We don't want to hear stats from other areas. We want to know the stats in the VCFL. This is our league and our game, let's get our data.
2. Safety: We can adjust the G-Force reader for each sensor individually. If we want to check the player at a G-force lower than the average we can set it and monitor it to do so.
3. Proactively, we can see patterns of coaching opportunities for improvement - for example if there are too many tackles led with the head on a certain team or certain player.
4. Reactively, we can see a 3D image. You can see the exact area of the hit on the helmet.
5. The trainer of each team will get a notification of the G-Force impact and will be better able to assess the player. There will be an app on the trainer's phone that will pull up the roster of those individuals with sensors at the start of games and practices.
6. Data: We will collect data for each level and be aware of what's going on. REAL data we can share with parents, the association, league, BCCFA, BCPFA and Football Canada.
7. The chip is inserted into the helmet and it activates once the helmet is shook. It needs to be charged after each practice. It's easy, and does not affect the players performance.
Organizer
David Rooney
Organizer
Maple Ridge, BC