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2016-Press Kit 310.351.0891 www.trainemupacademy.org 2012 INITATIVE BIOGRAPHY

Coach Bobby Hosea is the Founder & CEO of Train ‘ Em Up Academy, Inc., a 5 01 ( c) 3 non- -profit Corporation, dedicated to protecting the health, fitness and wellbeing of Tackle football players of all ages.

Bobby began his football career in the 9th grade as a 135 pound offensive guard. He parlayed those humble beginnings into becoming a 2-year starting corner back at UCLA in 197 7 -7 8. He was named “Most Inspirational Player” his senior year.

He went on to play 5 years of professional football: first with the Montreal Alouettes / Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League ( CFL) for 3 years, 197 9-82; later with the Los Angeles Express / Jackson- ville Bulls of the United States Football League ( USFL) 1982-83. Bobby began coaching Defensive Backs in 1982 at San Bernardino Valley College, helping lead his JC Alma Mater to an 11-0 season and a top 10 national ranking. He then spent 17 seasons coaching Youth, High School and Junior College football from 1991 to 2009.

But this is no ordinary coach. In 1997 , when Bobby began coaching his 12-year old son’s first tackle football team, he found himself with a dilemma: “I was no different than any other parent, I was worried that my son might get hurt, but now that I was named the “Head Coach, I now had 25 other sons to worry about” recounts Hosea. “I never wanted to see any of those kids not be able to get up, because they tackled the wrong way for me!”

Subsequently, Bobby invented Dip-N-rip-Sticks, a comprehensive 12-Step Tackle Training System that teaches all football players how to identify and avoid the physical mechanisms that lead to head-first impact during live football competition. “I just prayed and the idea came to me!” Hosea says enthusiastically. Bobby has since dedicated his life to coaching youth and adults and spreading his revolutionary tackle training system all over the nation.

Coach Bobby Hosea’s Tackle Training System is making its mark. Within the last 15 years, doze ns of Coach Hosea’s former players have earned scholarships to Division I & II colleges and universities, the most promi- nent of which are San Francisco 49er starting Free Safety, Dashon Goldson, Seattle Seahawks’ Special Teams Capitan, Roy Lewis and Carolina Panther starting Outside Linebacker, Antwan Applewhite.

The advocacy to support Coach Bobby’s dedication to stop “Helmet-First-Impact” has captured the attention of the News Media. In May, 2010, Coach Bobby Hosea was featured in American Football Monthly maga- zi ne which states…” Bobby Hosea’ s p ioneering tackl ing tech niq u e p rotect s p layers f rom deva stating h ead inj u ries. ” Pg 1 of 2 continued... Biography continued... [Coach Bobby Hosea Bio part II]

Years ago Coach Bobby announced a 2012 initiative whose time has come to pass in precisely that time frame. At the start of 2012 Coach Bobby Hosea established “GridIron Technologies and Science LLC.”, formed to facilitate the distribution and sales of the Coach Bobby Hosea line of educational products and services.

Starting in 2011 and continuing through 2012, Coach Bobby and his Injury Preventative Tackle Training System is featured in four separate Documentaries about football related brain and spinal injuries.[USA Football; Moms Team; Grid Iron Heroes;”My Dads Brain”]

As a result of the National Exposure, Coach Bobby Hosea has expanded his training camps throughout the Nation. The demands for his services prompted the need to develop his “Coach Bobby Hosea’s Tackle Camp will Travel�” division, where he travels to your local practice site and brings the equipment & expertise to train all players and coaches how to make a “Helmet-Free- Tackle”.

In 2012 alone, “Tackle Camp Will Travel” has taken Coach Bobby’s method to Tulsa,& Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; San Antonio and Austin, Texas; Chantilly, Virginia and Washington D.C.; Canton, Ohio; Indianapolis, Indiana and Lake Havasu, Nevada. Coach Bobby Hosea’s “Tackle Camp will Travel” has become so popular he is expected to visit Europe and Asia in 2013. Local travel camps visited in 2012 include Montebello, Lawndale, Pasadena, and Moorpark, California. You can also find Coach Bobby’s Training Camps at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California.

In addition in 2012 Coach Bobby Hosea launched his “Helmet-Free-Tackle [HFT] Coaches Certifi- cation Clinics” with the goal of Training the Trainers in charge of our youth. He successfully partnered with LA84 Foundation to sponsor Coaches Clinics to the 2nd largest school districts in the Nation [LAUSD], along with numerous Southern California youth football associations. Coach Bobby’s HFT Certification Clinics also partnered with the Pacific Coast Conference Youth Football League to provide certification to over 300 of their coaches.

In 2012 Coach Bobby further expanded his already established relationship with USA Football. In 2009, USA Football’s CEO, Carl Peterson, asked for Coach Bobby’s Help in designing USA Foot- balls Tackle Training Program. Coach Bobby currently sits on the USA Football Wellness Commit- tee and is their Resident Tackle Expert. He was instrumental in the creation of the USA “Heads Up Football Program” commissioned by the NFL.

Recently, Coach Bobby Hosea’s Helmet Free Tackle Safety and Performance Curriculum was featured in the “Journal of Coaching Education”, Fall 2012 issue. The drive to establish a single standard of tackle training to increase safety and lower the risk of injury is being led by Coach Bobby Hosea’s “Helmet-Free-Tackle Curriculum – and he has met his 2012 initiative... the time has come!

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Head football Coach at Kyoto University, Japan successfully sends Team to Coach Bobby Hosea’s Tackle Safety Training Camp to learn their first concussion prevention Tackling Techniques

Coach Bobby Hosea, the world’s foremost authority on Injury Preventative Tackle Training, launched his first International training camp with the Japanese Freshman Team visiting his local Train ‘Em Up Academy, and made history in Carson, California, on August 22, & 29 2014 . The freshman squad from Kyoto University in Japan, was trained by the legendary Guru of Concussion prevention as a result of their Coaches earlier visit to UCLA, where they spent 4 weeks learning about football operations but learned nothing during that entire time about tackling because nothing was being taught.

Coach Dennis Nishimura, who is a head football coach at Kyoto University in Japan contacted Coach Bobby stating “…Hi Coach -- I am a Japanese semi-pro American Football player used-to-be, currently living in Beverly Hills, CA. My friend, Coach Dennis Nishimura, who is a head football coach at Kyoto University in Japan … has spent four weeks at UCLA spring camp to learn football operation here in the US. We are extremely interested in your program and if possible, would like to see you … We believe safety tackling technique is very important in Japanese football society and we have a lot to learn from you… Respectfully, Toru Mihara”

That Mission came to pass and the camp was well attended and a great success! Although the team spoke very little English they came ready to work along with attendance of Coach Katsuaki Fukui and translations made through supervising Coach Shimpei Tokito. Their passion and commitment to learn - made language no barrier. Videos and Photos exhibit their hard work and dedication to learn all they could in a short period of time for the distance they had traveled to do so. It was moving to watch how determined they were to “get it” and the smiles on their faces and appreciation of Coach Bobby once they did. Coach Shimpei says “He is a great Coach and very tough but made it fun and we understood and learned”.

Since 1997 Coach Hosea has developed his scientifically proven, trademarked method that helps solve the problems with the many helmet related concussions that result from players initiating contact with their helmet while in the act of making a tackle. In June of 2011, a scientific research study proved that the “Hosea-Method” lowers helmet first impact by 43% (100% of the CROWN) while performing a FORM tackle, yet increases the “g” force of the tackle.

On the World Wide Web Coach Bobby Hosea was listed 2nd on the list of “Influential Sports Business Professionals In 2012”. He is also one of the original contributors to USA footballs “Heads Up Tackle” Page 2 Train Em Up Academy teaches the Japanese Safe Football Tackling Techniques

program and sits on their wellness committee. In 2010 he was named the “World’s foremost authority on Tackle Safety Training” by the New York Times and he has since through his nonprofit organization, Train ‘Em Up Academy, trained 1000’s of Football Coaches and Players on his method.

Coach Dennis Nishimura, head football coach at Kyoto University in Japan sought out Coach Hosea’s

training after spending two days , his freshman squad players in attendance were trained first hand by

Coach Bobby Hosea in support of the Japanese belief that “safety tackle training is very important in Japanese football society”. For more contact Coach Bobby Hosea.

For Immediate Release 9am, PST , September 18, 2014

BIO - Coach Bobby Hosea A 2-year starting cornerback at UCLA in 1977-78, Bobby was named “Most Inspirational Player” his senior

year. He went on to play 5 years of Professional football: first with the Montreal Alouettes / Saskatchewan

Roughriders of the Canadian Football League & later with the Los Angeles Express / Jacksonville Bulls of the

United States Football League. Coach Bobby’s presentations are more than inspirational. A SAG member,

Bobby Hosea is an accomplished actor of over 30 years who has appeared in 100’s of television series,

commercials, & movies. Google his name and you will see over a million comments on “Bobby Hosea”.

Hosea began coaching Defensive Backs in 1982 at San Bernardino Valley College. He coached 17 seasons of

Youth, High School and Junior College football. While coaching his 12-year old son’s tackle football team, he

says “I was no different than any other parent, worried that my son might get hurt. But now as “Head Coach”, I

had 25 other sons to worry about”. “I never wanted to see any of those kids not be able to get up, because they tackled the wrong way for me!” Subsequently, Bobby invented Dip-N-rip-Sticks, 12-Step Tackle Training

System. This revolutionary system is making the game safer. Visit: www.TrainEmUPAcademy.com.

News features: April,2011, American Football Monthly Magazine; December 26, 2010, front page New York

Times article, by Allen Schwarz; February, 2010 Hosea tackling techniques highlighted in TIME Magazine;

October 2009 , mentioned at the Congressional Hearings on Football Related Brain Injuries as a real solution to lowering the risk of football related head injuries.

In June 2011 a scientific study commissioned by LA84 Foundation conducted by ETScience determined that

the “Hosea Method” does lower the Helmet first impact by 43% while increasing the overall tackling force of

impact by 4g’s.

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9 Influential People In Sports Business In 2012

by Trevor Turnbull on January 2, 2013 in Sports Business weet

We recently ran a Facebook Contest asking our audience who they thought was missing from Sports Business Journal’s “50 Most Influential People in Sports Business“. We received some 1 great feedback and the people mentioned varied greatly from hare Mark Cuban (Owner – Dallas Mavericks) to Bruton Smith (CEO – Nascar).

The annual list put together by SBJ includes a wide variety of executives that have affected the sports industry in North America over the past 12 months.

We wanted to know who you thought was missing from this list? And, of course, our criteria was not restricted to North America, billionaire owners and league commissioners. So, as a result, there are a mit couple of mentions below that you may have never heard of, but each have had an impact in the world of sports. dit

• S So, without further adieu, here’s a summary of the contest entries we received (and a few that we threw • S into the mix): Influential Sports Business Professionals In 2012

Bruton Smith

Owner/CEO – Nascar

O. Bruton Smith, 85, the Company’s founder and majority stockholder, has been the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of SMI since its organization in 1994.

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Since 1975, Mr. Smith has served as the Chief Executive Officer and a board member of Charlotte Motor Speedway, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SMI, and its predecessor entities (“CMS”), which he originally founded in 1959.

Mr. Smith has been in the motorsports business since the sport’s beginnings in the 1940s and has been a leader in motorsports innovation throughout its history.

Website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruton_Smith Twitter: N/A LinkedIn: N/A

Bobby Hosea

Founder – Train ‘em Up Academy

In 2006, Coach Bobby Hosea founded Train ‘Em Up Academy, Inc. (TEUA), a 501 (C) 3 Not-for-Profit Corporation to help attract the financial support needed to spread his tackling safety and performance curriculum throughout the country. In June of 2011, a scientific research study proved that the “Hosea-Method” lowers helmet first impact by 43% (100% of the CROWN) while performing a FORM tackle.

Coach Bobby Hosea’s unique system teaches players and coaches, how to readily identify and avoid the physical mechanisms, tackling techniques, terminology and drills that lead to CROWN first impact while a defender is in the act of tackling a ball carrier.

Website: http://www.trainemupacademy.org/ Twitter: @BOBBYHOSEA LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/coach-bobby-hosea/16/522/397

Mark Cuban

Owner – Dallas Mavericks

Mark Cuban is an American businessman, investor, and philanthropist. He is the owner of the National Basketball Association‘s Dallas Mavericks. He is also a “shark” investor on the television series Shark Tank.

In 2011, Cuban wrote an e-book, How to Win at the Sport of Business, in which he chronicles his life experiences in business and sports.

Website: http://www.forbes.com/profile/mark-cuban/ Twitter: @mcuban LinkedIn: N/A

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TACKLE SAFE

Bobby Hosea’s pioneering tackling technique protects players from devastating head injuries.

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s a coach, what are you doing right going to fly forward and slam against the in- That reality check combined with Hosea’s now to make the game safer for your side or your skull from your head stopping so prayers spawned what is now the Train ‘Em Up Acurrent and future players? Could you abruptly.” Academy. But don’t confuse this with just another be doing more to ensure head-to-head hits are Hosea coaches a tackling technique that has tackling camp. Fifteen years after its inception, eliminated from the game? reduced head injuries for entire youth leagues. Hosea’s Academy features coaching tackling safe- Bobby Hosea can help you answer those He’s a developer of talent, like San Francisco ty certification clinics and mothers’ tackling safety questions. Hosea, a former UCLA cornerback 49ers safety Dashon Golden (pictured above). summits in addition to player camps. He even has who played professionally in Canada and in “I learned things from Coach Bobby that I still a fund-raising method in place to help coaches the USFL, has emerged as a passionate and au- use today,” said Golden, who was fourth on the generate revenue to implement his system. And, thoritative voice in the movement to change the 49ers in tackles last season. “Players still come if he has his way, the methods taught at the Acad- violent tackling culture in football. He enlight- up to me today and ask how I hit so hard. I’m emy would become mandatory. He’s pressing for ens coaches, parents and players on exactly how not the biggest guy out there, but if you come legislation that would require coaches and players concussions or neck and spine injuries occur and with the proper technique, you’d be surprised.” to get certified in tackle safety. Hosea’s system al- develops innovative tackling methods that can Hosea’s also a father, who got a reality check ready has been mentioned in Congressional hear- reduce these devastating personal tragedies. when he became the head coach of his son’s Pop ing on football-related brain injuries. “If you hit a ball carrier with your head, your Warner team. “When I became the head coach, Most importantly, Hosea’s system works. head’s going to stop, but your momentum is go- it just hit me,” Hosea remembered. “I went from Mike Kulow, a veteran youth coach in a Califor- ing to continue and so is his,” Hosea explained. having one son on the team to 25 sons. I knew I nia Pop Warner league, told Time Magazine last “All that pressure is going to compress your never wanted to see any one of them get carried January that after sending players and coaches

spine and the base of your neck. Your brain is off the ﬁeld. I went home and prayed.” to Hosea’s camp, the 450-player league had ©San Francisco 49ers

18 www.AmericanFootballMonthly.com only one whiplash injury the following season. fensive Body Posture,” and he compares it to a fenders to shufﬂe and stay on the offensive “There are no more excuses,” Hosea empha- sprinter coming out of the blocks. player’s trail hip, the back hip or the hip that is sized. “We have to protect our young athletes. Hosea considers this an attacking position opposite to the direction he is going. If the ball We have to eliminate injuries caused by helmets that forces ball carriers to make one of three carrier cuts right, a defender would want to say now, immediately; not next season; not after decisions. “He can cut left, cut right or lower on his left hip. “Do not cross his center,” said you raise the money, now. Frankly, if you’re not his pads and try to run over me,” he explained. Hosea, “because that’s when he’ll cut back on willing to do that, you shouldn’t be coaching.” “If he dips his shoulder, I’m going to step in an you and you’ll lose him. If you stay on his trail imaginary hole. My front foot should be on the hip, he’ll cut back into you and you’ll be in po- Bobby Hosea’s Helmet-Free outside of my chin, and my back foot right up sition for a form tackle. Keep your eyes across Tackling Technique under my butt.” the front of his body and come from belt-buckle Stepping into that imaginary hole is key, says high, up and through his body.” Teaching our youngest football players hel- Hosea, and it goes back to being lower than the met-free tackling technique and having them use ball carrier’s facemask. “If we’re even with him, Conditioning to Make a Helmet-Free Tackle these techniques throughout their playing careers when he lowers his pads and we lower ours, is the key to long-term reduction of head, neck we’re going to have a head-to-head collision,” Through his 15 years working with youth and spine injuries. But Hosea insists that we’ve he said. “So I have to be lower than him from football leagues, Hosea has noticed more and reached a critical point where every coach at ev- the very beginning. That way, when he dips, I more that young players do not have the proper

ery level should be re-teaching his players how to strength and conditioning to execute a helmet- tackle without involving their head. free tackle when they begin their football ca- Hosea scoffs at the notion that NFL play- “We have to protect reers. Often, their legs won’t be strong or flexi- ers can’t be taught to quit leading with their our young athletes. We have to ble enough to get in the position to avoid hitting heads. After being repeatedly fined by the NFL, with their helmet. Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison eliminate injuries caused by helmets “To get as low as I need players to get, you threatened to retire, saying he was being penal- now, immediately; not next season; have to strengthen and build endurance in those ized for playing the way he had been taught. muscles,” said Hosea. “Start your kid out early That’s a major problem, says Hosea. “Those are not after you raise the money, now.” doing forward lunges, keeping his torso straight, the best athletes in the world,” he said. “They backward lunges, leg lifts, crunches, sit ups and are human beings, who are perfectly capable of - Bobby Hosea pushups. Strengthen those areas that are going to learning to tackle without their head. Coaches be under stress, including the shoulder areas that aren’t properly educated on how to get the hel- drop into that imaginary hole, then come up and are going to be under stress from grabbing, fall- met out of the tackle so they can’t teach it prop- through him.” ing down and running into each other. Don’t use erly,” he added. At this point, Hosea instructs his players to weights Ð just let them use their own bodies.” So what is Hosea’s proper tackling technique? “rip and shoot,” by ripping their arms forward It starts with an attacking mindset and pinpoint in an upper-cut motion, which causes their hips Drills to Improve Technique body positioning. A player in proper tackling po- to roll forward and their head to move up and sition, according to Hosea, has his feet shoulder- away. “You’re going to hit them with your shoul- To enforce D.B.P., “Defensive Body Posi- width apart and knees are bent at a 45-degree der and lift the ball carrier up off the ground,” tion,” Hosea starts one drill with players on angle with the goal of having the tackler’s eyes Hosea described. “You’re hitting with your legs, their knees and a tackling pad laid out vertically below the ball-carrier’s facemask. which generate the power. Your hips transfer the about an arm’s length in front of the player. The The most noticeable difference in Hosea’s power, and your arms help accelerate your hips player’s arms are back with palms up. At the technique is the defender’s arms, which are and transfer that power even faster. So when a whistle, players whip their arms up in an upper- extended behind his back with palms up. This ball carrier is running at you, you’re generat- cut motion, which causes their hips to roll for- creates an inward curve in their spine and ing momentum to meet their momentum. Plus, ward and their head to move up and away. They forces the player’s head up. Once the player is since you’re below the ball carrier and coming then flop their chest onto the pad and wrap up. in the position, he drops his arms down to his up, you’re actually dissecting their energy so Hosea makes his players hold the proper posi- side with fingers pointing forward and over his it’s not compressing your spine.” tion for a few seconds, because it will put some kneecaps. This is what Hosea calls D.B.P, “De- If the ball carrier cuts, Hosea instructs de- stress on players’ torsos and upper legs. He asks

www.AmericanFootballMonthly.com 19 them to ‘feel the burn and want the burn.’ Hosea a safety convention. They joined forces in 2009. fect marriage. They’ve been very open about said, “They like it because they know they’re “I teamed with Xenith because they impressed trying to make a safer helmet, while empha- doing it right when their legs begin to burn.” me with their outside-the-box thinking about sizing that technique and learning to eliminate In another drill, Hosea simulates the entire safety,” said Hosea. “They’re trying to combine from the head from tackling are key.” tackling process, using his Dip ‘N Sticks, pseu- technology with know-how, and that’s the per- Since 1997, Hosea’s tackling training sys- do-limbo poles, roughly 3 ½ to 5 feet tall, to tems have proven to lower the incidence of hel- force players to get low and into proper tackling met-first impact during live competition. With position. The Dip ‘N Sticks, which Hosea first the growing number of head-related injuries in built out of PVC pipe, are positioned in front football, Bobby Hosea looks at his camps as of tackling dummies. Players are instructed to saving the sport, one youngster at a time. close a three-yard gap between themselves and the ball carrier, which is represented by cones. During the three-yard close zone, Hosea tells Startling Facts About his players to “buzz their feet.” CONCUSSIONS “Your toes go out, you get flat-footed, dig- ging your heels and arches and balls of your According to a study by the National feet,” Hosea explained. “It’s real quick, buzz- Center for Injury Prevention, nearly one ing of the feet, and it only lasts about three sec- of two high school football players onds.” Once they reach the cone (ball carrier), (47 percent) say they suffer a concussion Hosea points left or right, simulating a cutting each football season, with 35 percent re- porting multiple concussions in a season. ball carrier. The defender mirrors the cut, dips under the Dip ‘N Stick then rips through the tackling dummy with the uppercut motion (See Children below 14 and young people Diagram). These drills and more can be seen on 15-19 are at the highest risk for a traumatic brain injury (TBI). Hosea’s well-crafted YouTube training video at www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFXpsSincVM. According to the U.S. Consumer Prod- Bobby Hosea has been fortunate to part- uct Safety Commission, football accounted ner with companies that share his concern for for 36,412 traumatic brain injuries in 2007. player safety. One of those companies is helmet Only cycling produced more. manufacturer Xenith. Hosea and Xenith teamed up after he met CEO and founder Vin Ferrara at

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Pro Football Teaching Young Players a Safer Way to Tackle

Kevin Terrell for The New York Times Coach Bobby Hosea, a consultant for a youth football governing body, calls his program HITTS, which stands for High Intensity Training Tackling System. By ALAN SCHWARZ Published: December 25, 2010

CARSON, Calif. — They walked through dawn’s thick fog to the Coach Bobby Hosea practice turf — two dozen boys as old as 17 and as young as 9, giving up a Saturday morning to the coach in the Panama hat.

“Dip ’n’ rip, baby! Dip ’n’ rip!” the coach said as players ducked under five-foot limbo sticks and exploded out the other side.

“Head up! No! Head up!”

“Not chest up, chest out! Yeah!”

Bobby Hosea, a 55-year-old former defensive back and longtime actor, has a singular Since 1997, Coach Bobby Hosea’s passion: teaching young football players how to protect full-speed, game simulated tackle their heads while tackling. He has watched too many end up training system has proven to lower the incidence of helmet-first impact in wheelchairs, even coffins. He sees N.F.L. defenders during live football competition. recklessly diving helmet-first and claiming it is too late to change. He hears youth coaches exhorting tacklers to “lay a For more information visit: hat on him,” a maneuver so neck-crushingly dangerous it www.trainemupacademy.org could well be called Rushing Roulette. 866.282.0466

So Hosea runs camps that focus on one skill — tackling with your head up instead of down, and away from contact — and gives individual instruction to players in and around Los Angeles. As football careens through its dark cloud of head injuries, Hosea sees himself as saving more than the players’ ability to walk and think. He sees it as saving the sport, one youngster at a time.

Journal of Coaching Education ______‘ Helmet-Free-Tackle ’ Tackling Safety and Performance Curriculum

and O scar L. Edwards Gridiron Technologies & Science LLC, Harbor City, Calif.

Summary of Presentation

As the authors presented at the National Coaching Conference (NCC) in Indianapolis in J une, they recognize that tackle football faces a public health issue as it relates to traumatic brain injuries at the youth level. Statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as referenced by the National Athletic Trainers Association, indicate that 1.6 million to 3.8 million sports-related concussions occur in the United States, most often in organized high school sports (Daniel, Rowson & Duma, 2012, p. 976). O ther studies have shown that, once a player suffers a concussion, he or she is four times more likely to sustain a second one (Daniel, 2012).

M ost recently, B reedlove, et al. (2012) concluded O ur findings reinforce the hypothesis that the effects of repetitive blows to the head are cumulative and that repeated ex posure to (p. 1272). These findings inform us all about the resulting cumulative brain damage that may manifest later in life as chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

includ[ ing] teaching proper tackling techniq ues and modifying the rules of , 2012; Crisco & Greenwald, 2011; Ferrera, 2012). The Helmet-Free-Tackle Tackling Safety and Performance Curriculum (HFT ) for coaching and player education is a proven strategy for teaching proper tackling technique s safely (Hosea, 2011). The techniq ue simply takes the head out of the tackle at the first point of impact.

A scientific study was commissioned to assess the impact magnitude (linear acceleration) and comparative impact (in gravitational force, or ng athletes performing the HFT football tackling techniq ue compared to the traditional tackling technique , when tackling straight on and from an angle (Schroeder & Vallejo, 2011). The analysis detected a significant reduction (as much as 43 percent) in helmet impact when compared to the traditional tackling technique , while delive As a result, the reduction in impact might reduce the probability of concussion (B roglio, Sosnoff, Shin & He, 2009).

The HFT progression naturally increases the tackler coming out of the dip phase, ripping-the-arms-up-through-the-opponent phase, and shooting-hips phase; taking the head up and out of the tackle. The contact at the point of attack is the breastplate, shoulder tip to shoulder tip. The traditional wrap tackler his or her head at the first point of contact (Heck, Clarke, Peterson, Torg & W eis, 2004) . In conclusion, evidence suggests that HFT reduces the incidence of self-directed helmet-first impact, reducing the likelihood of concussion and other related head, neck and spinal cord injury in the game of football (Freudenrich, 2012; M eaney & Smith, 2011).

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Journal of Coaching Education ______Author Bios has coached football (youth through collegiate) since 1991. He invented the Dip Rip Sticks tackle training system and founded Train Em Up Academy Inc., a nonprofit organization dedicated to injury prevention among tackle football players of all ages. Hosea played collegiate football at University of California Los Angeles (1977-78) and played professionally in the Canadian Football League and the United States Football League.

is a youth sports safety advocate. Edwards was a collegiate football All- America (Kodak and Associated Press) as a defensive back at UCLA in 1976. Edwards and Hosea have partnered in Gridiron Technologies and Science LLC to refine DNR system into the Helmet-Free-Tackle Tackling Safety and Performance Curriculum.

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Coach Bobby Hosea’s “Coach Bobby sees it more than pioneering tackling saving the player’s ability to walk and technique has protected think…he sees it as saving the sport football players from …one youngster at a time .”- devastating head injuries since 1997. In June, 2011 his “Hosea Method” was scienti!cally proven to lower the Helmet !rst impact by 43%

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Coach Bobby “has emerged as a In June, 2011 a scienti!c study passionate and authoritative voice in commissioned by LA84 Foundation the movement to change the violent conducted by ETS (Exercise Testing tackling culture in football. “ !" Specialist) determined that the #$%&'()*"+,,-.)//"0)1)2'*%" “Hosea Method” does indeed lower " the Helmet !rst impact by 43% while increasing the overall tackling impact force by 4 G’s. A safer game – !"##$%&'()*$+,&-./%0102' with more e"cient tackling! B I G H I T T S

!"#!!$%&%'(!)*++!!,-./0!,%'123''!435'!!55567-./077%'123''235'623(! “Bobby Hosea’s pioneering Tackling Technique has protected players from devastating head injuries since 1997.” -American Football Montlhy Magazine “Crown First Impact” in the sport of football is the primary cause for all catastrophic brain, neck and cervical spine injuries.” Dr. Robert Cantu, Neurosurgeon

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80% of football concussions H E L M E T - F R E E - T A C K L E in children under 14 years Play Like You PRACTICE! old go unreported. S A F E T Y & P P E R F O R M A N C E COACHES CLINICS & PLAYERS CAMPS C U R R II C U L U M ™ The “Hosea Method” is scientifically proven to lower Helmet-First-Impact by 43% while increasing the overall force delivered “Lay Some Hat” by 4 G’s, resulting in a SAFER & more efficient tackle! Brought to “Bite the ball” you by: 47% of HS Players say they suffer concussions each year

“Ear Hole Em” WORDS “Dip N Rip” - “Dip N Rip” - Dashon Goldson, Eric Capacchione plus HS Senior year at ACTION San Francisco 49er & Pro-Bowler over 210 Tackles equals who has trained with Coach CONSEQUENCES Bobby since 6th grade.

“Wrap Em Up” Coach Bobby Hosea, a former UCLA corner back who played professionally in Canada and USFL, is an advo- WE HAVE T HE S OLUTION! cate for the sport he loves - the

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Coach Bobby… “has emerged training to keep the “ C ROWN ” as a passionate and authorita- out of the tackle in 2013 tive voice in the movement to change the violent tackling and beyond! culture in football. “

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For nearly two decades, Coach Hosea’s “evidence” based approach towards tackle training has measurably lowered the incidence of Crown first collisions on every level of football competition. His Helmet-Free-TackleTM (HFT) Safety & Performance Curriculum teaches players and coaches how to readily identify and replace the physical mechanisms, tackling techniques and terminology that leads to Crown first impact while a Defender is in the act of making a tackle.

Coach Bobby Hosea has partnered with GRIDIRON HEROES in their mission to provide assistance to the players who have suffered catastrophic spinal cord injuries while playing tackle football. GRIDIRON HEROES www.TrainEmUpAcademy.org believe Hosea’s “Better Way to Play” will improve On the Field Tackling Safety & Performance in TOLL FREE: 866.282.0466 2013 and beyond. Email: [email protected]