and Performance since 1997 ” 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 begin- nings 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 part- nered 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! www.TrainEmUpAcademy.org 1251 West Sepulveda Blvd., Suite 123, Torrance, California 90502 PH: 866-282-0466 [email protected] [email protected] Contact: TRAIN ‘EM UP ACADEMY 1251 West Sepulveda Blvd. Coach Bobby Hosea Suite 123 Torrance, California 90501 Phone 310.351.0891 Train ‘Em Up Academy Email: [email protected] Press Release 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 non- profit 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.