FALLS CHURCH, Va. —聽A football safety clinic adopted by Fairfax County schools could start branching out nationally.
USA Football, an Indiana-based nonprofit organization, developed聽, a program to聽equip coaches and players with techniques to make the injury-prone game safer.
Fairfax County Public Schools was the first school district in the country to implement the program in 2013 and now,聽USA Football master trainer and former football coach at聽Annandale High School, Dick Adams, says the program’s local success has encouraged聽a possible expansion聽to other parts聽of the country.
Adams along with USA Football’s聽CEO Scott Hallenbeck聽and聽Vice President of Football Operations Lloyd Lee participated in a pilot聽youth football聽clinic at Falls Church High School Saturday.
At the聽clinic, USA Football certified聽high school coaches worked with聽and聽mentored youth club coaches from Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William, Arlington and Alexandria.
鈥淓ducating, teaching and mentoring those coaches is聽an awesome system, and that鈥檚 what USA Football is really trying duplicate around the country,鈥� Adams says.
