Tackling Concussion, Beyond the Movie
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Evaluating behavioral skills training to teach safe tackling skills to youth football players.
With concussion rates on the rise for football players, there is a need for further research to increase skills and decrease injuries. Behavioral skills training is effective in teaching a wide variety of skills but has yet to be studied in the sports setting. We evaluated behavioral skills training to teach safer tackling techniques to six participants from a Pop Warner football team. Safer ta...
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تاریخ انتشار 2016