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Farmington High School is using Riddell’s concussion sensors for the 3rd season to help better protect their football players.
Riddell has long been recognized for producing football products with the intention of making player protecting the highest priority.
Less than a month after hiring former Wisconsin Lutheran College position coach Dave Archibald to run the program, school officials announced the football players will wear Riddell RipKord shoulder pads this fall. The pads, designed by St. Viator alum Mike Kordecki (class of 1977) are the same ones that have been worn by players from 24 NFL teams and 57 collegiate teams since 2011.
This year, Hillsdale Football Association will start its equipment refresh by partnering with Riddell, the industry leader in helmet technology and innovation, to purchase and replace all 110 of its helmets in inventory with new Riddell SpeedFlex helmets.
Riddell President Dan Arment has an important goal as he meets with engineers and designers to address the latest plastics, sensors and other materials used to create the next-generation football helmet: to help stop concussions. Concussions in football have become a hot-button issue, and Riddell, based in Rosemont, is creating and testing helmets meant to better protect football players.
Recently, Riddell recognized and rewarded four Pop Warner teams for building a smarter, safer game as part of its inaugural "Smarter Football program."
Oyster Bay is the first school district on Long Island to equip its high school football players with electronic sensors designed to help prevent serious head injuries. The sensors, according to Newsday, send a signal to a handheld device when a player is hit above a certain threshold of force.
The York Comprehensive High School football team is testing out several hi-tech sensors in football helmets that can help lead to detecting a concussion. Riddell's InSite Impact Response System places sensors inside a player's helmet and ranks the level of impact on hits to the helmet. That ranking is relayed to a handheld device that is in the hands of an athletic trainer -- who can determine whether or not the player needs to undergo concussion testing.
“We received approximately $7,000 to enhance our current program, including the purchase of Riddell InSite sensors to be fit in the Kewanee High School football program helmets,” Kocis said. The grant allowed for the purchase of 12 sensors — 11 going to varsity players and one for a JV player. The sensors were put in the helmets of six players in the program with a concussion history, and the remainder went to players at high impact positions, such as running back or linebacker. "The big thing with our grant is the sensors,” Kocis said. “I don't know if the kids realize the protection they provide.”
The Sidney High School football program became the first football program in Ohio to take a hi-tech approach to monitoring their players. Thanks to the support of Wilson Memorial Sports Medicine (WMSM) and the Sidney Athletic Boosters, the Yellow Jackets announced it has adopted Riddell’s InSite Impact Response System – the latest in head impact monitoring technology from the world’s leading helmet manufacturer – for the upcoming 2015 season.
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