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As part of the program, Riddell is donating a total of $100,000 in equipment to the teams that best articulate how an equipment grant will strengthen their ability to implement a safer, smarter game on and off the field. Parents, players, coaches and fans can now apply for a chance to win an equipment grant for the upcoming 2016 football season at smarterfootball.riddell.com.
Come this fall, the Centerville Big Reds football team will be among the first schools in the state to fully implement concussion monitoring technology in their helmets for all players at the high school level. The Centerville School District, using funds from the Centerville Big Red Athletic Booster Club, purchased 80 football helmets from Riddell for a cost of $30,800 — a little over $500 per helmet. All of the helmets come with Riddell’s impact monitoring system, InSite.
New helmet technology is revolutionizing football and raising awareness about concussions at a Pennsylvania school. Exeter Township High School in Berks County is getting helmets fitted with new technology that will not only spread safety awareness, but technique for the sport as well. Riddell's InSite Impact Response helmets are catching the attention of many in the football community. They look like a regular helmet, but they're fitted with sensors which monitor head hits when they happen.
Riddell launched the second season of its Smarter Football program, a campaign that recognizes and rewards those who advance the sport through more progressive playing habits and approaches to the game. Riddell has pledged $100,000 of product to the teams that best articulate how an equipment grant strengthens their ability to implement a safer, smarter game on and off the field.
Today Riddell launched the second season of its Smarter Football program, a grassroots campaign that recognizes and rewards those who advance the sport through more progressive playing habits and approaches to the game. As part of the program, Riddell is pledging a total of $100,000 of product to the teams that best articulate how an equipment grant strengthens their ability to implement a safer, smarter game on and off the field.
Riddell launched the second season of its Smarter Football program, a grassroots campaign that recognizes and rewards those who advance the sport through more progressive playing habits. As part of the program, Riddell is pledging a total of $100,000 of product to the teams that best articulate how an equipment grant strengthens their ability to implement a safer, smarter game on and off the field.
Next season every Eagles football player – from varsity to junior high – will wear Riddell’s state-of-the-art SpeedFlex Helmets, designed to disperse energy and reduce the risk of head trauma. The Exeter School Board this month approved purchase of 145 helmets at a cost of $55,825. Exeter players will be the first in Berks County to wear them.
Chargers first round pick Joey Bosa stops by the equipment room to get fitted for his Chargers gear for the first time by Riddell Sports' Tom and Kyle Shaw.
Flagler is the first school district in Florida — and possibly the Southeast — to purchase football helmets with new technology that will allow it to electronically monitor and track hits to players’ heads. The Riddell InSite Impact Response System contains a sensor inside the helmet that registers impacts in five areas — front, both sides, top and back of the head — and alerts coaches and athletic trainers on the sidelines when a player receives a significant hit.
The University of Iowa football program remains on the cutting edge of progress compared to most of its Division I peers. A recent example occurred May 4 when members of Riddell Sports trekked to the equipment room in the Richard O. Jacobson Football Operations Building where they scanned heads of 10 UI football players in order to design custom-fit helmets. With head injuries and concussions among the hot topics within the sport, Riddell has partnered with the UI to keep player safety at the forefront.
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