LANGHORNE, PA (November 18, 2015) – Pop Warner Little Scholars, Inc., the nation’s oldest and most prominent youth football organization, and Riddell, a premier designer and developer of protective sports equipment, today announced a new partnership that unites two of the most storied brands in football.
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.
Pop Warner Little Scholars, Inc., the nation’s oldest and most prominent youth football organization, and Riddell, a premier designer and developer of protective sports equipment, today announced a new partnership that unites two of the most storied brands in football.
Success in football is no longer measured solely by how many points you score on game day. It’s now gauged by how coaches, players, administrators and leagues integrate advanced technology and innovation into every facet of their programs. Today, Riddell recognized and rewarded seven 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.
