The article titled 2018 sees flag football scoring big with kids. Kids should start their football career by playing flag football instead of playing tackle football. This is because of many reasons. One of the reasons is because flag football is much safer than tackle football. The second reason is it improves kids' physical health. The last reason is it teaches kids teamwork. For starters playing flag football is safer than playing tackle football. According to the CDC’s article Comparing Head Impacts in Youth Tackle and Flag Football, youth 6 to 14 experienced fifteen times more head impacts than tackle football players. With that difference people who play tackle football are more susceptible to brain injuries and can cause problems throughout their lives.Tackle football players had a median of 378 compared to flag football players who …show more content…
According to NFL Flag, when kids are playing flag football they are running, jumping, changing directions, and they have to very quickly start and stop fast. This means they are almost always moving and because of this it improves their cardiovascular health. Also according to a recent study by the National Library of Medicine playing football can improve kids bone strength. This means that when kids are playing football their bones are getting strong and it will become harder for them to break. The final reason is that when playing football kids learn valuable teamwork skills. According to NFL Flag When kids are playing football they learn accountability, teamwork, and positive sportsmanship. This is because when they play football each team member has a responsibility but it also is not just the responsibility of one kid and they all have to work together. Also to make the team the best they can be each team member has to fulfill their responsibility. This means that even if one of them doesn’t it can mean the difference between winning and losing a