A Proactive Defense For Player Protection

An Action-Packed Defense For Player Protection

Good defense starts with seeing the whole field.

For the NFHS, that means supporting national sports injury tracking to better understand trends across high school athletics—including football.

While it’s operated by an independent research partner, it’s used by the NFHS Sports Medicine Advisory Committee to see the bigger picture on player protection.

That perspective drives action.

By seeing patterns and reviewing evidence, that committee informs rule changes that put player protection first. Talk to your high school coach about how the game is improving every year.

#ThisIsHSFootball

Be sure to use the hashtag #ThisIsHSFootball whenever you share stories and photos about football on social media!

This is what high school football is all about

Every Year Our Game Gets Better.

Progress. Perhaps no game—and its players—have benefited more from progress than football.

Flag Football: History in the Making

Girls across America are carrying the flag for something exciting and new: Flag Football.

Fast Game. Fast Friends.

High school is a big transition.

Well-Rounded Athletes Like Joe Mauer Played Football

You don’t have to leave a sport out to stand out.

Run Your Route, To College And Beyond

Girls across the country can now dream a new dream: being a flag football player.

NFHS Hall-of-Famer Joe Carter: Touchdown Passes Before World Series Walkoffs

Joe Carter watched his World Series-winning walkoff homerun float over the Skydome fence in 1993.