For Glastonbury Youth Football player safety is not lip service.  We are committed to the safety of our youth athletes.  Did you know?

• All of our coaches have received USA Football's Youth Tackle Football Certification.  
  • Certification includes: 
    • Concussion Recognition and Response
    • Proper Equipment Fitting
    • Sudden Cardiac Arrest
    • Heat Preparedness and Hydration
    • Coaching 101

• GYFA has a sports medicine partnership with the Hartford Healthcare Rehabilitation Network and their Athletic Trianers                

• Age appropriate players are given baseline diagnositc cognitive testing  

• GYFA Head Coaches receive concussion certification from the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference  

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• GYFA adheres and follows USA Football Practice Contact Restrictions/Guidelines        

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• GYFA's helmets, the Xenith X2E+, are the highest rated 5-Star helmets as determined by the independent testing lab at Virginia Tech University....Learn more about the Xenith X2E+ at https://youtu.be/qzkZWm2yHKE

  Learn more about Virginia Tech Helmet ratings at https://www.helmet.beam.vt.edu/youth-football-helmet-ratings.html

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• Youth athletes wear Guardian Caps during practice       
  • ​The Guardian Cap is the leading soft-shell helmet cover engineered for impact reduction. It brings padded, soft-shell technology to the outside of the decades old hard-shell football helmet and reduces impact up to 33%!                                                                                                 ​

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• GYFA has invested in Wet Bulb Globe Thermometers to accurately guage on-field weather conditions and modifies practice plans accordingly.   

• GYFA has adopted and implemented the risk management elements of the 2021 Safe Sports Act.  To learn more about the Safe Sports Act click on Sadler Insurance - Safe Sport Act Info.

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