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In 1997, Coach Bobby Hosea was no different from any other parent while coaching his sons first tackle football team, he was worried his son and his teammates might suffer a serious head injury tackling incorrectly. So Coach Bobby Hosea invented the DipNRipSticks WORDS TO PLAY BY 12-Step Tackle Training System to teach his young football players how to keep their head out of the tackle and avoid brain, neck or spinal cord injury. In 2006, Coach Bobby Hosea founded Train ‘Em Up Academy, Inc., a 501 (C) 3 Not-for-Profit Corporation with full IRS tax exempt status to help spread his tackle training system throughout the country. Coach Bobby Hosea is known as “The World’s Foremost Authority” on injury preventive tackle training. His one of a kind tackle training system teaches players how to identify and avoid the physical mechanisms that lead to headfirst impact when attempting to tackle a ball carrier.Statistically, 75 percent of our youth football players will not go on to play at the high school level. The game of football inspires passion, confidence and discipline in our children. These are all qualities that are extremely valuable in their development, but improper training puts them all at risk of avoidable injury and the price paid by our children and parents is much too high.

For over a decade, Bobby’s revolutionary approach toward tackle training has measurably lowered the incidence of headfirst collisions on every level of football competition.

Our Mission at Train ‘Em Up Academy, Inc. is to ENLIGHTEN football players to identify the physical mechanisms that lead directly to headfirst impact as the primary cause of catastrophic brain, neck and spinal cord injuries.

We will EMPOWER players to avoid headfirst contact during live football competition.

Finally, we will EDUCATE Parents, Coaches, Trainers, Game Officials and Athletic Administrators on how to recognize and prevent unsafe tackling techniques.