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Rawlings Unveils NRG

Brandon — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 03:47:02 +0000

Rawlings, Sports Industry Leader in Head Protection, Introduces NRG Helmet to National Group of Sporting Goods Team Dealers
ST. LOUIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Rawlings today announced that in August it will launch its highly anticipated Rawlings NRG football helmet, which was unveiled last Friday to more than 100 sporting goods team dealers from throughout the nation during a two-day gathering at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
The introduction of the NRG helmet formally signals a new and significant “total solution” emphasis on football for Rawlings, which also last week introduced the latest version of the state-of-the-art Rawlings S100 batting helmet during Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game in Anaheim, Calif. Rawlings is the official batting helmet of Major League Baseball and Minor League Baseball.
The NRG football helmet, which will be seeded geographically in August and October ahead of a nationwide launch in 2011, joins the Rawlings S100 baseball batting helmet to further support Rawlings’ leadership in protecting the heads of athletes.
NRG – for Neuro Responsive Gear – will be the flagship brand name for the full Rawlings helmet line, which consists of the NRG Quantum for elite-level competition (adult and youth) and the NRG Momentum for youth players. Rawlings also unveiled its SRG line – for Skeletal Responsive Gear – of pads and undergarments that will offer the most complete head-to-ankle combination of protective and performance from one football brand or company. A video demonstrating Rawlings’ full line of protective equipment can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/rawlings1887#p/a/f/0/6ymfTuLITog.
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The NRG football helmet will lead the brand’s comprehensive advance into the competitive and growing football protective gear and apparel category. The complete Rawlings family of football products, including Zoombang™ protective gear and AIMS™ shoulder pads, was introduced to team dealers by Rawlings president Robert Parish and other company executives.

“Best-in-class head protection is a signature attribute of the Rawlings brand, and that core value is at the heart our new Rawlings NRG football helmet line,” Parish said. “The introduction of the NRG football helmet is significant on numerous fronts. First, it provides Rawlings the opportunity to offer a total solution, or total protection from head to ankle. And it delivers an extremely important message to team dealers, athletic directors, coaches, equipment managers, parents and players, and that is Rawlings is fully, 100 percent, committed to football.”

Presenters from Rawlings recapped the brand’s history in the game and its vision for football with the help of Cowboys Stadium’s $40 million video board above the field. Team dealers in attendance represented locally based sporting goods companies that work and sell directly to high school and college athletic directors, coaches, equipment managers and consumers.

“I think the most important thing to come out of these meetings is that Rawlings has a story to tell,” said John Lassiter of Midwest Sporting Goods in Tulsa, Okla. “They’ve put a lot of effort in getting their football product to this point and it’s pretty impressive. It’s a good story, good technology.

“The most impressive thing they presented was their concept of providing a complete program from uniforms to protective apparel to helmets to shoulder pads. It’s a complete package and maybe the only company in the industry.”

“I think that in just the last couple of years we’ve seen some real technological changes in football equipment and helmets,”

said team dealer Bob Fawley of Capitol Varsity Sports in Oxford, Ohio.

“Rawlings has recognized that at this point they needed to come to the market with a story and technology in place and, based on what I’ve seen here, that’s exactly what they’ve done.

“The football parent and coaches that are out there in the marketplace today want to know how their helmets perform and why. Not that many years ago that question wasn’t being asked. Now with the heightened awareness of concussions and the discussions that are going on, families and coaches want to understand why the helmet performs the way it does.”

“The helmet meets a real spot for us dealers, for quality and price, which we think will be great,” said team dealer John Stote III of Anaconda Sports in Kingston, N.Y. “I liked the way that Rawlings talked about supporting dealers, which in this industry always hasn’t been a strong point. They’re talking to us, they showed their cards, and they brought us in to show us.”

About Rawlings:
Rawlings is a leading marketer and manufacturer of baseball equipment and other sporting goods in the United States. Rawlings is the Official Baseball and Helmet of Major League Baseball® and official ball of the NCAA® baseball championships. Rawlings is also the official basketball for the NAIA®, NJCAA®, AAU® and many other organizations as well as official football of the NAIA®. Rawlings is the official basketball, football, baseball, softball, volleyball and soccer ball of the National High School Federation®. For more information, please visit www.rawlings.com.

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All About Cleats in Football with Vince Jamal

Brandon — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 17:54:10 +0000

Learn about cleats with expert football tips and advice from a former football player in this free American football video clip.
Expert: Vincent Jamal
Bio: Vincent Jamal is a professional football player with seven years of experience in the field. He has spent the last three years playing for the Phoenix Raiders.
Filmmaker: Dustin Daniels

I’m Vince and on behalf of expert village and we’re going to talk about cleats.
Cleats are important. It’s definitely something that you wanna take care and you wanna have precaution to match your cleat to the conditions that you’ll be playing on.
The condition that we’re on right now is an astro-turf type field and Chris has a molded cleat which is exceptional for these conditions.
The only thing with these is once they start breaking off on the bottom as the shoe gets older, you run the risk of turning an ankle or doing something on an uneven surface. So, this is good but you really wanna be careful what you’re doing.
These, on the other hand, are screw-ins and these are replaceable, so the shoe the doesn’t necessarily have to go once the bottom does. And they screw out easily and in and out. The other thing that you really need to be careful with is the cleat length.
You wanna make that in extremely bad conditions, extremely sloppy and bad footing, you go to a longer cleat. Anytime you go to a longer cleat, you do run the risk of catching your ankle, catching a knee, having bad injuries due to your foot not being able to free itself – whether you’re running and cutting or just being tackled. So make sure you’re careful when you’re selecting your cleat for the conditions of the game.

How to Choose Football Cleats – video with Otis St. Clare

Brandon — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:42:08 +0000

When choosing football cleats, an important thing to consider is what type of turf the football games will be played on. Choose football cleats with tips from a football coach in this free video on football basics.

Expert: Otis St. Clair
Contact: www.ShowtimeSportsAcademy.com
Bio: Otis St. Clair is a former collegiate wide receiver at Ohio University. He is currently a football coach and Operations Manager at Showtime Sports Academy near Nashville, Tennessee.
Filmmaker: Tim Brown

“Hi, my name is Otis St. Clare and I’m here today to talk to you about how to choose football cleats.
Now, with the number of different shoe companies out there like Nike, Adidas, Reebok, Under Armour; you’ve got a lot of different choices on how to pick your football cleats.
Now also one thing that’s going to go into your choice is the type of turf you’re playing on.
You have a synthetic turf, and than you have natural turf. It also depends on the type of weather conditions that you have.
This type of turf right here obviously is a Nike and it’s called a molded cleat which you can use on synthetic turf or natural turf.
It’s better used in dry conditions, uh you know, if it’s muddy out you don’t wanna wear this cleat because the grip or your traction is not that good.
The second type of cleat that we’ll be looking at is what’s called a screw-in cleat.
These can be changed once they wear too low like these are. You can change the length and size of the cleat so that you get better traction in bad conditions.
So, those are basically the two types of cleats that you can have to choose from.
A screw-in cleat or a molded cleat. I prefer Nike. Some prefer Adidas, some prefer Reebok.
That’s just Otis. That’s who I am and that’s how you choose your football cleats.”

Thanks Otis!