if you cant practice you'll never to be any good at it
Apparently they don't think of these things which are obvious to anyone with a brain.
I guess the long term vision is to ban heading at pro level as well
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if you cant practice you'll never to be any good at it
I agree.Come on - they’re only trying to prevent little kids dying of brain related diseases later in life.
It’s only for under 11s and it doesn’t apply in matches. What’s wrong with allowing children to develop their ball skills first? There’s plenty of time to learn how to head a ball properly later in their development, and if kids want to practise heading on their own they’ll find a cheap, lightweight, plastic ball and a wall - like we all did.
It’s a lot of fuss about nothing imo.
It's the head on head collisions when contesting a header they are trying to avoid. Delaying initial head trauma injuries can have a substantial benefit in long term health.Absolutely crazy.
Footballs today are so light in weight that this is obviously an over reaction by the nanny state.
The famous Spanish tippy-tappy football style is what they are after, along with the elimination of tackles - it might look good but it’s not football!
The problem with "evidence" in this space is its always 40-60 years behind- the did a study recently that seemed to showed - "Former professional footballers are three and a half times more likely to suffer from dementia and other serious neurological diseases "
Landmark study reveals link between football and dementia
Former professional footballers are three and a half times more likely to die of dementia than the general population, a landmark study has foundwww.theguardian.com
Why dementia study could be first step of something hugely significant
Impressively proactive steps are being taken, in a way that other sports have been reluctant to do in the pastwww.independent.co.uk
Correlation is not necessary causation and also the ball / speed has changed so much in the last 20 years so we have to wait another X years to see the impact of playing now.
That being said, they are aware that impacts to an underdeveloped brain are more risky than a developed. We don't really want kids under 12 booting the ball and chasing, its best to keep the ball on the ground with smaller sized games. Whats the problem in doing this if it reduces the risk of dementia in the future.
Read the independent article a lot of that is covered. Including the fact professionals lived longer.They are comparing the cause of death from all the way back to 1900? Did they take in any other contributing factors? Clearly all the players would have been male, were the 23,000 other deaths all male too, what age were they at death?
Read the independent article a lot of that is covered. Including the fact professionals lived longer.
It's a fairly simple study but the first.. It's a starting point rather than conclusiveFor some reason my work filter is blocking it, may need to go for a shite soon though, I will take 15 mins.
Come on - they’re only trying to prevent little kids dying of brain related diseases later in life.
It’s only for under 11s and it doesn’t apply in matches. What’s wrong with allowing children to develop their ball skills first? There’s plenty of time to learn how to head a ball properly later in their development, and if kids want to practise heading on their own they’ll find a cheap, lightweight, plastic ball and a wall - like we all did.
It’s a lot of fuss about nothing imo.
IF that's where they stop fine, but since when did they ever stop there?
By the time they are banning it from mens football and the professional game it will too late, the debate will have been had as far as their concerned.
Couldn’t agree more or have worded it better.Come on - they’re only trying to prevent little kids dying of brain related diseases later in life.
It’s only for under 11s and it doesn’t apply in matches. What’s wrong with allowing children to develop their ball skills first? There’s plenty of time to learn how to head a ball properly later in their development, and if kids want to practise heading on their own they’ll find a cheap, lightweight, plastic ball and a wall - like we all did.
It’s a lot of fuss about nothing imo.
On fire bro. Spot on again.There’s a bit of a leap from banning it for 10 year olds in training, and banning it from the professional game wouldn’t you say? Just because they banned conkers doesn’t mean one can’t pursue a career as a heavyweight boxer.
It's the head on head collisions when contesting a header they are trying to avoid. Delaying initial head trauma injuries can have a substantial benefit in long term health.
If that could be implemented it would be great, but during live action I can see how it can be a challenge, especially on things like corners.Then don’t allow kids to head to head challenge; if they do then call it obstruction but let it be known - all other heading situations are allowed.
As long as it’s only for the kids that
Come on - they’re only trying to prevent little kids dying of brain related diseases later in life.
It’s only for under 11s and it doesn’t apply in matches. What’s wrong with allowing children to develop their ball skills first? There’s plenty of time to learn how to head a ball properly later in their development, and if kids want to practise heading on their own they’ll find a cheap, lightweight, plastic ball and a wall - like we all did.
It’s a lot of fuss about nothing imo.
Not so sure if it will be outright banned, but I think heading from set pieces will be.The header will definitely end up being banned sooner or later. I'm pretty sure of that. At least in training.
I don't think that's a terrible thing. According to the following article from the Beeb, footballers are 3.5 times more likely to die of dementia than the general population. We are literally paying to watch people give themselves brain damage.
I'm not sure how anyone (myself included) can square the circle that is paying Sky / BT to encourage people to hit each other in the head as hard as they possibly can, while accepting we should ban heading in football. But I suppose we can possibly separate them by saying lets start with the easiest challenges? Much like the "should other countries be doing something about the situation in Isreal and if so why not China" discussion. Maybe we should at least start to address the issues. That's at least better than closing your eyes, putting your fingers in your ears and singin lah lah lah.
Phase out heading in football - Butcher
Former England defender Terry Butcher calls for the gradual phasing out of heading in football to prevent "catastrophic" head injuries.www.bbc.co.uk