Here goes Kalin, she is about to head the soccer ball. BAM! She heads the ball and falls straight to the ground. Kalin has gotten a concussion. Wearing helmets should be mandatory to wear while playing soccer. Concussions could get real real bad. Who knows how bad it could get. Helmets would save about 100% of boys and girls from getting concussions while playing soccer. Wearing helmets on a soccer field should start now.
First, helmets should be worn in soccer because many kids are getting concussions every single day. If lots of kids are getting concussions school attendance would go down because the kids can not go to school if they have a concussion. Not going to school means being behind on an education. Every child is required to go to school, but concussions would decrease the amount of children going to school. When kids make it to the age when they are in middle school, concussions become much more dangerous. They would be at the age where they can kick the ball way harder than younger kids. That is why concussions are the most dangerous youth injury in soccer even more for girls than boys. Concussions are getting so bad, hospital visits have increased 60% in the last decade just because of …show more content…
The helmets will be made just for soccer. That means all parts of a player’s head will be protected. When a child plays without a helmet, they have a high chance of a concussion. Their parent might not want their child to play because of the very high risk. It should not be acceptable if someone can’t play just because of the risk. Wearing helmets while playing soccer would definitely decrease the number of concussions and also make players want to play more. They would feel so much safer. Imagine how much helmets would change the whole sport of soccer. Helmets would be the solution to soccer’s