Properly fitting helmets can also make a huge difference when it comes to the prevention of concussions. The right helmet can do a lot for you and can significantly reduce how much your head may shake when it is rattled up. According to the American Academy of Neurology, helmets are actually doing little to protect side head hits and rotational force. The AAN conducted several tests to compare brands of football helmets and what kind of force they can encounter. The studies were drop tests with the helmets and then with force sensors inside the helmet. All different types of popular helmets were tested; such as, Riddell Revolution, adams a2000, and more. It was found that the Adams a2000 helmet provided the best protection against concussions.
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In reality that really isn’t a huge reduction, and that we should be aiming much higher. Of course the average football helmet has changed drastically over the years. When football very first started there weren’t even helmets, but then as the sport got more physical the league turned to leather helmets. Now we’ve made it all the way to the sophisticated hard helmets that we have today. (American Academy of Neurology).
With players committing suicide and saving their brains to prove that they had contracted this brain disease the NFL was in a sticky situation with families lined up to sue the game of football. Seau’s family had been included in a lawsuit against the NFL, but then he committed suicide. The NFL was being called out by former players for “concealing the dangers of concussions” (Associated …show more content…
They have some of their own regulations that they suggest implying into the game itself for the little league, high school, and profession level. There are nearly 1.1 million high school football players, and 250,000 kids ages 5 to 15 in a little league team. The “American Academy of Pediatrics is issuing new recommendations to improve the safety of all players while on the field” (American Academy of Pediatrics). One of those regulations is that there would be, “Zero tolerance for illegal head first hits” (American Academy of Pediatrics). With the head and back NOT the most common injury; usually it is the knee and ankle, when the head and back are injured it is serious. Coaches need to be more instructional teaching better and safer tackling techniques which reduces those tackles that cause blows to the head. Ultimately it is up to the parents to let their kids play, and that portion of parents are getting smaller, but that does not mean the game is going away. (American Academy of
In reality that really isn’t a huge reduction, and that we should be aiming much higher. Of course the average football helmet has changed drastically over the years. When football very first started there weren’t even helmets, but then as the sport got more physical the league turned to leather helmets. Now we’ve made it all the way to the sophisticated hard helmets that we have today. (American Academy of Neurology).
With players committing suicide and saving their brains to prove that they had contracted this brain disease the NFL was in a sticky situation with families lined up to sue the game of football. Seau’s family had been included in a lawsuit against the NFL, but then he committed suicide. The NFL was being called out by former players for “concealing the dangers of concussions” (Associated …show more content…
They have some of their own regulations that they suggest implying into the game itself for the little league, high school, and profession level. There are nearly 1.1 million high school football players, and 250,000 kids ages 5 to 15 in a little league team. The “American Academy of Pediatrics is issuing new recommendations to improve the safety of all players while on the field” (American Academy of Pediatrics). One of those regulations is that there would be, “Zero tolerance for illegal head first hits” (American Academy of Pediatrics). With the head and back NOT the most common injury; usually it is the knee and ankle, when the head and back are injured it is serious. Coaches need to be more instructional teaching better and safer tackling techniques which reduces those tackles that cause blows to the head. Ultimately it is up to the parents to let their kids play, and that portion of parents are getting smaller, but that does not mean the game is going away. (American Academy of