The Importance Of Concussions In Soccer

When you play a sport you are putting your body on the line. As you get older you are taught to leave all of yourself on the playing field even if that means pushing yourself to your breaking point. But sometimes you take one to many steps towards a player or you are in the wrong place at the wrong time. In the game of soccer, there are hundreds if not thousands of ways to be injured and it’s as easy as closing your eyes for a millisecond. One of the most common injuries in this team sport is concussions. There should be more precautions in soccer to prevent concussions as they especially common, they cause long term brain damage, and they are easy to prevent.
After a serious collision or fall coaches are required to give the player a concussion check that …show more content…
You can teach young kids to rely on skill and technique rather that physicality and aggression. U.S Soccer explains “Proper technique can effectively reduce the force transmitted by a flying soccer ball to a player’s brain. This technique should only be taught to players who are old enough to understand the lesson. Also remember that younger players may not yet have the needed neck muscle strength to help act as a shock absorber for the head”(Rosenbaum,2010,p.xx). Something as easy as making sure the ball is pumped to the right pressure and using a ball without cracks can help so much. A ball being used in wet conditions can increase in weight by 20%. Recently, there has been a new rule added to the U.S. national rules and it explains that kids under 11 should not head (purposefully contact ball with the head) and if they do it is considered an infraction. Also for the older teens and adults, training should be reduced in this area. Abby Wambach and Megan Rapinoe have put a spotlight on research for females as they have promised to donate their brains to science after their