Do you play any of these sports soccer, football, boxing? Even if you don’t you probably know someone who does. Did you know soccer players head a soccer ball at about 70 MPH, boxers receive punches to the head at about 20 MPH, and professional football players receive about 900-1,500 blows to the head during a season. Concussions have been a major issue in sports, and now since several people play them, more people are affected by them. Which has an effect on them in the long run. Sports are causing concussions in major sports organizations and sub leagues. To stop this from happening different rules were created, such as rules changed in younger divisions to protect developing minds because of the new information shown by research.
The problem of concussions is mainly negatively affecting the different players of the sports in all the major sport …show more content…
Young minds are at most risk to brain damage since they’re minds are still growing so rules in sports have been created to have limited or no head contact. “ Heading is banned for all division players U-11 and below in both practice and games… Heading for players in U-14 is limited to a maximum of thirty (30) minutes per week with no more than 15-20 headers, per player. There is no restriction on heading in matches… Hn indirect free kick will be awarded to the opposing team if a player age 10 or younger, deliberately touches the ball with his/her head during a game.” As stated in the rules of American Youth Soccer Organization. U.S Soccer has mandated that children shouldn’t perform in games nor practice for those the age of and under the age of 11. Also they limited players in youth 14 to a minimal headers since they’re minds are close to be fully developed but still need to be protected. They also have a penalty if any so chooses to break these rules by awarding the opposition a indirect free
The problem of concussions is mainly negatively affecting the different players of the sports in all the major sport …show more content…
Young minds are at most risk to brain damage since they’re minds are still growing so rules in sports have been created to have limited or no head contact. “ Heading is banned for all division players U-11 and below in both practice and games… Heading for players in U-14 is limited to a maximum of thirty (30) minutes per week with no more than 15-20 headers, per player. There is no restriction on heading in matches… Hn indirect free kick will be awarded to the opposing team if a player age 10 or younger, deliberately touches the ball with his/her head during a game.” As stated in the rules of American Youth Soccer Organization. U.S Soccer has mandated that children shouldn’t perform in games nor practice for those the age of and under the age of 11. Also they limited players in youth 14 to a minimal headers since they’re minds are close to be fully developed but still need to be protected. They also have a penalty if any so chooses to break these rules by awarding the opposition a indirect free