Danger Of Heading In Soccer

Firstly, Soccer and American Football differ in rates of injuries. American Football is one of the most dangerous sports in America. This sport is very physical and violent and requires physical and mental strength, according to a study football players had the highest injury rate, with 4.36 injuries per 1,000 athlete exposures. Concussions are one of the most common injuries in football, a research shows that more than 40 percent of retired NFL players had signs of traumatic brain injury” according to the American Academy of Neurology (AAN)"( Travis M. Andrews 2016), Concessions are not the only severe injuries Football players suffer, they also can get injuries from the cervical spine could result result in

Former NFL players states in an interview “The way the body works is that football uses the arms, which are attached the torso by shoulder,” (The Myth of Safe Football, Hruby, p. 6) which connects to the neck, and the head lies on the neck. The body tells us that the head is and always will be in the play and there is nothing you can do to change it. Mechanics are the way they are, and it is near impossible, if even possible to adjust, or fix.

Soccer, being the most popular sport across the nation, currently has millions of fans and approximately 25 million registered players in the United States alone (Niedfeldt). Since the early 2000’s and continually seventeen years later, concussions are among the highest sustained injury to soccer players. While the sport is increasing in popularity, fear of injuries is increasing as well. In response to the arising panic, several companies have come together in order to create, promote, and sell protective headgear to concerned soccer players and their parents. The creators of this gear claim that their products will reduce concussions and any negative neurocognitive effects in relation to heading balls in soccer. Although some believe that

4%-20% of all injuries in soccer are head injuries. Concussion and head injuries are a big part of soccer, many younger players should have to wear protective headgear while playing. Also, many of these head injuries that players sustained during soccer can affect them for the rest of their life with things such as CTE. Even though many people don’t want to change the game of soccer, at a certain age players should have to wear headgear if they want to head the ball because the brain damage kids can get from heading the ball can affect them for life, and it would decrease the amount of concussions the sport has per year.

There are many consequences to playing football, but the greatest is concussions. Football is a game of tackles, sacks, and other hard hitting plays that involve big men playing their hearts out. Within the game of football, whoever has the ball is the one to be hit the hardest, on most plays. These immense blows to the body and head lead to awful injuries, both physically and mentally. Most players will be injured in some way during their football career, with the worst injuries being those that are mental. The worst and most frightening injury for a football player to have is a concussion. A concussion is a form of traumatic brain injury that results in a temporary loss of brain function. Concussions have been known since the 10th Century AD of which Abu Bakr Muhammad Ibn Zakariya Al-Razi-Rhazes was the first to use the term. Al-Razi was the first to “make a distinction between a concussion as an abnormal physiologic state and severe brain injury” (Mccrory & Berkovic). He also stated that there would be no physical damage seen, only neurological damage (Mccrory & Berkovic). Football is a very dangerous sport, not just physically, but neurologically as well.

Playing sports can cause injuries at any moment of time. Soccer is known as a contact sport from headers to player-player contact. Any type of contact while playing soccer the risk for injuries depend on how hard the compact is. Injuries from playing soccer that are common are concussions, they are a major factor that can cause brain-trauma. Soccer isn’t the only sport with the risk of concussions, any sport with any physical contact has a risk of concussions, or any other injuries. Concussions have been a large factor to brain-trauma throughout the years in many sports throughout history. Throughout the speech I will be talking about the history of concussions, secondly symptoms and causes, and lastly how to prevent concussions

The use of head to head contact at any level in football, should be illegal. There is no reason as to why you cannot keep your head up your body square and make a proper tackle. Coaches teach you how to make the proper big hit, without using your head at all. You put yourself at risk and the person you are hitting by lowering, or keeping your head straight up to make head to head contact. The proper way to tackle is made up of a 6 step process. Step 1 is to breakdown, buzz means to set your feet in a good balanced position, correct body posture for the hit, shoot into the hit, wrap up, and finally drive your target into the ground. But, players like to hit head to head to injure, or just look “cool.” Although it’s impossible to completely

This paper connects contact sports with degenerative brain diseases. It also shows that CTE is not only connected to football because of the continuous tackling inducing trauma to the brain, but also soccer where heading the ball can often cause brain damage. This is supported by research of retired NFL football players and soccer players whose brains showed evidence of CTE. Also when the Mayo Clinic studying the brains of those who did not participate in contact sports showing no evidence of CTE. Based on scientific evidence degenerative brain diseases such as CTE are caused by successive concussions. Since concussions are one of the most common brain injuries seen in contact sports today there is a definite association between contact sports and degenerative brain diseases.

The popularity of soccer has continued to increase year after year due to large events such as the World Cup and the Euro Cup. Now, fans are demanding more of a show rather than just a simple game. Due to this demand, players have been looking for different ways to up the ante, most specifically the way goals are scored. It has been more common to see goals scored off bicycle kicks and headers leading to an increase of injuries such as concussions due to heading. As these types of injuries are becoming more common, and has recently been seen in younger players as well, the question has become whether or not heading should be removed from youth soccer. In Stanley Kay’s article “With concussion reform at forefront, should youth headers be nixed?” from Sports Illustrated featured on September 10, 2014 he uses pathos along with logos to

We are pleased to say that we were able to play a role in improving the safety of children playing the sport soccer in the US. Soccer players have two ways to hit a ball forward: use your legs or your head. Concussions in sports have increased dramatically in recent years, due to a wide amount of reported cases -- including many examples of brain injuries – mostly involving football players. Last year, British parliamentarian Chris Bryant published a report titled "Concussions Can Kill" and called for children to not be allowed to use headers while playing. While preferring that children should use softer balls rather than to have them stop learning altogether how to head correctly, Headley acknowledges that he finds research on the damage

Understanding what head injuries in soccer are, what precautions players can take and being able to recover from the injury itself.

The problem was first noticed through the youth soccer league “AYSO” after they began to report an increase in head injuries throughout their season. In a recent study by Penn State, half of concussions are caused by heading, and 1 in 6 players ages 11 and under suffer a concussion because of heading the ball.” This new issue has presented a discussion on whether or not young players should be allowed to head the ball. I take the side of they should be allowed to because for one it’s part of the game. You don’t take the gloves out of baseball or sticks out of hockey because Its an essential part of the game! I often coach young teams to help out the club and every day at practice and everyday I always toss the ball to the kids and they love

most soccer leagues for kids have banned heading the ball at all, and that slide tackling can be very dangerous. But I didn't know much more than that.

Many people that play sports get into some type of injury, the majority of injuries sustained in sports are usually head related. Football has about 118,886 injuries, basketball with 119,589 injuries, and rugby with 1,214 injuries between the years of 2002-20014 and has continued to skyrocket. There are difference between head injuries in football than when playing other sports. These differences can be from minor, moderate, to sever. Football is more on the sever side because of the impact and number of hits they are taking. On the other hand sports like basketball, soccer, and tennis are not as of aggressive as football. And this is due to the lack of contact in the sports. These sports are very strict about the contact when playing in a game, they are charged with a penalty or flagged if a player makes the slightest contact with another player. Therefore you would rarely see a head injury let alone a sever head injury when playing those kind of sports. With football being more aggressive and more contact, the head injuries can lead to a player being hospitalized, and depending on the impact on the blow can lead to death.

First of all, all the injuries that happen. There are almost the same amount of soccer players with head injuries as football players. LaBella said ”In my clinic I probably see just as many if not more female soccer with head injuries as football players with head injuries.” Concussions aren't just in one sport alone there in all sports.LaBella says again