Mandatory Headgear in Soccer The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has stated that more than 200,000 children have been treated for soccer related injuries, including concussions being a main injury(Bain 4). Concussions are frequently happening time after time in the game of soccer. Contact with other players, the ground, the ball, and many other serious injuries are causing the shaking of the brain; therefore, leading to lack of knowledge, memory, eyesight and many other issues. Headgear may
Would requiring protective headgear, either a soft cap or a hard shell helmet, reduce the risk of serious head injuries in women’s lacrosse? While mandating a headgear requirement in women's lacrosse may protect against head trauma, it also increases the probability of a transition from the traditional women's lacrosse to an evolved, and far more violent version of the sport. Rising in the ranks of sports controversy over the past few years has been debate over headgear in women's lacrosse. While
Up: Is Protective Headgear a Necessity in Women’s Lacrosse Thesis: Despite growing rates of concussions among women’s lacrosse , mandating a headgear or helmet requirement for all players would disturb the unique nature of women’s lacrosse, which relies upon finesse and ability over brute strength, increase aggressive action in game play, or take attention away from more prominent injury risks of the game. Intro Lacrosse is the fastest sport on two feet/ fastest growing sport in the United States
The Headgear Debate In Women’s Lacrosse In the beginning of the season, the Sherwood High School girl’s lacrosse team had enough to field two teams, a JV and a Varsity, but by the end of the season, there was only enough to field one team. At one point in the season the team had 8 out of 26 girls out with concussions Team statistics such as this, have the lacrosse community in an uproar over whether or not to mandate helmets for all levels of women’s lacrosse teams. The debate has arisen out of an
Headgear Can Help Reduce Injuries in Soccer`1 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
Correspondingly, the psychological effects of a protective headgear are also being examined in relation to possible growth in aggression. There is already a correlation between competition and increased aggressions. After analyzing data collected in the NCAA Injury Surveillance System, Randall Dick recognized game injury rates, accumulated at 7.15 injuries per every 1000 athlete exposure, to nearly double the practice rate, which stood at 3.30 injuries per every athletic exposure (262). This evidence
death. Athletes who play a contact sport must wear protective head gear. Athletes must wear headgear because it can lead to many types of injuries, and wearing head gear decreases the amount of injuries and concussions. First of all, if athletes don't wear protective head gear they can get all sorts of injuries. In source B it states “While the first hit can prove problematic, the second or third head impact can cause permanent long-term brain damage. Cumulative sports concussions are shown to increase
on a soccer field. Soccer is a fairly aggressive sport that has been the cause to many concussions over the years. Even though some people think that wearing headgear will help prevent concussions during a soccer game, soccer players should not have to wear headgear since there is no proof that it prevents concussions because players need to follow player protocol, heading the ball does not cause concussions, and soccer is known to be a physical sport. People often argue that concussions in soccer
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
Have you ever played a sport, that injured you or give you a concussion? Safety always comes first. Especially, when you're doing something that can get you an injury really easy. Having protective gear is important, mainly in sports. Some sports should have protective head gear. Protecting your head is important, and every part in it. Half of the sports are usually contact sports, which getting hurt in the head can be more of the chance, which is bad. As well, getting hurt in the head has many consequences