https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/57996593
With younger kids across the UK prohibited from heading the ball in training, older kids limited to a certain number of headers and now English pros having restrictions placed on the number of headers in training is it time to assess whether football needs to be restructured so that heading the ball is no longer part of the game? The medical concerns seem to point in that direction.
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28-07-2021 11:01 AM #1
Should heading simply be scrapped in football?
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28-07-2021 11:16 AM #5
Our most famous, and emotive goal ever came from an absolute stoater of a header, so nah.
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28-07-2021 11:20 AM #6
Would kill the game for me.
Headed goals would be a thing of the past and so would headed clearances off the line, a striker would just have to chip the ball and the defender on the line would just have to let it float in or handle it.
Not for me
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28-07-2021 11:22 AM #7
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Sport is dangerous. Downhill skiing, Motor Racing, Boxing etc. It is part of the draw knowing that athletes and sports people are putting everything they have on the line.
Football is far less physical now than it was in the past and if heading is removed it will lose yet another physical element. Barring Hibs football isn't that interesting to me, there are very few big tackles and a third of the time the ball isn't even in play. High Balls and heading are another skill as far as I am concerned and that leads to diversity of styles of play which can mean smaller teams can upset those with the money. That is a good thing imo.
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28-07-2021 11:23 AM #8
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28-07-2021 11:24 AM #9
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Don't know if there have been any studies but are the balls these days not so likely to cause as bad an impact? Plus keepers pass it to a defender more as opposed to a big kick upfield straight onto a centre back's head, which must be the worst ones.
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28-07-2021 11:32 AM #10
No.
"Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.' - Paulo Freire
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28-07-2021 11:58 AM #11
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Can see it happening eventually. Can't ignore medical evidence. Either that or headgear being worn or a change in the way footballs are made. Don't think it'll change any time soon though.
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28-07-2021 12:08 PM #12
It's banned until U12 here in the states. I use foam balls to demonstrate technique in practice and get my kids to play on the floor anyway. Works fine if you've got a good coach.
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28-07-2021 12:33 PM #13
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While we're at it, can we prohibit tackling in rugby, have the fences in horse racing 6 inches high and have a 50mph speed limit in Formula 1?
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28-07-2021 12:53 PM #14
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28-07-2021 12:58 PM #15
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28-07-2021 12:58 PM #16
Was speaking to a guy who’s son plays for one of the youth Premiership Team academies down South he reckons his son will be let go because he’s suffered concussions and had to play with some head protection best part of a year.
if you’re losing talent to the game through no fault of their own - and through health thats a tough one to take. I’d imagine there’s more to it than this but that was how he presented it."We know the people who have invested so far are simple fans." Vladimir Romanov - Scotsman 10th December 2012
"Romanov was like a breath of fresh air - laced with cyanide." Me.
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28-07-2021 02:49 PM #19This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Since then it’s almost certainly saved the life of Roman Grosjean and probably helped avoided serious injury to other drivers.
Just because sport is dangerous it doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t have a sensible debate on how to make it less so, and it may not harm the enjoyment of the game either.
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28-07-2021 02:50 PM #20
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28-07-2021 03:05 PM #24
Should really stops kids playing outdoors.
They could fall and scrape a knee or something.
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28-07-2021 04:11 PM #27
I think the ball is much lighter know, so that should make a difference.
If you took heading out of the game, you'd have to move the game in a futsal type direction.
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not to mention stokes equaliser in the same game, one of the five in 2007, two of the seven in ‘73, and O’Rourke’s bullet against Celtic in the Final a few weeks earlier.
Hibs without headers? Not for me.
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28-07-2021 04:27 PM #29This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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28-07-2021 04:29 PM #30
I've got a different take on this. I don't think it should be outlawed, however being an avid MMA and Boxing fan, I've seen a lot more of the scary affects of CTE and 100% it needs to be tailor to. It's an awful, awful way for anyone to go out/grow old with, and it's something they're noticing in footballers also. Imo we need to take precautions on this, as currently as can only test for CTE AFTER a death, which means management of the issue is about the only way they can work around it. Ban it under certain age groups, and they need to tighten down on the head knocks. If someone needs ANY treatment for a head knock, get them off, let them recover.
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