Professional footballers in Scotland are to be banned from heading the ball in training the day before and the day after a game.
Clubs are also being told to limit exercises that involve repetitive heading to one session per week.
The new guidelines come after Glasgow University research that showed former footballers were three-and-a-half times more likely to die from brain disease.
Experts believe there could be a link to repetitive heading of the ball.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-63767548
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27-11-2022 11:25 PM #1
Heading to be restricted in Scottish football
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28-11-2022 12:18 AM #2
I'm all for the protection of footballers, for years we have seen the older generation of footballers develop brain disease over heading a heavy leather ball. My questions about it would be were does this put the sport of boxing in? And does the head guard work actually in that sport ? If it does maybe something could be worn as a head protection by certain players that head the ball more than others , meaning a big central defender or a striker that's 6 foot and good in the air ?. Didn't Petr cech not wear something?
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28-11-2022 05:19 AM #3
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Another first for hibs, Im sure our defenders have been leading the way with the non heading stuff all season 🫣
I appreciate there is a serious side to this too, Im sure there is a Frank Koppel trust set up after his death as linked to heading a ball
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28-11-2022 06:21 AM #4
I can see heading being phased out entirely on health grounds.
Would change the game greatly when it came to set pieces, corners and goal kicks.
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28-11-2022 06:42 AM #5
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Just pretend concern from the football authorities. Head knocks aren’t treated seriously and are actually used as an effective time wasting method instead.
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28-11-2022 08:50 AM #8
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I think this is a good thing. Anything that can minimise the risk without taking heading out the game is a good thing.
I think heading should still be kept in the game though. I think that the new lighter balls will see a decrease in these cases going forward.
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28-11-2022 11:26 AM #14
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I think they also add around one and a half minutes for each goal scored, most of which is because of the goal celebrations.
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I understand the logic behind this decision but I do worry about whether it's going to put Scottish teams and players at even more of a disadvantage than they already were from a talent point of view if teams from other nations aren't facing the same guidelines.
Heading is currently such an important part of the game that it could really impact on how our teams perform in European competitions.
The other point I would make is that balls are obviously much lighter than they were 40 or 50 years ago when a lot of these claims of dementia come from and whilst I accept that any kind of repeated impact on the head can affect the brain I'm not sure the risk is really as much as it once was.
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28-11-2022 12:23 PM #19
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28-11-2022 07:21 PM #22
Headgear in boxing would be worse, I'm fully for it phasing out heading, as someone that covers MMA and boxing part time, I've seen and read a lot about CTE. It's similar to why people thought bare-knuckle boxing would prove to be safer than normal boxing(crazy I know, but hear me out). The big gloves mean you can take more damage, and it's not so much the knock out blow it's the repeated blows that cause the problems. Similar in heading, its the constant blow to the head that causes things such as CTE(if you haven't, look into it. It's terrifying).
It's also why a lot of boxers/fighters just refuse to spar now. Train the skills, protect the brain. Realistically all professionals can header a ball, so I doubt the ban will change much right now, but in time it might help with the brain injuries in time.Last edited by cameronw-hfc; 28-11-2022 at 07:34 PM.
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28-11-2022 07:41 PM #23
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1-0 up at ibrox, 12 mins added on.
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28-11-2022 07:48 PM #25
Maybe I'll be proved wrong but this looks to me like window dressing and nothing will change, at least not for a long time. If the authorities were serious then in England for example, slabheid Maguire wouldn't be getting picked for England - his heading ability is about the only thing he brings on a consistent basis.
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29-11-2022 02:39 PM #27
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Much as I feel this had to come in, I feel today's footballs are far more lighter than old fillies!
Back in the day heading a fillie would just about take your head off and the laces would lacerate your forehead, and the goalkeeper rarely got a bye kick over the halfway line.
At this world cup goal kicks are reaching the other 18 yard line.
The modern football is so light and easy to control, I think we are shutting the barn door 30-40 years to late!!!
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