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Soccer is one of the only full contact sports that does not require any sort of head protection. In a world where nearly every sort of activity involves head covering of one type or another, I find this rather surprising. My children have helmets for everything from bike riding to snowboarding to skate boarding. But for soccer? Nothing.A new trend that is appearing on soccer fields across the country are head guards. These offer protection to heading balls, misplaced elbows and diggers in the grass. Some players balk at the lack of "cool factor" the padded head bands present, but in relation to a visit to the emergency room and a concussion? I think they are well worth it. I hope they become as common place as bike and skateboard helmets.
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10-02-2006 @ 3:08PM
ann adams said...That's surprising. I don't have soccer kids (yet) except during school hours so I hadn't noticed the absence of headgear.
I believe I'd explain to mine that there's nothing "cool" about concussion or worse.
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10-03-2006 @ 12:43PM
HW said...I played soccer throughout elementary and highschool, and although I made it through unscathed, I was a witness to a head ball gone bad; involving 2 kids going for the same ball, but I will spare you the details. I think this is a good idea, and about time too.
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