Heading and that

Wendoverman

I know the balls are lighter now but as another veteran in Terry McDermott has announced he is suffering from dementia and looking at the amount of heading and head injuries we see at our level, I hope the club's regular health checks keep an eye on this for the players.

Malone

@Wendoverman said:
I know the balls are lighter now but as another veteran in Terry McDermott has announced he is suffering from dementia and looking at the amount of heading and head injuries we see at our level, I hope the club's regular health checks keep an eye on this for the players.

The balls are actually the same weight they always were....

http://www.morethanmindgames.com/2010/06/26/an-enduring-football-myth-the-weight-of-the-ball/

HCblue

I fancy they're less heavy than the old ones when they're wet, @Malone.

Malone

@HCblue said:
I fancy they're less heavy than the old ones when they're wet, @Malone.

All explained in the link.

Wendoverman

Thanks for that @Malone very interesting and shows football should still be concerned.

Erroll_Sims

The FA have issued the following guidance on heading in training for this season - https://www.thefa.com/news/2021/jul/28/20210728-new-heading-guidance-published
The challenge I guess is how it will be monitored and policed

Forest_Blue

Glad you opened this thread, I think we could see heading banned in youth football.

username123

A matter of time I think