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Post by rugbytoffee on Jul 29, 2021 12:07:50 GMT
Guidance on heading will be introduced into the English game from next season, with all professional, amateur and grassroots clubs involved. Clubs in the Premier League, EFL, Barclays Women’s Super League, FA Women’s Championship, National League, the Women’s Football Pyramid Tiers 3 and below, all grassroots football and across the England national teams will receive the guidance as the governing bodies try to address the risk of brain injuries. The advice, agreed by the Football Association, Premier League, EFL, Professional Footballers Association and League Managers Association, will not affect the rules of the game, but will be centred on how heading is performed in training sessions. Professional clubs will be directed to limit ‘high force’ headers – those following a long pass of more than 35 metres or from crosses, corners and free-kicks – to 10 per training week, while also developing specific player profiles which will help tailor their training needs. Further guidance will be sent to clubs on coaching practices to help develop heading technique using a lower force, such as throwing a ball to a header instead of kicking and players heading from a standing position instead of a running jump. An advisory panel will also be set up to explore strength and conditioning techniques for the neck and torso, which have an impact on the force of heading. The guidance for amateur clubs is for heading practice to be limited to one session per week and no more than 10 headers per session and players should be responsible for their own monitoring of their output. Guidelines for youth football were announced in February 2020 and remain in place. FA chief executive Mark Bullingham said: “We already have the most comprehensive guidelines in the world for youth football and now we are introducing, in partnership with the other football bodies, the most comprehensive adult football guidelines anywhere. Our heading guidance now reaches across all players, at all levels of the game “These measures have been developed following studies with coaches and medics and represent a cautious approach whilst we learn more. We are committed to further medical research to gain an understanding of any risks within football, in the meantime this reduces a potential risk factor. “Overall it is important to remember that the overwhelming medical evidence is that football and other sports have positive impacts on both mental and physical health.” The governing bodies will deliver expanded research throughout the season as part of a formal review of the guidance in June 2022. www.guardian-series.co.uk/ |
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Post by Avinalaff on Jul 29, 2021 15:15:03 GMT
Every physical sport has the potential to impact us.
Combat sports especially, but it's odd that after a century and a half of football, they're now looking at heading the ball as being dangerous.
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Post by rugbytoffee on Jul 18, 2022 18:29:35 GMT
Children aged 12 and under could be banned from deliberate heading in all football matches from September 2023, the Football Association (FA) has suggested.
The FA, which looks after all football in England, says it will trial the removal of heading from football matches across U12 level and below in England from the start of the 2022-23 season.
The FA says the trial will be co-ordinated with leagues, clubs and schools throughout the country.
In January and February 2020, children under 12 in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland were banned from deliberate heading during training, but not matches.
The FA says it applied to the International Football Association Board (IFAB) for the trial and if it is successful will apply again for a change in the law.
"Should the trial be a success, the aim is to then remove deliberate heading from all football matches at U12 level and below from the 2023-24 season," the FA has said in a statement.
How did the idea to ban heading come about?
A study released in October 2019 reported the first possible links between former footballers and brain disease.
The report suggested players could be three and a half times more likely to die of dementia, a condition which affects people's brains.
What are the current rules around heading?
In the US there have been rules around kids heading footballs since 2015. The US Soccer Federation rule means kids under 11 years old aren't allowed to head balls and and there are also restrictions on players aged 11-13 doing headers during football training.
In January 2020, Scotland became the first European country to ban heading football for under-12s in training.
In February of that year the FA, Scottish FA and Irish FA bought out new guidance saying children under 12 were not able to head balls during training and that heading would be introduced gradually between the ages of 12 and 16.
Adult footballers were also given new guidance by the FA in 2020 to limit high-impact headers to ten per week.
The FA says this trial is to lessen any risks while the links between long-term brain injury and heading are looked into.
"It represents a cautious approach to playing and enjoying football whilst ongoing research continues in this area," an FA statement read.
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