Under 12's banned from heading the ball (in training)



ontap said:
Why would you ask that , I can't see the relevance ?
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Not relevant in the sense of should it be banned on safety grounds. If it is unsafe it should be banned, regardless of the impact on entertainment.

That said, just as a general point, I just wonder what the game would be like if headers were not allowed. Of course there'd be no headed goals but there'd be less clearances from balls into the box, just interested in people's thoughts on the matter.
 
General Zod said:
Not relevant in the sense of should it be banned on safety grounds. If it is unsafe it should be banned, regardless of the impact on entertainment.

That said, just as a general point, I just wonder what the game would be like if headers were not allowed. Of course there'd be no headed goals but there'd be less clearances from balls into the box, just interested in people's thoughts on the matter.
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Hmmmm , it's an interesting point , but given that I will be long gone by the time it is eventually banned at pro level , am out gym😀
 
West_Winger said:
Anything to reduce the prospect of kids developing the likes of CTE in future has to be a good thing.
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They’re soft these days. When I was a lad I headed medicine balls and then went down the pit. Worked for 46 hours on the bounce and then went down the club with the lads for 9 pints. And a feel of the barmaids tits.

and I was only 11
 
Imo,kids today are more likely to develop dementia from not being able to go out,have fun and play football, without a risk assessment being carried out before they go out the door.
 
chunkylover53 said:
They’re soft these days. When I was a lad I headed medicine balls and then went down the pit. Worked for 46 hours on the bounce and then went down the club with the lads for 9 pints. And a feel of the barmaids tits.

and I was only 11
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So were your tabs of choice Woodbines or Capstan Full Strength?
 
They've sampled ex players when the balls would almost cause concussion when they were wet. There's also no account of how many clashes of heads their used to be and the contributing factor of concussed players getting the magic sponge and playing on. In the same token there's no need for bairns to be learning to head the ball.
 
Kids are going to head the ball in their own games anyway, away from anything organised by adults. Children naturally learn by imitation and want to copy what they see adults doing, do 'real' things.
The argument may be that any prevention of harm is good but 99.9% of them will not become professionals or even regular adult players anyway.
What's the point of allowing heading at an older age when as youngsters they haven't been taught properly how to do it? Could cause even greater injuries.
Allow it or ban it across the board. Maybe even teach it properly using softer balls that don't cause injury.
 
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I coach kids football. When I tell them this their response will be so I’m not allowed to head the ball in training in case when I’m older I suffer head injury but I am allowed to head it in matches??

The balls used for the cases were absolute solid, and my heart goes out for those. But a revised study should have also looked at the new technology of footballs compared to old. And if it’s banned in training it should be banned in matches.

When we train headers it’s literally as if it was a throw in to head back or volley back.

I have to accept the guidelines that come with this, but I think more of a review regarding the recent balls, and the affect of not training it, but allowing it in matches has on ability etc
 
Most don't head the ball now, I go to watch my neices son who's 10, in all his games I think I've seen them head it twice, and that's both teams.
 

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