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

[Nope]

with immediate effect.

nee heading the ball

thoughts - nanny state gone mad or sensible move? I think it's sensible until we get some longitudinal data.

 

[TheGreenMan]

Sensible move i think

 

[rubberface]

Crazy

 

[chriswallace85]

Nanny state gone mad IMHO.

Me father used to cross ball after ball for me to header in the back garden an deirs nofink rong wit mee.

 

[gipetto]

Kids will grow up scared of heading the ball. Fast forward twenty years time and our national team will be getting done on set pieces every game.

 

[3.142]

Need to teach heading technique not ban it. most training can also be done on small size pitches where the ball doesn't drop from a great height anyway.

The balls are way lighter than even 15 years ago nevermind 50 and so the reaction is a generation outdated.

We'd also lose the art of crossing at younger levels.

 

[RichD]

How are kids supposed to learn to head the ball if you can't do it in training?

Moving forward to loads of long balls into the box and kids letting it bounce everywhere...

 

[Irishblackcat]

Kids these days have it soft . The ball is lighter and softer than back when we used play with the mitre ball that was like a rock growing up .

 

[Roger the Dodger]

Good to see research-based evidence being put to good use for once. If only that was the case in other areas of public life.

 

[vinegar hill]

Absolute nonsense.
Although there should not be much ball heading in their training anyway.

 

[Honess10]

Of course it’s sensible. Given the research it would seem bizarre to me we would ask our 6/7 year old kids to repeatedly thud their heeds against a solid object. At least until they can make their own mind up. And I’m the first person to scream nanny state etc. This just seems logical to me

 

[ontap]

The yanks did this ages ago , am surprised it's taken us so long , it's the first step towards eradicating it from the game completely , people saying we should be teaching heading as s skill are talking bollox , ask Dave Watson's missus . Won't happen in my lifetime , bu eventually there won't be a need for the wykes , Lafferty's in the game anymore, it's inevitable.

 

[Tony Towers Fanclub]

The balls are way lighter than even 15 years ago nevermind 50

Speak for yourself, ducky!

 

[Blyth_Pirate]

Should just play with crash helmets on, could play conkers as soon as final whistle goes if they wear helmets with visors fitted.

 

[General Zod]

The yanks did this ages ago , am surprised it's taken us so long , it's the first step towards eradicating it from the game completely , people saying we should be teaching heading as s skill are talking bollox , ask Dave Watson's missus . Won't happen in my lifetime , bu eventually there won't be a need for the wykes , Lafferty's in the game anymore, it's inevitable.

Do you reckon banning heading would lead to more or less goals?

 

[chriswallace85]

The yanks did this ages ago , am surprised it's taken us so long , it's the first step towards eradicating it from the game completely , people saying we should be teaching heading as s skill are talking bollox , ask Dave Watson's missus . Won't happen in my lifetime , bu eventually there won't be a need for the wykes , Lafferty's in the game anymore, it's inevitable.

And look how crap they are.

 

[studs]

wonder what that means for kids who play in older age groups, an under 12 playing under 13's for example

 

[Keyser Soze]

Sensible decision - what's the point if they have evidence to suggest it potentially causes damage? Especially for 6/7 year olds ?

Also, will surely encourage the game to be played more on the deck, didn't do Barcelona/Spain any harm playing mainly this way ?

 

[chriswallace85]

Of course it’s sensible. Given the research it would seem bizarre to me we would ask our 6/7 year old kids to repeatedly thud their heeds against a solid object. At least until they can make their own mind up. And I’m the first person to scream nanny state etc. This just seems logical to me

The research is pretty inconclusive. And a lot of the data is based on old men who practically played a different sport with a very different ball to the football of today. These men also lived very different lifestyles to many of today's players. That's without considering the genetic factors.

 

[ontap]

Do you reckon banning heading would lead to more or less goals?

Why would you ask that , I can't see the relevance ?