I have a hard time believing anything about this article. A study of 222 players is a very, very small sample size for starters. Second if you are including practices does that mean they are throwing the ball back and forth to each other practicing headers? If that is the case they would feel headache symptoms only if they wernt heading the ball properly, which means the coaching staff isnt doing their job. NYT much to quick to jump to conclusions without nearly enough backup data. Poor
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big data would be very helpful . There are dozens of top flight professional soccer leagues out there with hundreds if not thousands of top flight players.
all these games are on record . the videos can be studied to determine how many times each player heads the ball, the velocity of the ball. the weight of the ball is also a known, ( it has been decreasing over the decades as new materials and assembly techniques are discovered). The players can be followed for years and in retirement to determine correlation between concussions and frequency of heading the ball. There is no mystery, just money and will to do this once and for all.
all these games are on record . the videos can be studied to determine how many times each player heads the ball, the velocity of the ball. the weight of the ball is also a known, ( it has been decreasing over the decades as new materials and assembly techniques are discovered). The players can be followed for years and in retirement to determine correlation between concussions and frequency of heading the ball. There is no mystery, just money and will to do this once and for all.
I was knocked witless by more than one soaking wet soccer ball in games played in wet conditions. Dry ones? Not so much
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Over 50 years ago the Liverpool(UK) perjorative for a slow witted person was--guess what ?
- a " head-the-ball" !
Over 50 years ago the Liverpool(UK) perjorative for a slow witted person was--guess what ?
- a " head-the-ball" !
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