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Post by mattador78 on Jan 17, 2020 13:40:24 GMT
To be honest I don’t disagree with this at a younger age. Would be more like Futsal played in Brazil then say at high school bring in the heading
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Post by PotterLog on Jan 17, 2020 14:54:15 GMT
Jeff Astle, well known snowflake, had heading the ball (which were a lot heavier then) named by the coroner as a contributing factor to the degenerative brain disease that killed him. I love a headed goal or a Ryan header from his own penalty area to the other team's half, but to dismiss legitimate concern over head injuries as health and safety gone mad is a bit much. Hopefully the lighter balls used these days have made a big difference and we can keep heading as integral to the game. Simple solution to this. Say to the players: "Heading the ball might cause you health problems, do you want to continue?" Answer "No" and don't play the game, or answer "Yes, because I'm not a colossal pussy" and carry on. Problem solved. Different for kids though innit
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Post by franklin66 on Jan 17, 2020 16:43:28 GMT
Might as well ban headers you cant tackle anyone anymore there's more contact in "none" contact basketball.
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Post by crouchpotato1 on Jan 17, 2020 16:55:31 GMT
For me if you ban heading from football we might as well pack up going if we want football how we like it now. Having lost my old man to Alzheimer’s over 4 years a go now I know he having played football(locally) would also think the same.He loved everything about football (playing and watching) and no one can say for definite heading a football years a go caused his Alzheimer’s. Where will it stop with all this?Rugby will be next with no scrums,tackling etc.
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Post by thicknthin on Jan 17, 2020 17:37:06 GMT
Banning heading for under 12’s is probably sensible, and would probably have very little effect in my opinion. As a father of a lad of that age group , I watch him play every week and there are very few headers per game. 11 year old kids are mostly scared of doing it. It’s only in the next year or two after that it becomes a more important part of the game.
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Post by Pretty Little Boother on Jan 17, 2020 17:41:59 GMT
Simple solution to this. Say to the players: "Heading the ball might cause you health problems, do you want to continue?" Answer "No" and don't play the game, or answer "Yes, because I'm not a colossal pussy" and carry on. Problem solved. Different for kids though innit Only for pussy kids.
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Post by crowey on Jan 18, 2020 9:17:02 GMT
... unfortunately, whether we like it or not football is slowly becoming a non-contact sport. Reasonable not to start heading the ball until say High School age. I had great fun trying to teach Aussie boys (& girls) how to head a ball. It has been proved that headgear does not provide any protection (think of a jelly in a box)
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Post by JoeinOz on Jan 18, 2020 9:33:28 GMT
Different for kids though innit Only for pussy kids. It's becoming clearer and clearer heading the ball regularly can lead to serious memory problems later in life. Someone being aware of the horrific results of dementia being dismissed as a 'pussy' is severely distasteful.
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Post by Pretty Little Boother on Jan 18, 2020 9:37:43 GMT
It's becoming clearer and clearer heading the ball regularly can lead to serious memory problems later in life. Someone being aware of the horrific results of dementia being dismissed as a 'pussy' is severely distasteful. Have you been heading the ball a lot and have thus forgotten what mild irony is?
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Post by crowey on Jan 18, 2020 10:14:28 GMT
It's becoming clearer and clearer heading the ball regularly can lead to serious memory problems later in life. Someone being aware of the horrific results of dementia being dismissed as a 'pussy' is severely distasteful. Have you been heading the ball a lot and have thus forgotten what mild irony is? .... think it’s Australia, does it to all of us
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Post by danceswithclams on Jan 18, 2020 10:46:14 GMT
Have you been heading the ball a lot and have thus forgotten what mild irony is? I had a pint of Mild Irony in Hoxton the other week. Fucking eight quid it was and it was served to me in an upcycled plant pot by a bloke wearing a string vest, horn-rimmed glasses, and 900 quid trainers that looked like orthopedic shoes.
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