Soccer Headgear

[kickgrass]

Head trauma is the most dangerous injury that can occur to soccer players. Whether it's from head-to-head contact fighting over headers or from falls such as the one that Mary Grace Yeager had last night. A headgear has been developed to protect players and is available at many soccer vendors. I'd like to hear from players that have worn it and/or why you don't want to wear it. Several organizations have made it a required piece of equipment just like shinguards.

 

Seems that head injury is much more dangerous than a shin injury (both of which are no walk in the park).

[ah20]

I haven't worn any of the headgear yet, and I probably won't wear it. I have seen some pretty bad head injuries in my time playing soccer, but I wouldn't wear the headgear because I think it interferes too much with the game. It doesn't look very comfortable and it would interfere with any attempted headers. It's a good idea, but there will always be a risk of injury in sports. I would rather risk getting hurt than be weighted down with a lot of protective equipment that takes away from the game.

[sqhs15]

[i would never wear the stuff, i say take the pain with the game...(besides that i think it looks stupid) personal opinion of coarse.

[Tweeter08]

Most of the Dobyns-Bennett girls have the headgear and i must say that they have improved with their air game. I think it gives them more confidence to go for the ball in the air and not be afraid. In my opinion, i dont think you will see many, if any at all, boy teams wearing it.

[gscalf]

Ya I really see it improving girl's air game. Too many girls are afraid to head the ball, and with this lack of confidence they never improve that skill. Like previous poster, guys will probably never wear the headgear.

[wwwchattanoogancom]

I have seen alot of soccer in the last several years and have never seen anyone wear a head gear.

[Jorj]

soccer helmets take away from the game. shinguards are all you need.

[BigG]

soccer helmets take away from the game.  shinguards are all you need.

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Welcome back, Jorj. Hopefully your players would also have uniforms...

 

But back to the topic, I agree with tweeter. I don't think you would be very successful getting guys to wear them. I would be curious to know if any of the pros that wear them are NOT getting a stipend or paycheck from the company that makes them.

 

I do think they would make a difference (although I would probably never wear one). Our captain cracked the bone in his forhead against Morristown East when he headed the back of another player. Sounded like celery breaking... it was awful. Who knows? Maybe they will catch on.

[sqhs15]

soccer helmets take away from the game.  shinguards are all you need.

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i completly agree i say wqat more do you need but some shinguards and some cleets!! soccer is a contact sport but if you dont want to gt bumps and bruises go play ping pong!!

[tweezer00]

  i completly agree i say wqat more do you need but some shinguards and some cleets!! soccer is a contact sport but if you dont want to gt bumps and bruises go play ping pong!!

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Just wait until you collide head to head, running at full speed and you crack the bones in your face and literally have a knot the size of a golf ball in your face. It even gets better when you cant open your eye the next day and have to go to school with the biggest shiner ever known to man that shuns away little girls at the sight of it. Great fun let me tell you. I guarantee you will be wanting to wear one afterwards.

[tuffnstuff]

Just wait until you collide head to head, running at full speed and you crack the bones in your face and literally have a knot the size of a golf ball in your face. It even gets better when you cant open your eye the next day and have to go to school with the biggest shiner ever known to man that shuns away little girls at the sight of it.  Great fun let me tell you. I guarantee you will be wanting to wear one afterwards.

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Ouch - sounds like you have been there. I would have to say that if the headgear advances to become lightweight and non cumbersome maybe it will help. If football players wear helmets then it shouldn't be so inconceivable to expect that over the next few years we will see them more prevelent on the soccer field. As stated it is a physical and contact sport. More than any other player -and after the recent events with the goalie from middle tennessee having her collision, I would think that keepers should be the first to wear them. I guess we will see.

[GLENNRAY]

Ouch - sounds like you have been there.  I would have to say that if the headgear advances to become lightweight and non cumbersome maybe it will help.  If football players wear helmets then it shouldn't be so inconceivable to expect that over the next few years we will see them more prevelent on the soccer field. As stated it is a physical and contact sport.  More than any other player -and after the recent events with the goalie from middle tennessee having her collision, I would think that keepers should be the first to wear them. I guess we will see.

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I would love to see my daughter wear headgear though she never would. She had 23 stitches from one head-to-head collision and just had an MRI for a suspected concusion from a kick to the head. It may of interest that women's neck musculature and bone density do not compare are less than the male's and they cannot take the hit that males can (no sexism but a physical fact) without injury. I am "for" them but you couldn't melt one and pour it on my daughter.