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Texas touch football (some) now requires a helmet

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"But Green’s injury prompted the Texas State 7on7 Organization, aware that parents are more concerned than ever about safety, to become the first statewide group in the country to require that all of its players wear soft-shell helmets, starting at this year’s state tournament."

“People are starting to realize it’s not just football, but other sports,” he said. “When you have kids running really fast, bare head-to-head or head-to-elbow contact is a very high impact event. If people are going to be running around at high speeds, having some padding will make a huge difference.”

"In a paper published this year, researchers at the University of Georgia found that youth flag football players from 7 to 10 years old suffered fewer major-impact head hits than tackle football players of the same age. But flag football players still received many smaller hits, including when they got close to opposing players to grab their flags."

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/20/sports/football/football-safety-touch-flag-helmets.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage
 
Can’t believe they haven’t regulated helmets into soccer yet.

And THAT’S a sport I definitely never played. Ever.
 
AZGrizFan said:
Can’t believe they haven’t regulated helmets into soccer yet.

And THAT’S a sport I definitely never played. Ever.
FYI: https://health.usnews.com/health-care/for-better/articles/head-injuries-in-soccer
Key quotes:
Head Injuries in Soccer

Contrary to what many believe, American football isn't the only sport that puts a player in danger of sustaining a concussion.

But how these injuries manifest is worth a look. In youth and high school soccer athletes, a concussion is the second most common injury sustained during match play.

One interesting finding from this summit that is worth noting, particularly in youth and high school soccer players, is that three-quarters of the concussions in this population occurred when the player was not aware that contact or collision was coming. When collision was unexpected, and a concussion resulted, the result was a longer duration of concussion symptoms than in those players who were aware that a hit was imminent.
Another particularly disturbing finding that was revealed by research at this summit was that up to 40 percent of youth soccer players indicated that they wouldn't report their concussion symptoms to anyone.
 
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