Heading Ban

[David Vincent]

Heading will be banned from the game within the next 15 years. You only have to watch this video to understand why. Every blow to the head is damaging you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esPRsT-lmw8

[splott parker]

Heading will be banned from the game within the next 15 years. You only have to watch this video to understand why. Every blow to the head is damaging you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esPRsT-lmw8

Just couldn’t imagine the cries from the crowd ... HEAD BALL

[David Vincent]

Heading will be banned from the game within the next 15 years. You only have to watch this video to understand why. Every blow to the head is damaging you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esPRsT-lmw8

I've read a bit more about the doctor in that video I posted and I now think he is a bit of a crank.

https://observer.com/2016/08/head-ca...r-daniel-amen/

Nevertheless, that blows to the head causes brain injury is obvious. There are many videos on the net about this by more reputable scientists. The following video is not for the squeamish. It shows brains being cut up. It is interesting to see the brains like that. Of course, they don't look like the brains of any posters on here - ours are much smaller.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSO7_8XcGd8

[jeepster]

When i played in the late 60's early 70' the balls were heavy leather when it got wet it was like heading a boulder.Not good.

[the other bob wilson]

When i played in the late 60's early 70' the balls were heavy leather when it got wet it was like heading a boulder.Not good.

Not only that, if you headed where the lace was, you'd have a Frankenstein type scar on your forehead for hours .

Anyone who has played cricket with the proper equipment has probably played the occasional shot where you barely felt ball on bat because it came off the "right" part of the bat and was timed pretty well. Conversely, and much more frequently in my case, there'd be the clunky shots whereby you'd feel a reaction all the way up your arms - something similar is almost certainly going on in a player's head when their heading technique goes wrong and there, surely, has to be a cumulative effect if someone has too many of those?

I can imagine people of my generation being against a ban on heading because it's been part of the game all of our lives and it is definitely a skill - I was only reminded a couple of days ago of my father's comment that the former Spurs forward Alan Gilzean's control of the ball with his head was better than many professionals' control with their feet. I think a ban on heading in the game is coming though and, when it does, certain types of player will become obsolete almost immediately.

[OurManFlint II]

When i played in the late 60's early 70' the balls were heavy leather when it got wet it was like heading a boulder.Not good.

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