I'm seeing some of these around the NFL and college. If they make the player safer, why isn't it the standard helmet?
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Padded helmets: Why isn't every player required to wear one?
- Thread starter WestTexasHusker
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Eventually nice looking helmets will do what those fugly helmet caps do... soften the impact. Better performing helmets will be standard, but won’t make players look like the "Revenge of the Mushroom people". Those mushroom helmet caps make sense but look comical imo.... We do know players love cool looking uni's but those mushroom cap helmets are anything but cool imo.
They make players look like characters from a Lego movie. But more and more players use them. I imagine once a player gets put on concussion protocol for the first time those helmets start to look like a better idea.
They make players look like characters from a Lego movie. But more and more players use them. I imagine once a player gets put on concussion protocol for the first time those helmets start to look like a better idea.
The jury is out on them being of any value. One study says they have no effect on brain injuries for high school players
Assuming they do help reduce concussions, protect the long term health of the players and maybe the ultimate viability of the sport.
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Yeah I read that. It's really hard to believe that a helmet with that extra outer protection didn't cut concussion rates.
I think are more beneficial in protecting during practices and drills, where there is repeated head contact, just not at game speed.
Its the whiplash motion which these particular helmets barely effect.
They are working on helmets that twist when strapped, as well as cushion impact
They are working on helmets that twist when strapped, as well as cushion impact
I think a lot of kids did things like this for the same reason. But when we get to our age, those constant reminders we get make we wish we wouldn't have done some of the things we did. I have a foot and a knee that remind me of days gone by.
I'd like to see a controlled test comparing head injuries (or just impact forces) with these configurations:
1. Normal hard plastic helmets and the currently trendy small shoulder pads
2. Soft padded helmets and small shoulder pads
3. Normal hard plastic helmets and "real" shoulder pads (like we wore in the '70s through the '90s)
4. Soft padded helmets and big shoulder pads.
One problem is that helmets have gotten bigger and bigger, in an attempt to provide more cushion against impacts. But between that and the "Nike" trend of smaller shoulder pads, now there's practically no surface area for the shoulder pads to make contact without helmet contact. You're basically experiencing head contact on every tackle. Most of us learned to tackle with our head in front of the ball carrier, but with the shoulder pads taking the brunt of the impact.
Every injury I still deal with was totally worth it. That's just me.
My guess is they were using bargain basement caps, not college / NFL quality. I would love to see the data on the type of caps. In the NFL studies, the data is unequivocal.
