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UK Bans Children From Heading Footballs At School by AbujaBlue: 8:56pm On Feb 24, 2020
The FA says the decision is to "mitigate against any potential risks" after a study into football and neurodegenerative disease.

Primary school children have been banned from heading in football training in England, Northern Ireland and Scotland.

The Football Associations of each country announced the ban on Monday and said a "graduated approach" will be taken to heading in training in under-12s to under-16s football.

The ban does not apply to matches because of the limited number of headers which occur in youth games.

The announcement comes after a study showed former footballers were three-and-a-half times more likely to die of neurodegenerative disease than members of the general population of the same age.

The decision to update the guidelines has been taken to "mitigate against any potential risks", the FA said.

The guidance has been produced in parallel with UEFA's medical committee, which is seeking to produce Europe-wide guidance later this year.

Dawn Astle, who has campaigned for restrictions on heading at all levels of the game, welcomed the news as an important first step.

Her father Jeff Astle was a professional footballer who died in 2002 of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, which the coroner ruled had been caused by repeated heading of a football.

She said: "We must take early steps to avoid exposing children's brains to risk of trauma and by saying there's no heading in training for primary school children is a really sensible way to make the game we all love safer for all those involved."

Professor Willie Stewart, the lead academic on the FIELD study into neurodegenerative disease, also welcomed the move but said ultimately the game's governing bodies must go further.

"A lot more research is needed to understand the factors contributing to increased risk of neurodegenerative disease in footballers," he said.

"Meanwhile it is sensible to act to reduce exposure to the only recognised risk factor so far. As such, measures to reduce exposure to unnecessary head impacts and risk of head injury in sport are a logical step.

"I would, however, like to see these proposals introduced as mandatory, rather than voluntary as present, and a similar approach to reduce heading burden adopted in the wider game of football, not just in youth football."

FA chief executive Mark Bullingham said: "This updated heading guidance is an evolution of our current guidelines and will help coaches and teachers to reduce and remove repetitive and unnecessary heading from youth football.

"Our research has shown that heading is rare in youth football matches, so this guidance is a responsible development to our grassroots coaching without impacting the enjoyment that children of all ages take from playing the game."


https://news.sky.com/story/primary-school-children-banned-from-heading-in-football-training-11942145

Re: UK Bans Children From Heading Footballs At School by cosby02(m): 9:00pm On Feb 24, 2020
If them con head ball nko??

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Re: UK Bans Children From Heading Footballs At School by Cherrish154(m): 9:05pm On Feb 24, 2020
It is a very strange decision not to give children the opportunity to realize themselves. Moreover, the state then earns what it prohibits. Supports business based on sports betting and so on.

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Re: UK Bans Children From Heading Footballs At School by TobiAbuja: 11:13pm On Feb 24, 2020
Some parents must be worried that their kids will fall behind. Will never happen here.

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Re: UK Bans Children From Heading Footballs At School by 8Djukerallish88: 12:46am On Feb 25, 2020
Sometimes I think that it is very good that I am related to sports only as a spectator. The maximum is that I can read something watch the match broadcast or make a bet. Sometimes what happens behind the scenes is depressing. Recently I read that there are no basketball teams in the Philippines although there were 2 of it and basketball is loved there - https://1xbet-ph.net/ and also very upset. The world of sports is waiting for a shock.
Re: UK Bans Children From Heading Footballs At School by AbujaBlue: 8:59am On Feb 25, 2020
TobiAbuja:
Some parents must be worried that their kids will fall behind. Will never happen here.
Not in a million years.

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