The Virtual Terrace • Re: Future of the Game
Ste100Centurions wrote:
All that considered, I see a move to mandatory head guards at all levels of the game in the very near future.
Best thing RL did was make headguards mandatory for kids until their skulls had properly formed.
However all it would reduce in adults is a few knocks. Actual concussions are more likely to happen due to a sudden stop in momentum. As the body stops dead, the brain slaps around hitting the skull. Headguards don’t stop this. This is what I meant by knowing the risks.
Arguably headguards give people false confidence. I’ve seen it before where a player wearing on thinks it will just protect them and don’t think about where their head goes in a tackle. And of course, said player got injured. In my personal experience I stopped wearing one at 18. I’ve always been a good tackler as Pimp can attest too. But didn’t think much of getting hurt. Now without one, I make sure that if I’m going low I’m already set with my head in the right place.
Statistics: Posted by Bulls Boy 2011 — Sun Dec 27, 2020 12:02 am