Dean Windass to sue football authorities

[fmttmadmin]

The solution is fairly clear - remove heading from the game. What is less clear is how we move from here to there.

Remove it from training is the best step forward. Or at least greatly reduce initially and phase heading out of the junior game.
Professionals are more at risk than amateurs because they train 4x a week. All those impacts can add up. Scotand is in front (a-head) of England and Wales on this

 

[B_G]

Remove it from training is the best step forward. Or at least greatly reduce initially and phase heading out of the junior game.
Professionals are more at risk than amateurs because they train 4x a week. All those impacts can add up. Scotand is in front (a-head) of England and Wales on this

Limiting training time is definitely key but this is already in place at junior football. This is the FA guidance.




Local kids aren't allowed to head the ball in matches either as the TJFA have opted in to the "No Heading Pilot Scheme". Well at least until U13.

My current U11 team have never headed a ball at training or in matches.

 

[Anton_Berg]

If it hasn't been said already, rugby players don't head the ball but there are similar concerns in the game. Maybe if football had less of 'the mixer' and set- pieces.

 

[B_G]

If it hasn't been said already, rugby players don't head the ball but there are similar concerns in the game. Maybe if football had less of 'the mixer' and set- pieces.

Surely the biggest contributing factor would be heading the ball from goal kicks and big lumps out of the hands. Where the same defender would maybe head it 10 times from 60 ft out the air through a match.
That side of the game has already been massively reduced with most teams opting to play short where they can now.

I doubt our CBs head it more than half a dozen times most weeks and everyone else even less than that

 

[SilentProf]

Surely the biggest contributing factor would be heading the ball from goal kicks and big lumps out of the hands. Where the same defender would maybe head it 10 times from 60 ft out the air through a match.
That side of the game has already been massively reduced with most teams opting to play short where they can now.

I doubt our CBs head it more than half a dozen times most weeks and everyone else even less than that

It is the training drills where the most damage is believed to be done. Defenders even in the age groups would have the ball booted high towards them and have to clear it as far down the pitch as possible repeatedly for 5-10 minutes in a row during a session. It’s not done that way these days.

 

[B_G]

It is the training drills where the most damage is believed to be done. Defenders even in the age groups would have the ball booted high towards them and have to clear it as far down the pitch as possible repeatedly for 5-10 minutes in a row during a session. It’s not done that way these days.

Yeah I remember doing plenty of heading drills as a kid and obviously the heading drills were continued into the pro game etc.

The heading in training at junior level has been addressed now hasn't it. As per the table I posted above. There's more detailed info on that as well that every grass roots coach should have access to.

That doesn't stop d1ckhead coaches ignoring it like but as far as the FA are concerned, they've done their bit

 

[SilentProf]

This is well worth a watch for anyone who is interested.