AJF Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 Seems like a positive step to take. https://www.scotsman.com/news/people/scottish-football-to-ban-heading-the-day-before-and-after-matches-3933256 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Golden God Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 Sure there will be some amount of heads gone about this on Twitter. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 Is this woke? 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweeperDee Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 4 minutes ago, invergowrie arab said: Is this woke? @oaksoft 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Angelo Barksdale Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 5 minutes ago, invergowrie arab said: Is this woke? This is the future liberals want. A world where the bullet header does not exist. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 It'll change cross and finish training on a Friday morning. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 (edited) Seems like a sensible approach to take given the new information coming out about the risks of brain damage from heading. However, do many professional clubs train the day before and after matches? I listened to a couple of podcasts recently about concussion in rugby - there's obviously a higher level of risk in rugby given the nature of the game. Some interesting history - the rugby authorities recommended in the early 1990s for players suffering a concussion sit out for a minimum of three weeks and return after being signed off by a neurologist. By the late 2000s that had changed to six days and sign off by a medical professional! I'm sure this was based on robust scientific and medical evidence and not because rugby was now professional and clubs didn't want to lose players for weeks at a time. Edited November 28, 2022 by ICTChris 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Brightside Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 25 minutes ago, ICTChris said: Seems like a sensible approach to take given the new information coming out about the risks of brain damage from heading. However, do many professional clubs train the day before and after matches? According to Chris McLaughlin teams tend to work on set pieces the day before a game. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Jean King Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 According to Chris McLaughlin teams tend to work on set pieces the day before a game.And..... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Brightside Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 4 minutes ago, Billy Jean King said: 17 minutes ago, Mr. Brightside said: According to Chris McLaughlin teams tend to work on set pieces the day before a game. And..... Perhaps you should read the post I have quoted. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 #riprakingcrossanddivingheader. #gbnf Spoiler 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Jean King Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 Perhaps you should read the post I have quoted.And perhaps clubs could just do their set piece routines a day earlier assuming the great sage McLaughlin is right in the first place or is he thinking players memories are already too damaged to remember things for an extra day. The announcement today is very easy for clubs to comply with but no doubt media slavers like McLaughlin and Co will try to whip this up into some sort of "worlds gone mad" crusade. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Jean King Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 And perhaps clubs could just do their set piece routines a day earlier assuming the great sage McLaughlin is right in the first place or are you thinking players memories are already too damaged to remember things for an extra day. The announcement today is very easy for clubs to comply with but no doubt media slavers like McLaughlin and Co will try to whip this up into some sort of "worlds gone mad" crusade.Sorry that should be is he rather than are you 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmericanFan Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 1 hour ago, The Golden God said: Sure there will be some amount of heads gone about this on Twitter. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Brightside Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Billy Jean King said: And perhaps clubs could just do their set piece routines a day earlier assuming the great sage McLaughlin is right in the first place or are you thinking players memories are already too damaged to remember things for an extra day. The announcement today is very easy for clubs to comply with but both doubt media slavers like McLaughlin and Co will try to whip this up into some sort of "wirkds gone mad" crusade. What on earth are you banging on about? @ICTChris asked if teams tend to train the day before and after matches and I responded with what McLaughlin reported (who is probably more in the know than us) as I happened to be watching his report on BBC news while reading the thread. Nothing more, nothing less. No comment about how teams will adapt to the change. Edited November 28, 2022 by Mr. Brightside 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VincentGuerin Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 9 minutes ago, Billy Jean King said: And perhaps clubs could just do their set piece routines a day earlier assuming the great sage McLaughlin is right in the first place or is he thinking players memories are already too damaged to remember things for an extra day. The announcement today is very easy for clubs to comply with but no doubt media slavers like McLaughlin and Co will try to whip this up into some sort of "worlds gone mad" crusade. They could. But I think the reason it's standard to do this the day before a game is for two reasons. Firstly, to make it as fresh in the mind as possible going into the fixture and having been worked on with the actual team, which has probably been picked by then. Secondly, because you don't want to be doing your hard running and big physical exertion work the day before a game, so set-pieces and shape work for the game ahead makes more sense on two levels. I'm not against the change, but that's what coaches might argue. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyderspaceman Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 1 hour ago, ICTChris said: Seems like a sensible approach to take given the new information coming out about the risks of brain damage from heading. However, do many professional clubs train the day before and after matches? I listened to a couple of podcasts recently about concussion in rugby - there's obviously a higher level of risk in rugby given the nature of the game. Some interesting history - the rugby authorities recommended in the early 1990s for players suffering a concussion sit out for a minimum of three weeks and return after being signed off by a neurologist. By the late 2000s that had changed to six days and sign off by a medical professional! I'm sure this was based on robust scientific and medical evidence and not because rugby was now professional and clubs didn't want to lose players for weeks at a time. I don't watch a lot of rugby but they tend not to head the ball much. Where do the concussions happen? Badly judged tackles? Believe it or not , that's a serious question. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 (edited) 5 minutes ago, cyderspaceman said: I don't watch a lot of rugby but they tend not to head the ball much. Where do the concussions happen? Badly judged tackles? Believe it or not , that's a serious question. Yes, head knocks happen in tackling or in rucks, mauls etc. It's not just about badly judged tackles - you can be fairly tackled and suffer a head knock, concussion or not. Edited November 28, 2022 by ICTChris 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 I know a girl on a rugby scholarship in the US. She had to take a maths course equivalent to standard grade which she was smashing, full marks on everything. Then she got a concussion and her next mark was 40%. It was over two months before they allowed her in competitive action. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyderspaceman Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Stringer Bell said: This is the future liberals want. A world where the bullet header does not exist. It's quite possible that heading the ball will not exist sometime the future but I wouldn't class that as being liberal. More like restrictive. Heading could be made optional... eta the last bit was an attempt at humour. Edited November 28, 2022 by cyderspaceman 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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