https://padlet.com/jzavattero/ys2q6ll7a935 Sports Injuries en-us 2017-02-21 19:05:53 UTC 2023-06-27 17:08:13 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Rugbyball.png jzavattero https://padlet.com/jzavattero/ys2q6ll7a935/wish/155271617 In football, if tackled incorrectly, can damage their brain tissues. Last year, a groundbreaking study that found brain changes in children after just one season of playing football. The effect was seen even in young players who did not have a concussion. During a youth football practice, each player was given a helmet with sensors that measured the frequency and severity of impacts. Dr. Alex Powers, a pediatric neurosurgeon involved in the research, said it was surprising to see how forceful the grade-schoolers' hits were.]]> 2017-02-21 19:18:20 UTC https://padlet.com/jzavattero/ys2q6ll7a935/wish/155271617 jzavattero https://padlet.com/jzavattero/ys2q6ll7a935/wish/155273713 2017-02-21 19:23:30 UTC https://padlet.com/jzavattero/ys2q6ll7a935/wish/155273713 jzavattero https://padlet.com/jzavattero/ys2q6ll7a935/wish/155274033 2017-02-21 19:24:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jzavattero/ys2q6ll7a935/wish/155274033 jzavattero https://padlet.com/jzavattero/ys2q6ll7a935/wish/155275486 Over the last quarter-century, there has been a major change in how children are coached and trained in youth sports programs. In the modern world, most kids focus on one sport from very young ages. At the same time, they are asked to perform at increasingly higher levels. The more they progress the better people expect of them. This causing them to over play themselves and cause injuries.]]> 2017-02-21 19:27:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jzavattero/ys2q6ll7a935/wish/155275486 jzavattero https://padlet.com/jzavattero/ys2q6ll7a935/wish/155876196 Football, the national governing body for amateur football, intends to introduce a drastically altered youth football game in response to declining participation and increasing public belief that the game is not safe for children to play. The organization has created a new format that brings the game closer to flag football and tries to avoid much of the violence in the current version. Among the rule changes: Each team will have six to nine players on the field, instead of 11; the field will be far smaller; kickoffs and punts will be eliminated; and players will start each play in a crouching position instead of in a three-point stance.]]> 2017-02-23 19:22:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jzavattero/ys2q6ll7a935/wish/155876196 jzavattero https://padlet.com/jzavattero/ys2q6ll7a935/wish/155876964 New York Times

For years, the sport’s top officials have played down the science and insisted that tackle football could be played safely. Neurologists have found a degenerative brain disease, chronic traumatic encephalopathy, in an alarming number of former football players, and last year the N.F.L.’s top health and safety officer acknowledged for the first time the link between the disease and brain trauma sustained on the field.]]> 2017-02-23 19:24:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jzavattero/ys2q6ll7a935/wish/155876964