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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]1.  The Efficacy of Soccer Headgear (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC233175/)

"All 3 headbands were effective at [b]reducing[/b] the peak impact force. The Protector headband appeared the most effective at [b]reducing[/b] time to peak force and impulse within the design of this study. The clinical effectiveness of these products remains to be seen."

FYI:  "In all age groups, however, proper heading technique is the athlete's greatest defense against injury from heading a ball."

2.  Va Tech just published online an extensive study of ~25 different forms of headgear:  https://www.beam.vt.edu/helmet/soccer-headgear-ratings.html
"Laboratory testing determined that better models [b]reduce impact forces[/b] by more than 50 percent and concussion risk by more than 70 percent."

3.  "Evidence Mounts for Headgear in Soccer":  not a true study, but a good summary article
"FIFA researchers outfitted crash test dummy heads with various types of soccer headgear. Earlier studies had showed that soccer players' heads sometimes collide at speeds up to 2.5 m/s. So the researchers dropped one dummy head against another at approximately that speed. They found that the headgear reduced peak linear acceleration by about a third"[/quote]

I don't know what you're promoting but what you stated above is complete BS.  Everything you pointed out above stated "reduce", NOT eliminate.  It is like wearing seat belt will reduce the risk of fatalities but not eliminating it.  Unlike like car accidents which people want to avoid, heading in soccer is a MUST.

Why don't you put the headband around your head and hit your head against the wall repeatedly and see what happen?

The helmet is supposedly protecting football players, right?  Why do they still have concussions?

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