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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] Considering I know three girls that have gotten concussions from lacrosse within the past six months I can’t see why the girls would not wear helmets. It won’t make them more aggressive. Accidents happen and the girls I know that ha d gotten concussions have gotten them when they were hit in the head by accident with either a stick or a ball. Helmets for sure.  It must come from the parents insisting on it and if you get enough parents insisting on it the leagues and schools will have no choice but to follow suit. [/quote]

Exactly not all concussions are caused by aggressive or aggressive play. Several people I know who have been injured have been injured by an accident.  One got hit in the head by a ball during a wild throw warning up and two others were hit in the head by accident with sticks. It was not done intentionally yet helmets would have prevented all three from being concussions. [/quote]

My DD plays goalie. Because she wears a helmet, refs let things fly they'd never allow for the other players. I am skeptical that helmets would make field play safer. I think we'd see more physically aggressive play, and I think refs would be less likely to make the same safety calls they make now.

We also need to remember that helmets don't prevent concussions. Kids are still going to take fast balls to the head, and they will need to be seriously evaluated for a concussion. We can't pretend that wearing a helmet meant their brain didn't get shaken up from the hit.[/quote] There is always a chance of concussion but helmets add protection, no doubt. But if the refs were really calling the game, they’d be calling penalties regardless of the protection - I assume your kid plays w a mouth guard/face protection? Cause that’s supposedly escalating contact? [/quote]

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