Girls lacrosse is booming in the United States and gender parity is moving squarely into the safety arena for girls sports. More specifically, the conversation about helmets in girls lacrosse. This is not surprising in a game with reinforced sticks and hard balls possibly flying towards the heads of young ladies at ever increasing speeds. […]
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Mercy Hospital donation helps area te...
Before this season in Ardmore, whistles and the crack of helmet-to-helmet contact echoed across high school football fields, ringing in the year as the football season began. But this year, thanks to a $12,000 donation by the Mercy Health Foundation of Ardmore, the jarring cracks have been replaced by muted thuds and increased player safety. […]
BYU-developed smartfoam can immediate...
A new type of foam produced by a team from Brigham Young University in Provo is working to make football safer for players. A BYU-developed smartfoam would replace the traditional foam found in sports equipments, particularly helmets, and would signal to coaches if a hit player could have a potential concussion. Read more at www.heraldextra.com
This is what the NFL calls the safest...
Seattle Seahawks star quarterback Russell Wilson is wearing a new helmet this year. So is Alex Smith from the Kansas City Chiefs and Houston Texans linebacker Jadeveon Clowney. They’re all strapping on equipment from a Seattle-based startup called Vicis that wants to help the NFL and NCAA tackle football’s ongoing concussion problem. Read more at […]
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