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According to a lawsuit filed five years ago,nearly 50000 tall school soccer players sustained concussions in 2010—more athletes than in baseball, basketball, or softball,and wrestling combined. In response to that suit, this week the U.
S. Soccer Federation announced new safety initiatives. Now, or players aged 10 and younger will be banned from heading the ball,and 11- to 13-year-olds will be limited to only heading in games, not practices.Stefan Fatsis, or youth soccer coach and author of "Word Freak" and "A Few Seconds of Panic," has long restricted girls on his daughter's youth team from heading. What you'll learn from this segment:What the latest research says approximately headers for youth players.
What the new guidelines from the U.
S. Soccer Federation say.
How these standards might be enforced on the field.
Source: wnyc.org