Helmets Should NOT Reduce The Injuries Of Football Players

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In 2014 there were 1.35 reported injuries that were related to sports (Loehrke). With the advancements in technology it would be easy to assume that this should not be happening, this assumption would be wrong. Sports leaders, coaches, and trainers are not providing football players with the proper equipment. In order to reduce the injuries of football players, coaches, trainers, and sports leaders must provide better helmets, cleats, and weather protocols to avoid injuries. In order to better protect athletes in contact sports there must be helmets made to protect against head trauma like concussions. Helmets that are used are not designed to protect players from major head trauma, the most popular helmets that coaches put their athletes in are the worst at protecting from head trauma like concussions (Conidi). This is a major problem because equipment is being made that doesn’t even do the job that it is supposed to do. It has been a well-known fact to helmet engineers that the helmets being constructed did not provide protection against concussions and many head related …show more content…

The temperature outside can have a good effect to the body and a bad one. The risk of injury is increased when practicing or playing in cold weather due to the tightening of muscles (Performance). The risk of injury is increased in hot weather because of dehydration and limited blood supply that provides oxygen to muscles (Performance). For these two reasons trainers, coaches, and sports leaders will be required to not allow football players to practice in temperatures over 102 degrees Fahrenheit and temperatures lower than 29 degrees Fahrenheit (Cold). Training should be moved to mornings or early evening, for hot days, when it is cooler. This is a protocol that must be implemented to better protect football players from injuries that are almost out of there

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