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From: Jon Roper
Date: 07 Jul 2001
Time: 14:55:37
Remote Name: 206.231.111.75
Mr. Hirsch, I can understand your concern for your child, but if he/she has been taught, and understands how to correctly head the ball, then they should be able to greatly reduce the risk. And if your child is only 9 or 10 years old (or younger), then they probably shouldn't be heading in the first place. Kids should not head the ball until they can understand that they can only head the ball in a certain place, and that they shouldn't do it just to impress. And about the issue of kicks to the head, collisions, etcetera....those kinds of accidents: 1. do not happen very often, and 2. from the pictures I see on this website, this bandanna does not protect the whole head. Collisions are not always face-to-face. I have watched two people hit the back of their heads, which I believe this bandanna does not protect. Somebody else made a good point. This bandanna also takes away a small part of the game. Maybe somebody that has one can answer this question. Does the padding greatly reduce the distance of the ball when it is headed? When I head the ball, I want it to bounce off and go to a certain place, normally the goal. But if the padding is there, will it still bounce off, or just hit me and drop to the ground? If my team is having a corner kick, it's most likely somebody will try and head the ball into the goal. If they had the bandanna, they would want to make sure the ball still bounces off their head and moves toward the goal with the same force. If it does not bounce off well, then we have lost the reason for heading. Heading is not for trapping. That's why we have our chest, thighs, ankles and feet. One last point, the style. From the pictures I have seen on this site, with the kids wearing bandannas with soccer balls on them, it doesn't look very cool. Sorry guys, it's a great product, but I think it could be tweaked a little bit.