Sentences with phrase «younger footballers heading»

Not exact matches

This young boy suffered severe brain damage from hitting a rock head first and will have to wear a football helmet and drool cup for the remainder of his life.

«In the five years that you have been head football coach... you have impressed all of us as the kind of young man Notre Dame aspires to produce.»

Why one of the sharpest young offensive minds in football will top head - coaching wish lists this winter

Nelson certainly appears to be level - headed on and off the pitch, and seems to have the right attitude to make it big in the game, but we all know how quickly the young players can get distracted from what is important, and hopefully he can continue to concentrate on his football.

The silliest hairstyle in football; the worst positional play in the Prem, weediness; inability to jump when attempting to head the ball; immature personality; the dubious honour of being the most regressed Arsenal player in just two seasons; most importantly of all, the large sale fee, even he would fetch, being still young.

In the same interview Bellerin said «When I was young I dreamt of being a footballer, not playing for Barcelona» the kid seems very level headed, of course if he ever does think of going back, remind him of cesc, song and hleb.

Kane headed in superbly to give Tottenham a deserved lead and once again boosted his reputation as one of the best young strikers in European football.

which is certainly not a slight on the young french national player; like him or not, Sanchez has provided some real world - class performances for club and country in recent years... if you do this move, you need to really clean house or face some serious consequences for the foreseeable future... half measures are rarely rewarded, that's how we got here... tear down the wall... we need to get rid of Giroud, not because he isn't a talented player, his skill - set simply doesn't make sense if we hope to maximize the offensive potential of a quick passing, one - touch scheme... we need to evolve, like Barcelona, who realized you needed to have clinical finishers or face a mind - numbing future of horizontal passes and largely ineffective crosses... Barca went and got Suarez, even though they had Messi and Neymar on the roster (just imagine the possibilities — another in the litany of Wenger «what ifs»)... we need to be as clinical in the boardroom as on the pitch... accept nothing less or move on... personally I would move on from Welbeck, Giroud and Walcott, even Ox if he isn't all in... I think the most intriguing player might be Perez, which runs counter to the thoughts in my head when he arrived late last summer... we need a deep lying DM with quick feet and long ball potential, midfielders who can counter quickly even when they are spread out and 4 or 5 players who know how to attack the lanes (kind of a cross between Barca, Dortmund and Monaco)... this is seriously an achievable goal, one that logically should have been achieved quite a few years ago... did no one in the Arsenal organization see the financial restructuring of the football universe... think of the players we could have had but we weren't willing to cough up the dough only for those individuals to have their value double or triple within a 12 to 24 month period... even if just from an investment perspective these «no deals» represent a failure of monumental proportions... only if you cared, of course

It is up to parents, whether it be individually or as members of a booster club, «Friends of Football,» or PTA, to raise money to (a) fund the hiring of a certified athletic trainer (who, as we always say, should be the first hire after the head football coach); (b) consider equipping players with impact sensors (whether in or on helmets, in mouth guards, skullcaps, earbuds, or chinstraps); (c) purchase concussion education videos (which a new study shows players want and which they remember better); (d) to bring in speakers, including former athletes, to speak about concussion (another effective way to impress on young athletes the dangers of concussion); and (e) to pay for instructors to teach about proper tackling and neck strengFootball,» or PTA, to raise money to (a) fund the hiring of a certified athletic trainer (who, as we always say, should be the first hire after the head football coach); (b) consider equipping players with impact sensors (whether in or on helmets, in mouth guards, skullcaps, earbuds, or chinstraps); (c) purchase concussion education videos (which a new study shows players want and which they remember better); (d) to bring in speakers, including former athletes, to speak about concussion (another effective way to impress on young athletes the dangers of concussion); and (e) to pay for instructors to teach about proper tackling and neck strengfootball coach); (b) consider equipping players with impact sensors (whether in or on helmets, in mouth guards, skullcaps, earbuds, or chinstraps); (c) purchase concussion education videos (which a new study shows players want and which they remember better); (d) to bring in speakers, including former athletes, to speak about concussion (another effective way to impress on young athletes the dangers of concussion); and (e) to pay for instructors to teach about proper tackling and neck strengthening;

First featured in the Institute's long - running PBS documentary, The Smartest Team: Making High School Football Safer, the Six Pillars ® program, is designed to reduce the risk of concussions and long - term injury from repetitive head impacts while minimizing the effects of concussion in young female and male athletes.

About 2,800 youth football leagues representing approximately 600,000 players in 50 states and Washington, D.C., registered for Heads Up Football in 2013 in a commitment to their young athletes» health andfootball leagues representing approximately 600,000 players in 50 states and Washington, D.C., registered for Heads Up Football in 2013 in a commitment to their young athletes» health andFootball in 2013 in a commitment to their young athletes» health and safety.

From special helmets that claim to reduce the chances of concussions to a politician's recent proposal for an all - out ban on tackle football for kids 11 and younger, head injuries in football have become a heated topic for discussion.

Troy Calhoun, the head football coach at the U.S. Air Force Academy, on helping young athletes learn, improve and savor competing

While pro football has begun to confront the consequences of concussions, a new report is putting the spotlight on younger athletes and the risk they face from repeated head injuries.

Heads Up Football is a multi-pronged approach (to hide the fact it doesn't help concussions) that works hand - in - hand with other USA Football resources to (confuse the issue) create a positive learning environment in which millions of young athletes can learn the sport more safely.

A Long Island high school football player lifting a large log with teammates as part of a Navy SEALs - style drill was hit in the head by the log and died yesterday, raising questions about adapting such military training to young athletes.

The number of young people playing tackle football on Long Island is declining because of what parents, coaches and administrators said are concerns over the potential long - term damages of head injuries and concussions.

It focuses on these younger players and the head impacts they sustain throughout the football season and offers suggestions to reduce the risk of high - magnitude head impacts.

What's more, they added, the sample is heavily weighted to men who played football in college or professionally, exposing them to far more hits to their heads than those who played only on youth or high school teams: These younger players accounted for only 16 brains in the sample of 202.

Researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center examined differences in the number, location, and magnitude of head impacts sustained by young athletes during various youth football practice drills.

However, other less severe head impacts are frequently experienced by young athletes throughout the football season.

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Wake Forest Baptist, said, «This study, along with future research, will help inform relevant evidence - based recommendations for youth football leagues to reduce head impact exposure and ultimately improve the safety of sport for our young athletes.»

«Youth football: How young athletes are exposed to high - magnitude head impacts.»

Whether it's incredibly real football highlights of young players concussing each other at game - speed or real - life talking heads going at it (the aforementioned Chris Berman, Mel Kiper, Jon Gruden and Deion Sanders to name a few), everything looks, smells, feels, tastes and sounds real.

Simon Carnell, who is the head of Derby County in the Community, the charity associated with Derby County Football Club, sees their provision as a second chance for young people who have begun down the wrong path:

Surely after such an illustrious university football career, dreams of professional football, perhaps even the NFL, were dancing in the young man's head?