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Post by davecisar on Apr 6, 2009 10:40:17 GMT -6
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Post by fbdoc on Apr 6, 2009 14:34:29 GMT -6
My girls Basketball coach recently gave me a book called Warrior Girls that details the high rate of ACL injuries in girls soccer along with an interesting statistic that more concussions occur in girls soccer than in football. Interesting read. I'm actually presenting this to our parent board later this year.
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Post by saintrad on Apr 6, 2009 15:02:52 GMT -6
hmmm that's interesting that my home state (full of hippies and liberal soccer types)would come up with this legistlation.
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Post by fbdoc on Apr 6, 2009 15:06:56 GMT -6
Not an article but a book -
Amazon.com: Warrior Girls: Protecting Our Daughters Against the Injury Epidemic in Women's Sports: Author, Michael Sokolove
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Post by groundchuck on Apr 6, 2009 16:08:02 GMT -6
I don't think legislation is the answer. Everyone wants to legislate everything now-a-days.
How come we have all this outcry about concussions now with the Revolution and DNA helmets on the market? Where was the outcry when guys were wearing suspension helmets 30 years ago?
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Post by tog on Apr 6, 2009 17:36:32 GMT -6
what?
you guys don't want the nanny state to protect us from everything?
i guess we will have to cut down all the trees as this one time
a twig fell off and hit me in the head
when is enough enough?
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Post by coachd5085 on Apr 6, 2009 18:44:21 GMT -6
Quoted from the article
"In 41 seasons of coaching, Raish said he’s never had a player sustain a head injury. "
Yeah..and in 33 years on Bourbon Street..I have never seen a boob....
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Post by coach4life on Apr 6, 2009 20:02:07 GMT -6
I don't think legislation is the answer. Everyone wants to legislate everything now-a-days. How come we have all this outcry about concussions now with the Revolution and DNA helmets on the market? Where was the outcry when guys were wearing suspension helmets 30 years ago? Reading the article I don't think it's so bad to require coaches in every sport where athletes are moving to have training in recognizing concussions, as well as teams having a doctor and/or trainers on the sidelines. Having said that, forgive the following rant. Politicians have discovered how to buy votes - offer something for free paid for with our "patriotic contributions", i.e. taxes, or find something to make an issue out of, blow it up, make sure "it's for the children", or because "it's not fair those guys to make so much money". Then the politicians get to add it to their list of things that show they care, all the while content that such action will enable them to continue to wield power when the sheep give them their vote. We are in deep kimchi unless we wake up, and soon... |
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Post by tog on Apr 6, 2009 21:03:25 GMT -6
i liken it to
hey
do you really need a warning label on that screwdriver that says
"if you poke this screwdriver in your eye, your eye might pop out and you won't be able to see out of it, and it will hurt"
?
really?
its football damnit
the sport of men
wtf is this world coming to
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Post by mariner42 on Apr 6, 2009 22:06:16 GMT -6
Another barrier of entry for football coaches. Between coaching certifications and CPR cards and 'concussion training'... I feel like at some point we should at least be quizzed on football, seeing as how we are being taught damn near everything else.
Regarding the article: I want to believe that we have trainers at games, etc for a reason, but after what happened to one of my former players, I'm not sure who I trust. He was diagnosed with a concussion, allowed to drive home where he passed out and crashed, giving himself a second/worse concussion. After three weeks he was cleared to play, then immediately got another. The trainer for a school is very competent, but in the course of 4 weeks he went from being a highly recruited stud to a severely inhibited student. He's made a full recovery, but the whole experience kinda makes my jaw drop.
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Post by saintrad on Apr 7, 2009 9:45:21 GMT -6
Quoted from the article "In 41 seasons of coaching, Raish said he’s never had a player sustain a head injury. " Yeah..and in 33 years on Bourbon Street..I have never seen a boob.... In the five years I coached under Raish we had three diagnosed (by the team doctor) concussions that I knew of. We never did have any major neck injuries so I wonder if the Red Guard reporter took things out of context. |
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