Children playing football should beware of heading the ball because it might trigger dementia in later life, a psychiatrist has warned. Dr Don Williams said he believes it has caused brain damage ...

Objectives: Controversy surrounding the long term effects of repeated impacts from heading has raised ... to heading technique and ball characteristics. Methods: A controlled laboratory study was ...

Objectives: Head impacts from footballs are an essential part of the game but have been implicated in mild and acute neuropsychological impairment. Ball characteristics have been noted in literature ...

As a robust and forthright defender, John Hughes was well accustomed to pummelling the ball with his head. Over a successful career which included stints at Celtic, Hibernian and Falkirk, 'Yogi ...

MIKE. I STILL REMEMBER A LITTLE LESS THAN TEN YEARS AGO BEING ON TV, DOING SOME HEADERS TO HIGHLIGHT THIS NEW U.S. SOCCER FEDERATION POLICY TO BAN THE HEADING OF THE SOCCER BALL, OR AT LEAST ...

The following guidelines for heading in training and matches should be applied to the game across the various ages and stages as outlined below. The Scottish FA recommend no heading practice in ...

In February 2020, the football associations of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland issued new guidelines so that children aged 11 and under will no longer be trained to head the ball.