Protecting an athlete’s head has been a growing concern, especially over the last few years with new information from studies conducted on brain impacts. Nothing will change the fact that a contact sport like football is a place where accidents do happen and players get hurt.
However, having the proper equipment and technology behind assessing those injuries is key in the prevention and gradual decrease of head injuries across the sport, but the development of someone’s cognitive potential could be just as important as protecting these athletes. That is, making the correct decisions, visualizing your next move and training your brain to anticipate and calculate.