Padded Cover on Clemson Helmet??

[Skeptic]

The reality here is we are trying whatever we can to prevent concussions. We have no idea whether they will work or not. They use these padded helmets in soccer (way more concussion issues than football surprisingly) and they seem to not do much of anything. Often the cause of a concussion is the sloshing of the brain. The pressure wave is sinusoidal so it's not the initial impact, but the reverberation inside the skull which no helmet will completely eliminate. Think of a kid with sticky hands, one shake of the hands and everything stays put. Multiple violent shakes and everything flies everywhere. The "sticky stuff" is the connection between your brain and skull in this analogy...

Do you go out and scare kids at Halloween?

 

[TechTravis]

It's worth a shot. Especially in practice, where there are more collisions per player than in a game.

 

[GTpdm]

For a game that's normally low impact, you have a lot of injuries at the extreme ends of the body (lower legs and heads).

Yes, but for all those lower-leg soccer injuries, they have that "Magic-Spray"--you know, the stuff they spray on all the grievous ankle-wounds that have the player rolling around in agony, until he finally realizes that the ref is not going to card the player who "maimed" him...

 

[GT1992]

Are they going to have to come to games on the short bus?

 

[Northeast Stinger]

Just throwing this out. The issue with the long term loss of brain function, according to studies, is not just from trauma like concussion, but is from lower impact repetitive blows to the head. Thus the issue, whether with soccer or with football is not how many violent injuries occur but rather the number of times a person experiences low impacts that impact the brain. So if you head a soccer ball over and over in practice it is the cumulative effect over years that is the problem. Same with football. It does not even have to directly involve the head. Again the issue is not so much a direct blow to the skull, thought that is certainly not good, but rather the number of times the brain is jarred inside the fluid of the brain.

 

[AE 87]

Just throwing this out. The issue with the long term loss of brain function, according to studies, is not just from trauma like concussion, but is from lower impact repetitive blows to the head. Thus the issue, whether with soccer or with football is not how many violent injuries occur but rather the number of times a person experiences low impacts that impact the brain. So if you head a soccer ball over and over in practice it is the cumulative effect over years that is the problem. Same with football. It does not even have to directly involve the head. Again the issue is not so much a direct blow to the skull, thought that is certainly not good, but rather the number of times the brain is jarred inside the fluid of the brain.

So, you're saying that you've been hit in the head a lot ... ?

 

[Skeptic]

So, you're saying that you've been hit in the head a lot ... ?

This one grows on you.

 

[JacketFromUGA]

These are for lowering rates of concussions.

If you are unaware Virginia Tech is doing some really good work on the football helmet front.

http://www.beam.vt.edu/helmet/index.php

 

[Northeast Stinger]

So, you're saying that you've been hit in the head a lot ... ?

I notice that when your head is empty you resort to cutting humor. In card playing they call that a tell.

 

[AE 87]

I notice that when your head is empty you resort to cutting humor. In card playing they call that a tell.

LOL, what? I sometimes make stupid jabs, not looking at who made the post or pondering who has a thin skin. I'll concede my head is empty in these cases.

 

[iceeater1969]

Just throwing this out. The issue with the long term loss of brain function, according to studies, is not just from trauma like concussion, but is from lower impact repetitive blows to the head. Thus the issue, whether with soccer or with football is not how many violent injuries occur but rather the number of times a person experiences low impacts that impact the brain. So if you head a soccer ball over and over in practice it is the cumulative effect over years that is the problem. Same with football. It does not even have to directly involve the head. Again the issue is not so much a direct blow to the skull, thought that is certainly not good, but rather the number of times the brain is jarred inside the fluid of the brain.

I dont jog due to the micoshock to the brain. Doesn't see to help due to large waste line.
If you stand there, they hit u in the face. Ditto if u run they jab u in ***.

 

[GTech63]

These are for lowering rates of concussions.

If you are unaware Virginia Tech is doing some really good work on the football helmet front.

http://www.beam.vt.edu/helmet/index.php

Interesting research.

 

[Northeast Stinger]

LOL, what? I sometimes make stupid jabs, not looking at who made the post or pondering who has a thin skin. I'll concede my head is empty in these cases.

Likewise I try not to ponder whose head is empty.

 

[chewybaka]

Interesting research.

West Virginia also....

 

[dressedcheeseside]

I notice that when your head is empty you resort to cutting humor. In card playing they call that a tell.

His head's not empty, its just full of himself. (Just jesting AE)

 

[Northeast Stinger]

His head's not empty, its just full of himself. (Just jesting AE)

Careful, when you give the joke right back to him he calls you the dreaded (sensitive) word.

 

[GT1992]

West Virginia also....

How can you tell the source of the brain damage in West Virginia?

 

[chewybaka]

How can you tell the source of the brain damage in West Virginia?

Don't get those mountain men stirred up...

 

[DaddyBill]

These are suppose to reduce the possibility of concussions. All the players wore them in practice at the Georgia Jr. Bowl (headed up by Joe Burns) a couple of years ago. Do they work? I don't know. But it is worth a try.