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<blockquote data-quote="ThatGuy" data-source="post: 985808" data-attributes="member: 3440"><p>There have been some interesting advances in helmet technology over the past 5-6 years.</p><p></p><p>While none have changed the standard helmet format, many have developed new impact materials to address the heavy collisions. <a href="https://vicis.com/products/zero2-helmet" target="_blank">VICIS</a> was doing some really good things, but <a href="https://www.inc.com/kevin-j-ryan/vicis-football-helmet-super-bowl-patrick-mahomes.html" target="_blank">ran into funding issues</a> - related to the difficulty of getting creature-of-habit football players to switch helmets.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://windpact.com/engineering-services/products/" target="_blank">Windpact</a> has also tried to make some strides in that area.</p><p></p><p>Still, I think the answer has to be in something that incentivizes a change in behavior. You need to convince players to feel <em>less</em> invincible, not more - and a safer helmet that makes it easier to hit without damage does exactly the opposite thing.</p><p></p><p>In skydiving, we have a concept called Booth's 2nd Law, which states: "The safer skydiving gear becomes, the more chances skydivers will take, in order to keep the fatality rate constant." It's held true since it was posited some 40-50 years ago. I see similar behavior exhibited by football players. The challenge isn't necessarily making the gear safer as it is doing something that corrects the risk homeostasis a player feels when surrounded by increasingly effective gear. How you solve that, no one knows.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ThatGuy, post: 985808, member: 3440"] There have been some interesting advances in helmet technology over the past 5-6 years. While none have changed the standard helmet format, many have developed new impact materials to address the heavy collisions. [URL='https://vicis.com/products/zero2-helmet']VICIS[/URL] was doing some really good things, but [URL='https://www.inc.com/kevin-j-ryan/vicis-football-helmet-super-bowl-patrick-mahomes.html']ran into funding issues[/URL] - related to the difficulty of getting creature-of-habit football players to switch helmets. [URL='https://windpact.com/engineering-services/products/']Windpact[/URL] has also tried to make some strides in that area. Still, I think the answer has to be in something that incentivizes a change in behavior. You need to convince players to feel [I]less[/I] invincible, not more - and a safer helmet that makes it easier to hit without damage does exactly the opposite thing. In skydiving, we have a concept called Booth's 2nd Law, which states: "The safer skydiving gear becomes, the more chances skydivers will take, in order to keep the fatality rate constant." It's held true since it was posited some 40-50 years ago. I see similar behavior exhibited by football players. The challenge isn't necessarily making the gear safer as it is doing something that corrects the risk homeostasis a player feels when surrounded by increasingly effective gear. How you solve that, no one knows. [/QUOTE]
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