No reason that has to be through a throw in.
I have no skin in this game, as my kids do throw ins. However the coaches that do kick ins instead, say it really speeds up the play and helps them play more football.
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And is consistent with what youth development has already been pushing for now for probably 3 decades for reasons that have nothing to do with player safety
Mascot is at least bringing some knowledge of the situation at youth level, banging on about nanny state and woke sounds about as Enlightened as Boris Johnson.
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As I said, my lads are a year above most of the changes, so all I really know is what I’ve taken from the coaches below me.
I suffer a bit of cognitive dissonance around the subject of throw ins. We have a lad who has an absolutely devastating throw. I mean, it’s ridiculous. He can hit the penalty spot from the half way line. I spend my Saturday mornings marvelling at this incredible ability, and my Saturday afternoons calling players cunts for doing the same thing against Liverpool.
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Kicks in work for a lot of small sided games but they should also train on throw ins.
Also, yes you can train controlling a ball but normally where throw ins ocur you are under pressure and have to learn how to cope.
Maybe head ins are the way to go?
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Mate, all I can go on is the coaches I know who have been required to transition to kick ins rather than throw ins. There isn’t one who doesn’t think it’s better.
I personally have never coached kick ins.
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For me in the Premier League it is how long the throw ins are taking.
The 1st 12 minutes against Newcastle, the ball was out of play longer than it was in due to both corners and throw ins, really spoiling the spectacle.
I am & was as a coach massive on quick set pieces as that is when a team or players switch off.
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We do it all the time in or kickarounds but we are a lot lot older
This why I said the throw in law is in need of revision.
For a start, why can you stand offside from a throw? What is the point in that? It made sense when a throw in was a simple way to restart the game. However how teams now use throw in - a goal scoring chance - offside should apply.
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I do agree totally on this throw ins and corners need a time limit same as what is happening with goal kicks from the hands, although that was always a rule before.
Even Dyche is questioning the use od towels especially in that it for the home teams.
Use of towels should be outlawed. Probably just get some players wearing oversized footy shirts then.
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When I saw the photos of football helmets, I thought that this was an idea for protecting footballers heading the ball…
On a serious note…
Of the footballers suffering from brain issues such as dementia…
Is the percentage higher in footballers than the rest of society?
Of those diagnosed, are there other factors to consider? As in alcohol or drugs? Or hereditary factors?
The studies may well point in the direction of footballers being higher than the rest of society. Tee totaller players.
Then, is it footballers who played with heavier footballs? Are modern players less likely to be injured by heading the ball?
If all of this points to heading being a serious risk factor, then the game that is in danger of eating itself anyway will change forever.
I’m in my sixties. Maybe everything was better before.
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This study from Glasgow University comes up with some relevant statistics..the finding that goalkeepers have the same risk as the general population is the most concerning.
Football’s Influence on Lifelong Health and Dementia risk.
The study found that former professional footballers are five times more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease; four times more likely to suffer from motor neurone disease; and twice as likely to develop Parkinson’s disease compared to people of the same age in the general population. Overall, former professional footballers had a 3.5 times higher chance of dying due to neurodegenerative disease than expected.
“The risk is highest in positions where we see the most heading,” says Stewart. “So defenders are at much higher risk than other outfield players, and if you are a goalkeeper your risk is about the same as anybody else [in the general population].”
Stewart’s research has also shown that the longer a person plays professional football, the greater their risk, ranging from an approximately doubling of risk in those with shortest careers, to around a five-fold increase in those with the longest careers.
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The real telling thing here @Rambler is the years of birth of the players whose medical records was researched. From 1900 to 1976, if I’m correct?
A standalone study from 2000 to 2005 might yield different results? But that wouldn’t be feasible as the participants aren’t at an age to develop any named conditions.
The study makes compelling reading, though it surely needs to be replicated and validated elsewhere before any action to outlaw heading can be contemplated?
I fear for the sport to be honest. It is already sanitised beyond recognition, now we are looking at changing it irrevocably.
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lets take a quick backward step…
the discussion is banning heading for juniors, not senoir football.
the only real knock on affect is that the art of heading the ball is underdeveloped, whilst the upside is that players get more time with the ball on the deck.
its progress. not sanitiation.
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Ok.
Its juniors at the moment.
It will be seniors.
Football is/has been sanitised in every manner.
It will become more so.
In terms of football as a spectacle I would not want to see it change either. I don’t have a son or male grandchildren but if I did, I really would have preferred them to play football rather than take up boxing or rugby… but now goalkeeper seems to be the only “safe” position.
A question @quicksand .. what level of concern would you have for his future health if you were the father of let’s say VVD. What advice would you give a son or grandson if he was good enough to be a pro central defender?
Goalkeeping is safe? I’ve been knocked out several times, we can be protected but at amateur level a foul can be slight push or a full on WWE clothesline. It’s probably not a great thing. Especially as I was more risk adverse in later life than when i was younger which I would just throw myself at things.
I would say go for it Son!
Be something your Dad couldn’t be.
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