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DBT said:
Daughter played up through U-18 elite and club at CU. My son played up through U-15. It seems to me that girls play the ball in the air a lot more. I'm not sure why I think that. But they play the ball with their heads a lot. Also, girls are really aggressive and can tend to have a lot more head on head collisions than the boys. But I have no scientific evidence to back that up. And, maybe girls will tend to complain about head injuries more than guys would. So, reporting could be a reason for the statistics.
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I don't think it's that "girls tend to complain;" I think it's that old men think the girls are "weaker" and so they pay a lot more attention to the hits and collisions than they do for the boys. In other words, it's disparate application of the protocols due to entrenched sexism.

And yes, I'm yanking your chain a bit (y)
 
skibum said:
I don't think it's that "girls tend to complain;" I think it's that old men think the girls are "weaker" and so they pay a lot more attention to the hits and collisions than they do for the boys. In other words, it's disparate application of the protocols due to entrenched sexism.

And yes, I'm yanking your chain a bit (y)
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Yeah, I think the women, generally, perform a lot of headers.
 
Skidmark said:
Wait? Do men still play soccer?
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Rank Name Sport Nation Total Salary/Winnings Endorsements
1 Floyd Mayweather Jr. Boxing United States $300 million $285 million $15 million
2 Manny Pacquiao Boxing Philippines $160 million $148 million $12 million
3 Cristiano Ronaldo Football Portugal $79.6 million $52.6 million $27 million
4 Lionel Messi Football Argentina $73.8 million $51.8 million $22 million
5 Roger Federer Tennis Switzerland $67 million $9 million $58 million
6 LeBron James Basketball United States $64.8 million $20.8 million $44 million
7 Kevin Durant Basketball United States $54.1 million $19.1 million $35 million
8 Phil Mickelson Golf United States $50.8 million $2.8 million $48 million
9 Tiger Woods Golf United States $50.6 million $0.6 million $50 million
10 Kobe Bryant Basketball United States $49.5 million $23.5 million $26 million

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbes'_list_of_world's_highest-paid_athletes
 
Wait? Men still box?

And is golf really a sport? I was taught that the ball has to be moving when you hit/catch it in order to graduate from pastime to sport.
 
Skidmark said:
Wait? Men still box?

And is golf really a sport? I was taught that the ball has to be moving when you hit/catch it in order to graduate from pastime to sport.
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Nobody on that list from the national tetherball championship is there?
 
FChairbanks said:
Nobody on that list from the national tetherball championship is there?
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Miami could just have well posted the Forbes list of billionaires. Oprah makes a lot of money, too. That doesn't make her any less of an entertainer or flop actress as renaldo
 
DBT said:
Yeah, I think the women, generally, perform a lot of headers.
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So coaches meeting tonight.
  • Under u11 no headers in training, no headers in games.
  • If a player does it in a game it is a penalty, stop play, indirect kick at the spot.
  • Above u11 you can train and teach technique in practice
  • Still a penalty if it occurs in a game
Is the result of a concussion lawsuit filed against pretty much everyone in US soccer.

http://time.com/3194682/soccer-concussion-lawsuit/

http://www.ussoccer.com/about/recognize-to-recover/concussion-guidelines


So, you're likely to see the "sweeper" position come back. And possibly punts disappear at certain ages. Taller kids will lose that advantage they had and defensive players playing the bounce in the back.
 
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MiamiBuffs said:
So coaches meeting tonight.
  • Under u11 no headers in training, no headers in games.
  • If a player does it in a game it is a penalty, stop play, indirect kick at the spot.
  • Above u11 you can train and teach technique in practice
  • Still a penalty if it occurs in a game
Is the result of a concussion lawsuit filed against pretty much everyone in US soccer.

http://time.com/3194682/soccer-concussion-lawsuit/

http://www.ussoccer.com/about/recognize-to-recover/concussion-guidelines


So, you're likely to see the "sweeper" position come back. And possibly punts disappear at certain ages. Taller kids will lose that advantage they had and defensive players playing the bounce in the back.
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I think you mean "foul". "Penalty" refers to fouls inside the box, resulting in a free kick from the 12 yd. spot. Stupid, really stupid reaction to more nanny-state, totally risk-averse BS.
 
MiamiBuffs said:
So coaches meeting tonight.
  • Under u11 no headers in training, no headers in games.
  • If a player does it in a game it is a penalty, stop play, indirect kick at the spot.
  • Above u11 you can train and teach technique in practice
  • Still a penalty if it occurs in a game
Is the result of a concussion lawsuit filed against pretty much everyone in US soccer.

http://time.com/3194682/soccer-concussion-lawsuit/

http://www.ussoccer.com/about/recognize-to-recover/concussion-guidelines


So, you're likely to see the "sweeper" position come back. And possibly punts disappear at certain ages. Taller kids will lose that advantage they had and defensive players playing the bounce in the back.
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I think you mean "foul". "Penalty" refers to fouls inside the box, resulting in a free kick from the 12 yd. spot. Stupid, really stupid reaction to more nanny-state, totally risk-averse BS.
 
Buffenuf said:
I think you mean "foul". "Penalty" refers to fouls inside the box, resulting in a free kick from the 12 yd. spot. Stupid, really stupid reaction to more nanny-state, totally risk-averse BS.
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You remind me of those snobs that point out its offside and not offsides when I make that mistake as well. :D
 
MiamiBuffs said:
You remind me of those snobs that point out its offside and not offsides when I make that mistake as well. :D
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Now that's very snobbish (and not even correct---I use both interchangeably while on the pitch!) That's a distinction without a difference, whereas there is a YUGE difference between a penalty and a foul, particularly in terms of a great scoring chance in a sport where those are rarer than hen's teeth.
 
TSchekler said:
I thought soccer players wore shin guards?
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A piece of plastic an eighth of an inch thick covering about 8 sq. inches, ain't much protection from even a accomplished 10 yr. kicking at a ball. At the higher levels, such guards shrink to even smaller sizes. That "flopping " which unknowledgeable Yanks complain of, is most often recovery time from a sharp, violent pain from a kick to a poorly-protected area on the leg or ankle. Yeah, you can bounce up quickly (hence the "dive" claim), but that first feeling is massive pain, sorta like being punched in the nose.
 
Buffenuf said:
A piece of plastic an eighth of an inch thick covering about 8 sq. inches, ain't much protection from even a accomplished 10 yr. kicking at a ball. At the higher levels, such guards shrink to even smaller sizes. That "flopping " which unknowledgeable Yanks complain of, is most often recovery time from a sharp, violent pain from a kick to a poorly-protected area on the leg or ankle. Yeah, you can bounce up quickly (hence the "dive" claim), but that first feeling is massive pain, sorta like being punched in the nose.
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Sounds painful
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Buffenuf said:
Says the doofus who would drop to the turf as an immobile, screeching pile of goo, after being kicked in the shin on a follow-through by a U-10 boy striker! ROTFLMAO!
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Shin kicking. Very manly.
 
DBT said:
Daughter played up through U-18 elite and club at CU. My son played up through U-15. It seems to me that girls play the ball in the air a lot more. I'm not sure why I think that. But they play the ball with their heads a lot. Also, girls are really aggressive and can tend to have a lot more head on head collisions than the boys. But I have no scientific evidence to back that up. And, maybe girls will tend to complain about head injuries more than guys would. So, reporting could be a reason for the statistics.
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I know someone whose niece died from all those head traumas from soccer at just 16 years old. Other than that, I don't know.

I think we are overdoing it with athletes these days but at the same time, they have the opportunities to train more than what most of us didn't have at the time.
 
TSchekler said:
Yeah, we had 3 kids that were concussed in the first few weeks of the year and ended up being sidelined for the remainder of the season, even though they passed the concussion protocol (that has become very strict). They were told that another concussion in the same season could result in severe brain damage and/or death. Naturally, parents weren't in a hurry to allow them to return. I'm all for player safety, but this has been blown out of proportion for little league and high school football.
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Care to provide some evidence to back up that claim, given that it is contrary to just about every piece of actual evidence that's available? Or are we just speculating here, because, you know, platitudes are stronger evidence than, ... well, evidence?
 
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