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Football Safety and Science

As reported by Life Science there are “5 ways Science could make Football Safer”. #1 Define Concussions, #2 New Helmets, #3 NECK STABILIZATION , #4 Mouthguards, #5 Helmetless Training NECK STABILIZATION Dr. Jamshid Ghajar, a neurosurgeon and director of the Stanford Concussion and Brain Performance Center and Erik Swartz, professor and chair of the department of kinesiology at the University of New Hampshire, agree that IMPROVING NECK SUPPORT is important

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January 23, 2017

Football Impact, “New Technology” to Reduce Rotational Acceleration Part 2

Kansas City Researcher Chi-ming Huang, an associate professor of biological sciences at the University of Missouri-Kansas City has been developing an “active helmet” that “dissipates impact energy away from the head and neck to other parts of the body” utilizing rods from the helmet to the shoulder pads that stabilize at impact. Learn more at:: http://kcur.org/post/kansas-city-researcher-says-active-helmet-may-prevent-football-concussions#stream/0 Learn more about how to protect the head and neck at impact by Dr. Donald

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October 26, 2016

Football Impact, “New Technology” to Reduce Rotational Acceleration

Pictures attached at this site: Digital Trends Alberto Garcia, a computer engineering major at Texas Tech has developed a prototype helmet and shoulder pad stabilization system that could reduce the chance of getting a concussion while playing football. According to Garcia “the system not only prevents concussions but it also prevents spinal cord and neck injuries, because all of that energy is dispersed through the stabilizers instead of it going

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September 15, 2016

Football Impact, Stabilizing the Brain Part 2

A new flexible devise developed by Army research connects the helmet to the shoulder pads to reduce head acceleration by “transmitting the load to the body” at impact. This device according to Shawn Walsh of the Weapons and Material Research Directorate at Army Research Laboratory “has been proven to significantly reduce acceleration”. Learn more at http://www.military.com/daily-news/2016/04/20/army-nfl-scientists-team-up-develop-injury-reducing-neck-tether.html Learn more about how to protect the head and neck at impact by Dr.

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August 14, 2016

Football Impact, Stabilizing the Brain

A new collar has been created that may have the potential to reduce the movement of the brain inside the skill during football impact. “The idea behind such a collar, which was originally inspired by studies of animals that tolerate repeated blows to the head, is to slightly increase the amount of blood in the brain and thereby cushion it in a way no helmet can”, says Julian Bailes, a

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March 23, 2016

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DISCLAIMER

The Football Safety Academy acknowledges the coach has the responsibility to decide which football techniques should be taught for the well being and safety of his players and there is not one specific technique including the Hulk Shrug Technique or safety device that can completely eliminate the risk of injury from impacts related to football including catastrophic injury and death. To the knowledge of the Football Safety Academy no specific research has been done regarding the Hulk Shrug Technique, however the Football Safety Academy is actively pursuing this goal.

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