Heading has become a hot topic in the sport in recent years as more research is conducted on the issue. The United States Soccer Federation has banned children under the age of 11 from heading soccer ...

Soccer moms, take heart: Heading a soccer ball might smart, but it doesn't pose a risk of brain injury to your child, as some earlier studies suggested. "Purposeful heading does not seem to be an ...

Heading the ball hurts. Kids don't like doing it. Why are we putting them through it?' Cohen added it was critical to reduce the risk heading soccer balls poses for young kids, whose brains are ...

Even so, the researchers demonstrated that more soccer ball hits with the head resulted in a greater ... Health News // 3 days ago CDC says healthy children may get COVID vaccine, contradicting ...

However, heading in youth soccer globally is also an area of the committee’s concern, where Kaminski hopes to move the needle and make a statement. In the U.S., kids aged 11 and older can head the ...