Re: Bills to ban youth tackle football
But these new helmets could almost eliminate the damage from the many tiny collisions that take place on the LOS.
The latest advances make the helmet more like a car's bumper - a crumple zone type helmet that actually lessens the movement of the head in these collisions, which lessens the impact of the brain with the skull. But you are correct - at some point the momentum of the head halts and the brain (suspended in fluid) keeps going until it smashes into bone.Actually, I've read articles regarding the research - there's a lot of it - and while there are improvement that can be incorporated into the helmet (just look at the modern helmet compared to what was used 25 years ago - the difference is amazing) the reality is no helmet will be able to stop the brain from slapping the inside of the skull. You cannot beat Newton's first law.
But these new helmets could almost eliminate the damage from the many tiny collisions that take place on the LOS.