Hard Fields & Concussions

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Now that the summer weather is approaching you should be pressuring the entities that maintain the grass fields your kids play on the have them watered so that they are not rock hard.

It's rather simple if your kids cleats don't have any turf to penetrate and the soil under is rock hard they are at risk of getting a concussion from a simple fall.

When we read about the safety comparisons between grass and turf that says grass is safer that grass is well irrigated with a healthy stand of grass.

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Now that the summer weather is approaching you should be pressuring the entities that maintain the grass fields your kids play on the have them watered so that they are not rock hard.

It's rather simple if your kids cleats don't have any turf to penetrate and the soil under is rock hard they are at risk of getting a concussion from a simple fall.

When we read about the safety comparisons between grass and turf that says grass is safer that grass is well irrigated with a healthy stand of grass.

No worries at Harmony then. A quarter inch of rain and it's all nice soft mud.

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Now that the summer weather is approaching you should be pressuring the entities that maintain the grass fields your kids play on the have them watered so that they are not rock hard.

It's rather simple if your kids cleats don't have any turf to penetrate and the soil under is rock hard they are at risk of getting a concussion from a simple fall.

When we read about the safety comparisons between grass and turf that says grass is safer that grass is well irrigated with a healthy stand of grass.

The fields are fine. Any idea what players playing in the World Cup grew up playing on? Their parents weren't writing this on a forum! LOL!!

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The fields are fine. Any idea what players playing in the World Cup grew up playing on? Their parents weren't writing this on a forum! LOL!!

Yeah....hehehehe...our benchmark for safety should be poor BRIC nations. That's just hilarrrrrrrious. Laugh out loud. Dumb @€€ !

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Yeah....hehehehe...our benchmark for safety should be poor BRIC nations. That's just hilarrrrrrrious. Laugh out loud. Dumb @€€ !

Might improve kids' touch...which sucks.

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Not really.

Now that the summer weather is approaching you should be pressuring the entities that maintain the grass fields your kids play on the have them watered so that they are not rock hard.

It's rather simple if your kids cleats don't have any turf to penetrate and the soil under is rock hard they are at risk of getting a concussion from a simple fall.

When we read about the safety comparisons between grass and turf that says grass is safer that grass is well irrigated with a healthy stand of grass.

I've been around soccer a very long time, from playing in college to watching my DD play in college. Unfortunately, I have seen many concussions happen. None were caused by field conditions, but rather header collisions, inadvertent kicks to the head, GK/player mishaps and quite a few in accidents in training. None were due to the fields. Best worry about real problems.

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Not what the studies say

I've been around soccer a very long time, from playing in college to watching my DD play in college. Unfortunately, I have seen many concussions happen. None were caused by field conditions, but rather header collisions, inadvertent kicks to the head, GK/player mishaps and quite a few in accidents in training. None were due to the fields. Best worry about real problems.

I have read several studies on youth concussions in all sports and ground concussions are a significant factor especially for the youngsters.

Additionally hard fields create other injuries to the joints and back.

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Try to think.

I have read several studies on youth concussions in all sports and ground concussions are a significant factor especially for the youngsters.

Additionally hard fields create other injuries to the joints and back.

We are talking about soccer, not all sports. Try to keep up. Hard ground is much better for soccer than most surfaces; cleats don't get stuck in it, struck balls don't slow down or stop thus not creating a flurry of kicks, pushes, shoves etc. by multiple players, most cleats work well on hard ground and there is no credible evidence that concussions occur because of it. Go peddle crazy somewhere else.

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I've been around soccer a very long time, from playing in college to watching my DD play in college. Unfortunately, I have seen many concussions happen. None were caused by field conditions, but rather header collisions, inadvertent kicks to the head, GK/player mishaps and quite a few in accidents in training. None were due to the fields. Best worry about real problems.

The only ground caused concussions I have seen where caused by turf

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The only ground caused concussions I have seen where caused by turf

This is true, even packed ground has a little give, but turf has a underlayment of concrete. You may as well be landing on a paved road. I have seen this lead to concussions.

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Living in the past

This is true, even packed ground has a little give, but turf has a underlayment of concrete. You may as well be landing on a paved road. I have seen this lead to concussions.

Turf installed in the past five years far exceeds the minimum ABEC standards to reduce concussions. Rock hard dirt is every bit as dangerous as old or unmaintained turf and does lead to concussions and other joint injuries. The sad part is that it only takes water to fix a bad grass field where as it takes $500,000 to up grade a turf pitch!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABEC_scale