Youth Coaching

[iramurphy]

On 8/15/2025 at 6:52 PM, SIOUXFAN97 said:

Was talking to a guy that coaches high school football and he said they bought enough guardian caps for the olines and dlines...I asked why not everyone?

he said they are kinda expensive and not in the budget....he said they are 80 bucks ...wouldn't the parents just buy them like shoes for their kids and then "donate" them after your senior year is up?

Feb. 2025 Article in the British Journal of Sports Medicine reported the University of Wisconsin study comparing high school football players who wore the guardian caps vs those that didn’t during practice. Over 2600 players from 41 schools were involved.  33 kids who wore the caps suffered concussions vs 31 kids who suffered concussions but weren’t wearing guardian caps. What has been shown is that wearing the caps can decrease the impact force but doesn’t decrease concussions. There was no statistically significant difference in concussions in those 2 groups. Because of the increased size and speed in college and professional football players it can’t be assumed results would be the same.

There is some early evidence that the caps may decrease concussions in NFL players. However, there  is still no conclusive evidence whether or not guardian caps decrease concussions in college or professional players.