pro17 Posted August 16, 2006 Posted August 16, 2006 USA Hockey passed a mandatory rule that all coaches must wear helmets during practice. I don't like the idea. Any thoughts? Quote
Goon Posted August 17, 2006 Posted August 17, 2006 USA Hockey passed a mandatory rule that all coaches must wear helmets during practice. I don't like the idea. Any thoughts? It is one of the stupidest things I have ever read. Quote
dagies Posted August 17, 2006 Posted August 17, 2006 A coach can fall over and crack their heads on the ice as well as any of their players. Of course, they're not skating around as much as the players, but there's still risk. I'm not going to research it but they've probably had an incident or 2 like that. I don't know, but if USA Hockey is providing any insurance, or something like that, well, then there you are. Quote
pro17 Posted August 17, 2006 Author Posted August 17, 2006 Here's a link... http://www.usahockeymagazine.com/story.php...ight_nav=normal Quote
Siouxmama Posted August 17, 2006 Posted August 17, 2006 USA Hockey passed a mandatory rule that all coaches must wear helmets during practice. I don't like the idea. Any thoughts? I'm all for players, coaches and refs in helmets (minus coaches during games). I'd also like to see eye or face shields. There have been way to many injuries to not wear one. The players are going from wearing face shields in college (not sure about minor leagues), so why all of a sudden do they think that they dont need one? Really...are they that bad? I did see a pro coach (dont remember which one right now) get hit with a puck during a game. Had some medical attention, then went right back to coaching the game. Quote
Diggler Posted August 17, 2006 Posted August 17, 2006 My favorite thing is at high school games where the student managers have to wear helmets on the bench. Especially at the State Tournament. There is nothing quite like the fashion statement of wearing a suit and tie with goalie helmet. Quote
7>4 Posted August 17, 2006 Posted August 17, 2006 It is one of the stupidest things I have ever read. You must not read much. Quote
stafford_rules Posted August 17, 2006 Posted August 17, 2006 so since USA hockey passed the rule, does this rule go for every league under USA hockey? like squirts/mites- college? Quote
stafford_rules Posted August 17, 2006 Posted August 17, 2006 never mind. i just answered my own question.... Quote
Siouxman Posted August 17, 2006 Posted August 17, 2006 As a victim of having a player slide into me from behind three separate times while coaching kids, I can certainly understand the rule. Twice my head hit the ice, and the third time I got my hand back there in time so all I did was sprain a thumb. None of the three times was a pleasant experience. Looking back at it now, it would have been a smart thing to be wearing a helmet. Quote
stafford_rules Posted August 17, 2006 Posted August 17, 2006 we had an incident in practice one night and a coach fell over me and a teammate skating backwards. she didnt hit her head, but she easily could have, it was kinda scary. she did get whip lash though... Quote
NorthDakotaHockey Posted August 17, 2006 Posted August 17, 2006 There is a golf course in Colorado that offers designer "hard" hats to its customers. Hidden shell liners. Optional batting helmets with designer colors and logos. Same with guys mowing their lawns and trimming the trees. Helmets are everywhere, or soon will be. Some Pa and fine coach in Duluth bought the farm on a head injury recently. I think it was during a practice. Seatbelts save lives. So do helmets. So do, sometimes, guns. Quote
HockeyMom Posted August 17, 2006 Posted August 17, 2006 So do, sometimes, guns. I think it's a good idea. I won't go on the ice without a helmet.....but then again, I suck and I fall all the time. Quote
CVCL Posted August 17, 2006 Posted August 17, 2006 I wish you hadn't opened up that can of worms. Guns end more lives than they save. So do cigarettes and cars I guess. I agree with the ruling. It'll help and it's really not that big of a deal to wear one. Quote
Chuck Schwartz Posted August 17, 2006 Posted August 17, 2006 I think it's absolutely ridiculous that it is required. It should be a personal choice if an ADULT wants to wear a helmet on the ice while coaching. I wish people didn't have to live their lives in a plastic bubble. Quote
jloos Posted August 17, 2006 Posted August 17, 2006 In five years of coaching I never hit my head on the ice. I did have a skate across the neck (16 stitches) and a stick in the lip (8 stitches), neither would have been prevented by a helmet, unless i had a full face mask on. I am guessing this rule has more to do with USA Hockey's insurance premiums than anything else. Some sections of USA Hockey have required coaches to wear helmets for a couple of years, so this is not something completely new. Quote
CoteauRinkRat Posted August 17, 2006 Posted August 17, 2006 I wish you hadn't opened up that can of worms. Guns end more lives than they save. I'm not sure you want to go down that road....especially in the hockey forum..... Quote
squirtcoach Posted August 17, 2006 Posted August 17, 2006 From experience, I would suggest a cup, too. Quote
Sioux-cia Posted August 17, 2006 Posted August 17, 2006 As a helath care provider for more years than some of your ages, I have more head injury stories than there are reasons for not wearing a helmut. Most of them were due to 'freak' accidents while biking, hiking, skating, etc. and almost all changed the lives of young/middle aged/elderly, independent, able bodied, intelligent persons and turned them into dependent, old beyond their years, mentally inpaired persons. Unfortunately, the needs of many of these unfortunates have resulted in their families having to place them in special needs residents and the financial burdon to the families can and has been astronomical. There is no way to foresee if just walking down the street and tripping on a crack could result in a head injury and no, we don't and can't live in a bubble. BUT, why not wear a helmut doing activities where the risk of a head injury is a no brainer (pun intended). Quote
ScottM Posted August 17, 2006 Posted August 17, 2006 I think I hear Maurice "Rocket" Richard and Toe Blake spinning in their graves. The "wussification" of America continues. Quote
siouxrunner Posted August 17, 2006 Posted August 17, 2006 Absurd. How does USA Hockey intend to enforce this rule? There is no way they can send a representative to all the different rinks where teams practice. I suppose that the only real way they can enforce it is by not providing insurance coverage if a coach cracks his head during practice and was not wearing a helmet. Jloos I think you have hit the nail on the head. Almost all coaches in the USA Hockey system are adults, at least in the techincal sense of the word, and I would guess that they all know that there is a chance of falling while on the ice. I would also guess that most of them, if they thought about it for even a few seconds, could tell you that there would be a good chance that they could get a booboo on their head if they fell and hit it on the ice. Yet many, probably most, don't wear helmets. It seems to me they are making an informed decision... I can't think of a single hockey player or coach that I know that would wear a helmet while coaching, unless they were participating in drills. Even then, they probably wouldn't wear a helmet. I know I wouldn't Quote
Sioux-cia Posted August 17, 2006 Posted August 17, 2006 http://full90.com/pdf/Head%20Injury%20Comp...%20Football.pdf Old study but informative. While it doesn't apply to coaches, it wasn't that long ago when only 'wuzzies' wore helmuts. Quote
ScottM Posted August 17, 2006 Posted August 17, 2006 I think the audience, including TV viewers, should also wear helmets, visors and Kevlar vests. God forbid a puck gets past the netting, or somebody drops a brat on the guy in front of them. If people are afraid of getting hurt, they should take up soccer, or spelling bees. Quote
Chuck Schwartz Posted August 17, 2006 Posted August 17, 2006 I think the audience, including TV viewers, should also wear helmets, visors and Kevlar vests. God forbid a puck gets past the netting, or somebody drops a brat on the guy in front of them. If people are afraid of getting hurt, they should take up soccer, or spelling bees. Post of the Week Quote
Goon Posted August 17, 2006 Posted August 17, 2006 Post of the Week I agree, also who are these people and how much power do they think they have. A fricken helment on the bench that is stupid. If I was a coach I would take the chance that someone may or maynot come to tell me to put my helment. Then I am going to tell them where they can stick the helment. Now it seems that adults can't make decisions for them selves anymore. That is rediculous. Quote
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