Soccer heading creates negative brain changes.

We watched a very interesting, but sad documentary of the England world cup winning soccer team from 1966.  The surviving players have high incidences of brain damage like dementia which they believe were from heading the ball.

This recent study shows how even one training session of heading the ball creates negative measureable cognitive brain changes. We would assume this would be relevant with any head contact sport.  This is a worrying development, but also very worthwhile to consider if you or your children are exposed to any such contact.

Here is the article..