{"id":1712,"date":"2021-07-13T16:34:16","date_gmt":"2021-07-13T20:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usclub.gotsportsites.com\/?page_id=1712"},"modified":"2024-03-20T08:59:08","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T13:59:08","slug":"head-injuries","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/headinjuries\/","title":{"rendered":"Head Injuries"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1712\" class=\"elementor elementor-1712\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cc9c5be elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cc9c5be\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8977293\" data-id=\"8977293\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bd63ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1bd63ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">CONCUSSIONS AND HEAD INJURIES<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f3d4c07 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f3d4c07\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e023b1a\" data-id=\"e023b1a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dfd6879 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dfd6879\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"layoutContainer row layout-100 \"><div class=\"column-1 column col-sm-12 col-md-12\"><div id=\"pageEl_438833216\" class=\"pageEl\"><div class=\"pageElement textBlockElement clearfix\"><div class=\"text clearfix\"><p>U.S. Soccer announced the<strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.recognizetorecover.org\/head-and-brain#concussions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.S. Soccer Concussion Initiative<\/a><\/strong>, which provides guidelines that were implemented beginning in January 2016. US Club Soccer clarified the following implementation guidelines as it relates to concussion initiatives and heading for youth players:<\/p><ul><li><strong><strong>The Federation is recommending, and US Club Soccer is requiring immediately, new rules as it relates to heading, as follows:<\/strong><\/strong><p>\u00a0<\/p><ul><li><u>Players in 11-U programs and younger shall not engage in heading, either in practices or in games<\/u>.<\/li><li><u>Limited heading in practice for players in 12-U and 13-U programs<\/u>. More specifically, these players shall be limited to a maximum of 30 minutes of heading training per week, with no more than 15-20 headers per player, per week. There are no heading restrictions in games.<\/li><li><u>Clubs should be aware of circumstances in which individual consideration is needed<\/u>. For examples:<ul><li>A 10 year old playing at 12-U or older should not head the ball at all.<\/li><li>An 11 or 12 year old playing at 14-U or older should abide by the heading restrictions in practice.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><u>Referees should enforce these restrictions by age group according to the specified rules<\/u>. Referees will not be assessing the age of individual players on the field; they will enforce the rules for the age group.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong><strong>Leagues and organizations are free to set their own standards, as long as the minimum requirements outlined above are met.<\/strong><\/strong><p>\u00a0<\/p><\/li><li><strong>In adherence to these new requirements, referees have been instructed by U.S. Soccer of the following rule addition:\u00a0<\/strong><em><em>When a player deliberately heads the ball in a game, an indirect free kick (IFK) should be awarded to the opposing team from the spot of the offense. If the deliberate header occurs within the goal area, the indirect free kick should be taken on the goal area line parallel to the goal line at the point nearest to where the infringement occurred.<\/em><\/em><p>\u00a0<\/p><\/li><li><strong>Modified substitution rules also took effect January 1, 2016, as follows:\u00a0<\/strong><em><em>Any player suspected of suffering a head injury may be substituted for evaluation without the substitution counting against the team\u2019s total number of allowed substitutions during the game.<\/em><\/em><p>\u00a0<\/p><\/li><li><strong>US Club Soccer strongly recommends that all coaches, staff members, parents and players watch the following \u201cConcussions in Soccer\u201d video produced by U.S. Soccer:<\/strong><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"layoutContainer row layout-25-50-25 \">\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-afb33c7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"afb33c7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f173c08\" data-id=\"f173c08\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7f407a4\" data-id=\"7f407a4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3936e56 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"3936e56\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=EliVhvn_ROY&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f0d6f4f\" data-id=\"f0d6f4f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7ceb176 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7ceb176\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-88a2019\" data-id=\"88a2019\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec66e23 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ec66e23\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:<\/h3><div class=\"text clearfix\"><ul><li>Member Update (Dec. 18, 2015): \u00a0New protocols and modified substitution rules regarding suspected head injuries [<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn4.sportngin.com\/attachments\/document\/419a-1862940\/OVERVIEW-Protocols-modified-substitution-rules-regarding-suspected-head-injuries__2_.pdf?_ga=2.269010929.1041468818.1557146783-2076787497.1526664508\">Overview PDF<\/a>]<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/headsup\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\u2019s Heads Up: Concussion in Sports<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CONCUSSIONS AND HEAD INJURIES U.S. Soccer announced the\u00a0U.S. Soccer Concussion Initiative, which provides guidelines that were implemented beginning in January 2016. US Club Soccer clarified the following implementation guidelines as it relates to concussion initiatives and heading for youth players:<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/headinjuries\/\"> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"parent":1585,"menu_order":9,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-1712","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1712\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}