Tales of soccer players who head the ball regularly ending up with brain damage have been told in changing rooms the length of the land. Sports scientists have been so concerned by the phenomenon ...

Soccer players, who often hit the ball with their heads, showed abnormal changes to the white matter in the brain next to sulci. Sulci are deep grooves in the brain’s surface.

Methods: 23 male amateur soccer players took part in a heading training session involving heading a ball kicked from a distance of 30 m at least 10 m forward. Ten players performed 10 and 13 players ...

A specialized headband is being touted to reduce the impact of heading the ball in soccer by 40 percent amid growing concerns over the possible long-term damage the technique can do to a player ...

Background: Soccer heading has been proposed as a potential cause of cerebral dysfunction. Objective: To examine the acute effects of two types of soccer heading on postural control. Methods: ...