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Subject: Re: According to Teevens...


Author:
An Observer
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Date Posted: 13:18:21 05/16/24 Thu
In reply to: Go Green 's message, "According to Teevens..." on 12:29:07 05/16/24 Thu

You and I watch a lot of girls and young women play soccer. I notice that it's rare to see a player head the ball after a long kick. They might head the ball if it's bouncing around high near the goal mouth, but not after it's sailed thirty or forty yards in the air. That's a big change from not too long ago.

Our school team has a tradition where the mothers serve the team dinner on Wednesday nights if there is a game on Thursday. Lately I've been going to plant the flag for all the fathers who can't get away from the office (or wouldn't be caught dead serving food to their teenage girls).

It's pretty funny in that, almost uniformly, none of the players whose mothers are there will acknowledge the mother's presence with either a greeting or even a nod. It's as if we are invisible. The food just materializes on its own. I consider it a win that my kid actually walks in my direction to say "hi." Of course she doesn't get within five yards of me when the other girls can see, but she gets closer than any of the other players do.

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[> [> [> Subject: Women's lacrosse - concussions


Author:
Floridared
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Date Posted: 14:06:38 05/16/24 Thu

My daughter played college lacrosse. You would think with "less contact" unlike in the men's lacrosse, and not wearing helmets there wouldn't be concussions. At least 3 players on her team suffered multiple concussions when hit on their heads accidentally during games.
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Author:
sparman
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Date Posted: 14:29:49 05/16/24 Thu

My daughter played too. The problem I saw was that the plyers realized early on they needed to be as physical as they could get away with to win, and the lack of protective equipment (originally stipulated in the rules because the powers that be wanted to discourage contact whose impact would be lessened by such equipment) then worked against them. My daughter suffered a broken nose due to lack of face mask, but no concussion that I was aware of.
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Author:
Go Green
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Date Posted: 14:51:47 05/16/24 Thu


My daughter got beaned squarely in the head by a very fast softball pitch.

She just dropped her bat and ran to first as if nothing had happened.

Three cheers for batting helmet technology!!!
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Author:
Floridared
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Date Posted: 17:38:22 05/16/24 Thu

When my daughter first started playing on travel teams they didn’t even wear goggles for eye protection. Looking back as a parent, we feel lucky she made it through her playing career without any serious injuries.
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Author:
Ole Nassau
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Date Posted: 15:47:11 05/17/24 Fri

Same here with my two daughters that played lacrosse. We escaped injuries as well but not some of their teammates.


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