Doctor: "Don't do that!"
What a great way to treat a symptom and not solve a problem. It's obvious to me that a small child should not deliberately hit themselves in the head with a ball. If the smaller age-groups would just not allow headers, this would not be a problem. And if anybody produces medical proof that nobody should header a soccer ball, just outlaw the move.
i agree. but the people who run kid's soccer, especially the competitive travel teams, are not reasonable individuals.
i had to assert myself to get a coach to stop games immediately when there was lightning. the parents had voted, and the coach went along with it, to keep the game going, because the lightning "wasn't close yet". the majority of parents of kids on the team thought it was reasonable to have the kids (little girls!) continue playing until the lighning got close!