

"The combination of the mental and physical aspects of this flight demonstration are comparable to professional athletics," he said. Matt Suyderhoud, who is serving his second year with the team, knows exactly what it takes to be a Blue Angel and says the description is spot on. The pilots are often compared to professional athletes because of the physical intensity and skill required to fly with the team. Navy Blue Angels' breathtaking, precision flying is an intense regimen of weight training and healthy eating. Hypotheses range from less neck strength, to hormonal differences to better reporting by females.Behind the scenes of the U.S. Soccer has emerged as the leading cause of sport-related concussions for young girls and researchers are working to unravel the reasons why. ConclusionsĬoncussions can occur in any sport and amending equipment and making rule changes to decrease the frequency and severity of the injury depends on science. Many of the players experienced multiple impacts in a single scrimmage, the cumulative effects of such impacts within a short time frame are unknown. Researchers hypothesized that non-header impacts would exceed those from heading the ball, but that was not what the case.


Now the focus is turning to other sports, including soccer. The latest addition to the data bank was the inclusion of an impact study on 7-and 8-year-old football players and the adult-sized forces they incurred during practices. As a result, the forces that players sustain in various contact sports are well-documented and found, in some cases, to be alarming.

Impact data has provided some of the most critical science in the concussion field. Researchers have been collecting data in helmeted sports for many years using accelerometers embedded in head gear, but non-helmeted sports have presented obvious challenges. Soccer athletes and fans can't help but wonder which elements contribute most to the frequency of concussions in the sport, particularly among young girls.
