Should girl lacrosse players wear helmets?
How Will This Change The Sport?
Will changing how the players look change how they play? From The New York Times sports section,they state that since 2015 all the girls going to high schools in Florida are required to wear headgear.Allowing the headgear to become part of the game, worries some coaches and referees that the girls will start playing more aggressive in a way that is not intended for the sport. “I do fear for the future,” said Erin Brown Millon, a former United States national team player and current coach who directed U.S. Lacrosse’s women’s division for six years. Changing how the game has been played for a century does not make sense.Nothing has been wrong with lacrosse so far and it is becoming really popular, if headgear becomes a requirement it could change the population on players.
What is Happening Now?
“If sales take off, the headgear, which is approved by U.S. Lacrosse, could alter the landscape of girls’ and women’s lacrosse forever” (The New York Times March 2016).
Companies selling the helmets will make massive amounts of money for something the sport does not need. Two companies have already started making the headgear and selling to some teams for a trial.
Girls V.S. Boys and Injuries
Girls have extremely different game rules then boy’s lacrosse Girls lacrosse is very much different than boys, boys is full contact and girls is almost no contact to the body only on the stick.If injuries occur in girl’s lacrosse it will most likely that the injury will be knee, arm or leg injuries. Studies have shown that the most common injuries are wrist fracture,Knee sprain (ACL, MCL) or,Ankle sprain.My friend broke her wrist in a lacrosse game do to someone being overly aggressive and slashing her arm. If helmets become a requirement many players will say they are protected and start to become more aggressive and hurt people. After helmets become real, then will they start adding shoulder and, elbow pads? If all of this gets added to the game, it will not be how girls lacrosse is supposed to be played.
Will changing how the players look change how they play? From The New York Times sports section,they state that since 2015 all the girls going to high schools in Florida are required to wear headgear.Allowing the headgear to become part of the game, worries some coaches and referees that the girls will start playing more aggressive in a way that is not intended for the sport. “I do fear for the future,” said Erin Brown Millon, a former United States national team player and current coach who directed U.S. Lacrosse’s women’s division for six years. Changing how the game has been played for a century does not make sense.Nothing has been wrong with lacrosse so far and it is becoming really popular, if headgear becomes a requirement it could change the population on players.
What is Happening Now?
“If sales take off, the headgear, which is approved by U.S. Lacrosse, could alter the landscape of girls’ and women’s lacrosse forever” (The New York Times March 2016).
Companies selling the helmets will make massive amounts of money for something the sport does not need. Two companies have already started making the headgear and selling to some teams for a trial.
Girls V.S. Boys and Injuries
Girls have extremely different game rules then boy’s lacrosse Girls lacrosse is very much different than boys, boys is full contact and girls is almost no contact to the body only on the stick.If injuries occur in girl’s lacrosse it will most likely that the injury will be knee, arm or leg injuries. Studies have shown that the most common injuries are wrist fracture,Knee sprain (ACL, MCL) or,Ankle sprain.My friend broke her wrist in a lacrosse game do to someone being overly aggressive and slashing her arm. If helmets become a requirement many players will say they are protected and start to become more aggressive and hurt people. After helmets become real, then will they start adding shoulder and, elbow pads? If all of this gets added to the game, it will not be how girls lacrosse is supposed to be played.