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There's a flipside in another sport. In Men's Lacrosse at the college level they wear helmets... in Women's Lacrosse helmets are not allowed, they wear ridicul

There's a flipside in another sport. In Men's Lacrosse at the college level they wear helmets... in Women's Lacrosse helmets are not allowed, they wear ridiculous eye-cages instead. Their argument is that they have less contact allowed and don't need them. I think the real thing is trying to look better and/or culture like hockey. Women's college Lacrosse apparently is #2 for concussions after Men's Football. Men's Lacrosse apparently has far fewer concussions even though it allows contact. My wife had 3-4 concussions playing Lacrosse in College.. I definitely worry about some effect of it coming back as we age. Her concussions were apparently bad enough the effects lasted and messed up her schoolwork for quite some time. I played a lot of pond hockey as a kid.. we somehow managed to not knock each other's teeth out or get head injuries without helmets but there was no contact and the level of play was very low. First time I suited up in a rink with a helmet I got hit in the head by the puck coming around the boards. I was totally fine cause of the helmet but it scared the crap out of me, I don't think I ever really played pond hockey again.

dmurray 7y ago
Women's college lacrosse is effectively a different game, as different as baseball is from softball.
- lozaning 7y ago
  Trying to play attack with no pocket is a fool's errand. I honestly don't know how they manage to play.
  - mandelbrotwurst 7y ago
    Well, they turnover a hell of a lot more for one...
pge 7y ago
It is women’s soccer that is second only to mens football for concussion rate - see this article: https://www-m.cnn.com/2019/10/15/health/concussion-high-school-sports-study/index.html?r=https%3A%2F%2Fduckduckgo.com%2F https://www-m.cnn.com/2019/10/15/health/concussion-high-scho... Having played men’s lacrosse and coached both boys and girls, my observation is that concussion-risk events in girls lacrosse are extremely rare, and not affected by helmets. The head trauma in the mens game is usually from intentional body contact and collisions, which are not allowed in the womens game. The occasional stick to the head happens but those are not (usually) violent enough to be a concussion risk. I would expect concussion rates in womens lacrosse to be similar but lower than a sport like basketball) and uncorrelated with the rate in mens lacrosse which is a much different game
40four 7y ago
I played high school lacrosse, & I always thought it was strange women's lacrosse didn't require helmets. Sure, they aren't allowed to stick or body check like mens lacrosse, but it's really beside the point if you ask me. The point is you are hurtling a heavy rubber object through the air at high velocity. Same as hockey, of you don't have face protection and catch a full strength shot in the face/ head, you're going to get fucked up. I never played hockey, but lacrosse is just hockey on grass. I'm sure its fun as hell. But there is no way in hell I could ever be talked into playing without a full facemask. I don't care reduced vision or not. NHL players are straight up savages... and god bless them for it. They put on a hell of a show.

dmurray 7y ago

Women's college lacrosse is effectively a different game, as different as baseball is from softball.

lozaning 7y ago
Trying to play attack with no pocket is a fool's errand. I honestly don't know how they manage to play.
- mandelbrotwurst 7y ago
  Well, they turnover a hell of a lot more for one...

pge 7y ago

It is women’s soccer that is second only to mens football for concussion rate - see this article: https://www-m.cnn.com/2019/10/15/health/concussion-high-school-sports-study/index.html?r=https%3A%2F%2Fduckduckgo.com%2F https://www-m.cnn.com/2019/10/15/health/concussion-high-scho... Having played men’s lacrosse and coached both boys and girls, my observation is that concussion-risk events in girls lacrosse are extremely rare, and not affected by helmets. The head trauma in the mens game is usually from intentional body contact and collisions, which are not allowed in the womens game. The occasional stick to the head happens but those are not (usually) violent enough to be a concussion risk. I would expect concussion rates in womens lacrosse to be similar but lower than a sport like basketball) and uncorrelated with the rate in mens lacrosse which is a much different game

40four 7y ago

I played high school lacrosse, & I always thought it was strange women's lacrosse didn't require helmets. Sure, they aren't allowed to stick or body check like mens lacrosse, but it's really beside the point if you ask me. The point is you are hurtling a heavy rubber object through the air at high velocity. Same as hockey, of you don't have face protection and catch a full strength shot in the face/ head, you're going to get fucked up. I never played hockey, but lacrosse is just hockey on grass. I'm sure its fun as hell. But there is no way in hell I could ever be talked into playing without a full facemask. I don't care reduced vision or not. NHL players are straight up savages... and god bless them for it. They put on a hell of a show.