Researchers are calling for junior sport modifications after linking head impacts to a degenerative brain disease. But sporting bodies say teaching kids to tackle safely is key.
Sporting industry leaders have defended tackling in junior sport despite a new study linking the risk of head impacts with degenerative brain disease.Industry leaders have responded to a new study linking head impacts in sport to degenerative brain diseaseTackling is set to stay, but with a focus on teaching it safelywere exposed to repetitive head impacts through sport participation, noting the demographic was too young to know of potential long-term risks associated with the exposure.
One of the authors is Australian concussion expert Alan Pearce, who said there was conclusive evidence of the link between the risk of head impacts and the neurodegenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy .The researchers are also calling for repetitive head impacts and CTE among children to be treated like exposure to lead, mercury, smoking and sunburn.
"Anyone who engages in repetitive head trauma ... they get CTE where you don't see it in random populations of people. "We know there's causative action here and that's why we want sports around the world to think strongly about this."Tackling needs to be taught Australasian College of Sport and Exercise Physicians president Mark Fulcher said it was an overreaction to suggest a ban on tackles in children's sport.
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