Youth, high school, college and professional teams football teams are all looking to prioritize safety. The Guardian Cap is becoming increasing popular amongst high school coaches and players. This safety product was created in 2010 to address the clear need to advance the standard football helmet, which has changed little since the 1960’s. Physics say that an outer “soft” material of the proper density, stiffness and energy absorbing properties reduces the initial severity of the impact. The hard shell then has lower forces transmitted to it, and in turn conveys lower forces to the interior soft helmet padding and then lower forces to the head.