Charlottesville is home to the University of Virginia’s football team, but what you may not know is that it is also home to Biocore, LLC, a team of world-class biomechanical engineers appointed to run testing for the NFL. Naturally, when the NFL focused efforts on reducing impact during practice, the NFL testing engineers noticed UVA’s football
Welcome to another week of high school football matchups! As we approach Halloween, we can celebrate the treat of many great games being played under the lights this weekend. Best of luck to all the teams slugging it out in the playoffs. With all the uncertainty of this past year, it is good to remember
Mike Finney, former VICIS Salesman, and Student Manager for the CSU Football team shares his view on trends when purchasing football helmets.
Here are some of our top high school football matchups of the week. Welcome back to another exciting week of high school football. Friday Night Lights has looked different this year as many teams have been forced to delay or reschedule their seasons due to Covid-19. However, there is still a lot of football to
The league tested and will now permit use of The Guardian Cap in NFL practices Atlanta, GA – August 11, 2020 – The NFL and NFLPA have decided to permit the Guardian Cap NXT to be used by lineman in NFL practices. The Guardian Cap is a soft-shell cover that retrofits all football helmets. This
Is Youth Football Safe? Is youth football safe? An analysis of youth football head impact data by neurosurgeons from Rutgers Medial School. Robert F Heary, MD, Neil Majmundar, MD, Roxanne Nagurka, BA Published: 28 January 2020 What new strategies has your youth league implemented in the past 5 years? Maybe it’s an increase in technology, more efficient
Guardian Caps Spotlight OU Sooners wear Guardian Caps in football practices. https://twitter.com/OU_Football/status/1210379772536094720?s=20&utm_source=Guardian+Sports&utm_campaign=8416b00576-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_12_11_19_via+Glazier_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6da376f7fb-8416b00576-&mc_cid=8416b00576&mc_eid=%5bUNIQID%5d Win the "Offseason" The weight room has already been open for weeks. Now is the time to find out who plans to lead your team in 2020 and how you plan to lead them. Here are a few ways you can win the
“The NFL and the NCAA have made a lot of rule changes over the past few years in an effort to increase player safety. Two-a-day practices are a thing of the past as of last year. Tackling all the way to the ground is not something many programs practice on a regular basis. So it
“The Texas Longhorns are now requiring offensive linemen, defensive linemen, and linebackers to wear a protective padding sleeve on the outside of helmets… The padded caps look like those provided by Guardian, which are supposed to reduce the force of impact by as much as 33 percent, according to the supplier. In hot weather, the
SPRINGFIELD, Ill., July 24, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- After implementing the padded helmet covers for their interior linemen during the 2017 season, Sacred Heart-Griffin High School will outfit all football players with Guardian Caps for the 2018 season. The Guardian Cap is an external padded cover for football helmets that reduces the force of blows to
