Football helmet purchasing trends
Mike Finney, former VICIS Salesman, and Student Manager for the CSU Football team shares his view on trends when purchasing football helmets.
NFL Testing Validates Benefit of Guardian Caps
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
OU Sooners Practice in Caps
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
What’s up with the weird helmets?
“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
LOOK: Texas players using helmet padding to reduce risk
“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
Sacred Heart-Griffin Football Outfits All Players with Guardian Caps
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
Football helmets with outside padding get tryout at Bremerton High School
“Bremerton High School football coach Paul Theriault hopes going softer will make his player safer. Spring workouts this year included Velcro-padded wraps on the outside of Bremerton’s football helmets. The manufacturer of Guardian Caps said the product reduces impacts by 25 to 33 percent… “We just thought, 'If there's a chance, that's a decent enough
Tackling football helmet safety head-on
“Over the course of the next three days, the childhood dreams of hundreds of young men will become a reality when their names are called during the 2018 NFL Draft. For picks No. 1 through No. 256 — affectionately nicknamed “Mr. Irrelevant” — this moment will represent the culmination of years of hard work and
D70 hoping to see head protectors used during games
“In Pueblo County School District 70, the focus on safety extends to the gridiron. Cherie Toussaint, the district's athletic director, recently presented the board of education with an update on "guardian caps" being employed during D70 high school football practice sessions. For use at Pueblo West, Pueblo County and Rye, 230 of the caps --
Guardian Caps Win First NFL HeadHealthTECH Challenge
ATLANTA, GA (April 18, 2017) – Guardian Innovations is pleased to announce that they have won the initial NFL HeadHealthTECH Challenge I for their Guardian Cap. As part of its Play Smart, Play Safe initiative, the NFL is awarding funds to companies who have a dedicated plan to, “develop new and improved helmets and protective