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Coaches take Guardian Caps with them to new schools

Many football coaches have been so impressed with Guardian Caps that they've taken Caps with them to new schools. Jimbo Fisher used Guardian Caps at Florida State and brought them to Texas A&M. Same story with: Matt Wells at Utah State and then Texas TechTim Lester at Elmhurst College, Syracuse, and then Western MichiganRicky Rahne

2020-11-16T17:35:41-05:00November 16th, 2020|Football|

How UVA’s use of Guardian Caps helped clear them for The NFL

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

2020-11-04T18:34:37-05:00November 4th, 2020|Football|

An Analysis of Youth Football Head Impact Data

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

2020-02-19T03:34:26-05:00February 19th, 2020|Blog, Football|

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

2020-01-08T19:41:12-05:00January 8th, 2020|Football|

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

2018-08-03T16:21:06-04:00August 3rd, 2018|Blog, Football|

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

2018-07-24T12:56:35-04:00July 24th, 2018|Football|

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

2018-06-26T16:25:37-04:00June 26th, 2018|Blog, Football|

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

2018-04-26T16:28:22-04:00April 26th, 2018|Blog, Company|
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