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Guardian Caps Partner With American Youth Football 🏈

 It's never too early to prioritize safety—whether your players are in the NFL or working their way to the pros through youth leagues. We are proud to announce that Guardian partners with AYF, the world's largest youth football organization! We are so excited to be able to partner with AYF, to better protect the

2023-06-15T11:44:05-04:00August 12th, 2022|Football|

Coverage of the NFL in Guardian Caps

Update (March 28, 2023): The NFL has mandated Guardian Caps for the 2023 season with expanded use.  Changes include use in all preseason, regular season and post season practices instead of just preseason.  Players at position groups with most head contact will be required to wear Caps; this adds running backs and fullbacks to the

2023-06-12T15:17:14-04:00August 4th, 2022|Football, Guardian Caps|

The NFL is staying fresh for gameday 💪

Our caps are in full effect at NFL minicamps. Teams like the Dolphins and Steelers are already using Caps, the only impact-reducing, soft-shell helmet cover in the industry. Guardian Cap debuts during minicamps in effort to reduce avoidable head contact. With the start of NFL minicamps came the first appearances of the new

2023-06-15T11:21:56-04:00July 5th, 2022|Football|

NFL CMO Dr. Allen Sills on Guardian Caps Mandate

At the NFL Annual Meeting, the Competition Committee, Health and Safety Committee and all 32 NFL Owners voted and passed a resolution to mandate that offensive and defensive linemen, tight ends and linebackers wear Guardian Cap for every preseason practice up to the second preseason game.

2025-07-29T15:13:56-04:00May 4th, 2022|Football|

NFL Mandates Use of Guardian Caps

It was just announced that the NFL has mandated the use of Guardian Caps in the early part of 2022 training camp. After lab testing showed a “statistically significant” improvement over bare helmets alone, the NFL permitted Guardian Caps in the 2021 season. Now, after a year of data collection from teams using Guardian

2023-06-12T15:55:18-04:00April 6th, 2022|Football|

Study: Smaller subconcussive head impacts can accumulate over youth football season

A recent study of youth football players has confirmed that smaller subconcussive blows to the head can accumulate over the course of a season to create cognitive impairment. Sanford Research in Sioux Falls, S.D., monitored 15 American male youth football players under the age of 14 for the study, using neuro-technology that tracks brain vital

2022-03-28T12:23:04-04:00March 28th, 2022|Football|

Guardian Caps – New Customer Spotlight

We love welcoming new customers to our Guardian Caps squad! This month, we wanted to take a moment and highlight some of our new Youth and High School customers from all across the U.S. New Customer Spotlight Pinnacle High School - Arizona Tigard High School - Oregon  Woodcreek Jr. Timberwolves - California Marquette University High

2021-05-18T18:06:11-04:00May 18th, 2021|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|
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