NFHS seriously considering helmets?

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NFHS seriously considering helmets?

Unread postby rainbowgirl28 » Fri Dec 03, 2010 1:17 pm

I heard that someone from the NFHS told the youth committee at the USATF meeting that that mandatory helmets were being seriously considered...
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Re: NFHS seriously considering helmets?

Unread postby VaultPurple » Fri Dec 03, 2010 2:54 pm

On this topic. . At winter track meet last night I saw a high jumper fall through the mat and hurt his head. You can get hurt doing anything,
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Re: NFHS seriously considering helmets?

Unread postby Divalent » Sat Dec 04, 2010 12:30 am

VaultPurple wrote:..I saw a high jumper fall through the mat and hurt his head.

You mean like between the two pit sections because there wasn't a top cover?
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Re: NFHS seriously considering helmets?

Unread postby achtungpv » Wed Dec 08, 2010 4:58 pm

Divalent wrote:
VaultPurple wrote:..I saw a high jumper fall through the mat and hurt his head.

You mean like between the two pit sections because there wasn't a top cover?


Heck, that happened at Prefontaine. There was a top pad but they didn't buckle it at all. Scott Hennig on a warm up jump landed right on the seam of two sections and fell straight through to the ground.
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