Taking Hits (IMAGE)

Virginia Tech

Taking Hits

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Most football players in the US are less than 14 years old, but they can hit their heads just as hard as older players. Virginia Tech researchers are studying when youth players are most likely to receive serious head impacts, to make sports safer at all levels.

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