Using Biomechanical Research to Support Improvements in Helmet TechnologyNEW
Learn how the NFL is working with the NFLPA, scientists, engineers and manufacturers to advance helmet technology.
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Coaching For Change: Rules Changes Designed to Improve Health and Safety NEW
At the end of every season, Coach Tomlin meets with other members of the NFL Competition Committee to consider and recommend new rules changes.
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New Video Review Data to Help Improve Designs for Protective Equipment NEW
Leading biomechanical engineers have completed a comprehensive video review of player impacts to better understand concussion-causing events in the NFL.
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HeadHealthTECH Challenge II: Applying Smart Science to Protective Football Equipment NEW
Three winners of HeadHealthTECH Challenge II have been announced by the National Football League (NFL) and Football Research, Inc. (FRI). Winning concepts were selected out of 85 proposals for improvements in football protective equipment.
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How Medical Professionals Communicate, Coordinate and Care for Players on Game Day NEW
A large and integrated team of medical professionals, including unaffiliated medical personnel, are on hand at every NFL stadium to provide care for players on game day.
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NFL Head, Neck and Spine Committee’s Concussion Protocol Overview NEW
The NFL Head, Neck and Spine Committee—a board of independent and NFL-affiliated physicians and scientists, including advisors for the NFL Players Association—developed the NFL Game Day Concussion Diagnosis and Management Protocol in 2011.
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The Winner of Head Health Challenge III NEW
For Head Health Challenge III, the NFL and GE collaborated with the U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Under Armour.
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Helmet Laboratory Testing Performance Results NEW
The NFL, in collaboration with the NFLPA—through their respective biomechanical experts—coordinated laboratory testing on helmets that could be worn by NFL players during the upcoming 2017 season.
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Focus on Safety
Focus on Safety
Protecting Players
We commit to making changes on and off the field in an effort to protect the health and safety of every player in the NFL.
Advanced Technology
We commit to championing new developments in engineering, biomechanics and material science designed to better protect against injuries in sports, recreation and for the military.
Medical Research
We commit to investing in and collaborating with preeminent experts and institutions to advance progress in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of head injuries.
Sharing Progress
We commit to sharing what we’re learning across all levels of football—and to other sports and society at large.
Protecting Players
We commit to making changes on and off the field in an effort to protect the health and safety of every player in the NFL.
- How Medical Professionals Communicate, Coordinate and Care for Players on Game Day
- NFL Head, Neck and Spine Committee’s Concussion Diagnosis and Management Protocol
- NFL Return-To-Participation Protocol
- Health and Safety-Related Changes for the 2017 Season
- Three Takeaways from the NFL’s 2016 Injury Data Media Conference Call
- An Extended Locker Room Outside the Game
- Helmets That Do the Best Job Reducing Head Impact Severity
- Bolstering League Enforcement of its Concussion Protocol
- Transforming the Sideline: The Medical Timeout
- Game Day Safety: Electronic Aids for Sideline Doctors
- A Commitment to Former Players
Advanced Technology
We commit to championing new developments in engineering, biomechanics and material science designed to better protect against injuries in sports, recreation and for the military.
- 2018 NFL 1st and Future Super Bowl Start-Up Competition—Advancing Athlete Safety and Performance
- New Video Review Data to Help Improve Designs for Protective Equipment
- HeadHealthTECH Challenge II: Applying Smart Science to Protective Football Equipment
- The Winner of Head Health Challenge III
- Designing the Next Generation of Protective Equipment: Winners of HeadHealthTECH Challenge I
- Meet The Winners of the 1st and Future Start-Up Competition
- New Handheld Device To Transform Front Line Care of Head Injuries
- A Strong Push from the Experts to Improve Protective Equipment
- What Is the Head Health Initiative?
- Future Football Helmets That Bend, Crumple and Twist by Design
- More Effective Ways to Identify Brain Injuries
Medical Research
We commit to investing in and collaborating with preeminent experts and institutions to advance progress in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of head injuries.
Sharing Progress
We commit to sharing what we’re learning across all levels of football—and to other sports and society at large.
- Lessons for Coaches at the USA Football National Conference
- UCLA Steve Tisch BrainSPORT Program is Accelerating Understanding of Youth Concussions
- NFL Foundation Seeks to Expand High Schools’ Access to Athletic Trainers
- The Push for Concussion Protection Laws in All 50 States
- Heads Up Football: Teaching Coaches All Over the Country How to Keep One Million Kids Safer on the Football Field
- Helping Parents Understand Sports Safety
- Combatting the Stigma of Concussions
- Sideline Assessment: How an Australian Researcher Transformed What Happens Minutes After An Injury
A Letter from Commissioner Roger Goodell
HeadHealthTECH Challenges
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