Premier Performance Soccer Headgear

My husband ha epilepsy and uses this while at work. He loves it because it looks sporty and of he falls he has some head protection.

My daughter has played soccer since she was about 4 years old. She has a passion for the sport and plays it every second she has. She is now 14 and plays it all the time. With soccer comes injuries. One injury I don't want her to have is a concussion. I want to protect her neck and head as much as possible so I thought I would get this for her to use. She is big on heading the ball and for this reason, I thought this would be good. I got it in and she tried it on. It fits really good on her head. I has a lot of padding around it. It is bulky to wear. She doesn't like it for that reason but it does offer great protection. I have other players on the team that do wear this and they wear it all the time. I think it is a great product and will continue to support it.

We had seen a few of these protective devices on girls on a few club teams. I attended a league meeting where they brought up the fact that the Centers for Disease Control had a online training program for concussion awareness [...]and that it was going to be something that coaches and league officials were going to have to have to take in the near future. I went home and ran across some information from a British Journal of Sports Medicine from 2005 - that concluded that protective headgear made it 3.5x less likely to have a concussion from playing soccer if this headgear was worn. That was enough for me - I checked out the various brands, styles and then read the reviews. I ended up ordering the Full90 Premier for my 10 year old. She has had it for about 2 months and has worn it since it arrived. I was concerned that if her teammates made fun of it - that she would not wear it. That has not happened, and she has worn it for Rec, Club and indoor. She does get approached by parents on her teams and opposing teams who are interested in what it is, and they want info for ordering when they see it up close.The Premier - at least the newer model with the logo on the botton larger front panel - fits very well on her head. It has some moisture wicking capability, has a criss-cross style back on it that helps keep it in place, and has Velcro adjustable tabs on the back to customize the fit. It is not obtrusive and it is very lightweight. People have thought that it was nothing more than a 'sportier' headband.Just watched a 'Rock Center' NBC show about the damage that can occur from head injuries sustained by girls in soccer, so I am sure that more people will be ordering these and they will be popping up on a field near you soon. The more I talk to people on the sidelines and at league meetings - the more kids I hear about that have sustained concussions before they even reach HS. Someone remarked - they have to wear shin guards to protect their shins, but they do not have to wear anything to protect their heads. Seems to make sense to me. While wearing this device reduces the changes 3.5x and that may not seem like a lot - your kids only have one brain and we should do what we can do make sure they are protected until they can make their own decisions.

I bought a classic fit size 4.What I liked:Quality is good.Back padding is awesome.What I didn't like:Sizing is wrong (way wrong)Replacing the item for a different size does not work. No matter how many times you try.Background info:I bought a size 4 like I said. That didn't fit although it should have fit big by the chart measurements.I started a replacement because of it. Amazon quickly found me a replacement and started it. Well not quite like that. They sent me a size 5 slim fit (no padding in the back) which for ice skating doesn't work. They also made a one to one replacement (giving me a cheaper version of it!)Returned it, then got a different size 5, now classic fit. The replacement had hair!!!! white hair all over, not sure if dog, cat or alpaca hair for what matters. All full of white hair. I returned it because of it and bought a different brand

We now have three of these units for our team and make them mandatory gear for all of our keepers.At a recent sports injury prevention clinic for youth coaches, the head ortho surgeon for the local military academy highly recommended them and said they have started asking their keepers to wear them. I "heard" his wisdom, but didn't act on it. Sure enough ... three weeks later, one of our girls left the field on a backboard in the back of an ambulance after receiving a point-blank shot directly to her forehead while attempting save a shot. Talk about a crappy feeling as a Coach!!! The whole time all I kept thinking about was "what if she was wearing something? I should have acted sooner!" etc., etc., etc.Fortunately, she's going to be okay, but the neuro Doc still took her out of team activities for at least 8 weeks (and justifiably so after the hit she took). So now, we've made these mandatory for both practices and matches for our keepers. Another one of whom just hit her head on the post last week at practice. Fortunately she was wearing the guard, so she "shook it off" and got right back to work.They can be awkward to learn to fit properly the first few times. If the player has a pony tail, the "port" makes that easier, but it's still tricky to get arranged. If you get black (color), they aren't "that noticeable" (which is all the players seem to care about). They seem to take some getting used to for the player, but after a few sessions, the keepers eventually stop complaining :-) Figuring out how to keep the hair out of their face may require multiple hairbands before putting the guard on, but they eventually get the hang of that too.So it's not a perfect design from a usability / adjustability standpoint. But imagining that the designers are trying to walk the line between "looking cool" and yet still actually providing some genuine protection to the key concussion points-of-impact, they seem to have done an admirable job.I would particularly recommend them for youth players transitioning from non-physical play at the beginning levels to first time aggressive play starting around U12'ish. They almost seem to be colliding like magnets (trying to mimic what they see on TV), but yet they haven't learned how to brace or protect yet. Combine that with the fact that this age group is more at risk for long term damage from concussions, since they are still developing.I even tried one of them during heading practice, and it does actually make headers a LOT less uncomfortable and I didn't notice any particular loss of speed / distance, or ability to aim where I wanted. So now I'm going to see if I might actually be able to try to convince some of the field players to wear them too?? We'll see how that goes ....