Guidance on heading will be introduced into the English game from next season, with all professional, amateur and grassroots clubs involved. Our heading guidance now reaches across all players, at all levels of the game. English football will introduce heading guidance across every level of the professional and amateur game from the start of the 2021/22 season. There has been no change in the guidance for children where heading the ball in training has been discouraged by the FA, albeit not enforced, and heading the ball in match play is still permitted. “An evidence-based programme to introduce heading into the game at an appropriate age and stage of physical development would be welcomed.

Source: Express July 28, 2021 10:18 UTC