In English football, children can be prevented from beating the ball until they study the long-term risks of this process for their health.

Executive Director of the Association of Professional Footballers of England Gordon Taylor believes that children should be banned from beating the ball head.

In the US, such a ban applies to children under 11 years of age, and children between 11 and 13 years old are allowed to play with certain restrictions.

"I agree with this idea. If you look at how the game has changed, now your head is playing less and less often. In the 1950s and 1960s, old balls were used that became especially heavy when wet, "said Taylor.

"It is believed that the modern ball is easier. But in America they decided - without establishing a causal link - that children under the age of 11 should not hit the ball, especially while research continues on the impact of this process on health ".

In England, there is a case of Jeff Astel, a former West Bromwich player and the England team who died in 2002 at the age of 59 due to brain problems that were caused by the fact that during his career he often played his head.

At the moment in England, a study is taking place with the participation of the best scorer in the history of the Premier League Alan Shearer, whose goal is to study the negative impact of the game head on the brain.

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