The Hardest Football hit recorded equals an Indy Car Crash

indyman87

Heard about this before but didn't think hits could get up to such a severe level.

thank ? i never tried to play football.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/football-similar-to-car-crashes/

Football players were struck in the head 30 to 50 times per game and regularly endured blows similar to those experienced in car crashes, according to a Virginia Tech study that fitted players' helmets with the same kinds of sensors that trigger auto air bags.

The helmets measure hits in multiples of the force of gravity. Half of the hits recorded this season were greater than 30 Gs, Duma said. The hardest hits measured more than 130 Gs.

"An impact of 120 Gs would be like a severe car accident, which you could survive if you were wearing a seat belt," Duma said.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G-force#cite_note-nhtsa.dot.gov-16

Several Indy car drivers have withstood impacts in excess of 100 G without serious injuries." Dennis F. Shanahan, M.D., M.P.H.: "Human Tolerance and Crash Survivability, citing Society of Automotive Engineers. Indy racecar crash analysis. Automotive Engineering International, June 1999, 87–90. And National Highway Traffic

g force (with g from gravitational) is a measurement of acceleration felt as weight.

The term g-force is technically incorrect as it is a measure of acceleration, not force

Weight = mass x −(g-force acceleration)

indyman87

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOTOrX6Uza8

indyman87

Astronauts prepare for G-Force by undergoing Human centrifuge training that test reactions and tolerance to accelerations.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGHvFpNCrtQ

I guess this is what they do in the NFL too.


They use G-Suits to help them cope with Low pulse pressure.
Maybe it can help with some of the symptoms Football players deal with off the field since the g-force hits they experience are similar to what astronauts and Indy car racers go through.

http://forums.phoenixrising.me/index.php?threads/scary-low-pulse-pressure.25619/


http://www.oiresource.com/basics.htm

Why would you need a g-suit?

I have learned that Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) is not about being tired and not having energy, but is related to Orthostatic Intolerance (OI) where blood pools in the feet and legs when sitting or standing. (OI is also a part of many other illnesses besides CFS.) Figuring the g-suit would work the same way it does for fighter pilots and NASA astronauts, I have successfully used the g-suit to relieve some CFS/OI symptoms.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2388152/

The use of the G suit in the control of bleeding arising from hypocoagulation.

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_hypo-coagulation

basic definition is that hypocoagulation is an insufficiency of the blood to clot and stem bleeding properly

5th Letter

I remember seeing this thing on tv where this guy playing football took a nasty hit to his leg and literally had his ? separated from his body. Worst sports injury I've ever seen.

zerocool

Do they use the tech for indy cars to regular cars? That would cut down on fatalities

D0wn

Most nfl guys are unstable. The hits they take every season in games, and practice, takes a toll on them. not only physically, but mentally as well.

zerocool

D0wn wrote: »

Most nfl guys are unstable. The hits they take every season in games, and practice, takes a toll on them. not only physically, but mentally as well.

Thats why they all drug up with pain killers

silverfoxx

5th Letter wrote: »

I remember seeing this thing on tv where this guy playing football took a nasty hit to his leg and literally had his ? separated from his body. Worst sports injury I've ever seen.

Lol no way that happened

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The Lonious Monk

I was reading somewhere that the measures they took to make the game safer (e.g., more padding, bigger helmet, etc...) actually backfired. They protected players getting hit more, but they made it possible for the tackling player to hit even harder.

5th Letter

silverfoxx wrote: »

5th Letter wrote: »

I remember seeing this thing on tv where this guy playing football took a nasty hit to his leg and literally had his ? separated from his body. Worst sports injury I've ever seen.

Lol no way that happened

It was a show on Spike TV I saw like a decade ago. I changed the channel quick as ? .

banginscrew901

Flag football coming soon