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Heading the ball in training is set to become a limited practice for players in England under the age of 18, with the Football Association planning to restrict the action.
The FA is reacting to concerns raised by studies into the effects of repeatedly heading the ball from a young age and its connection to chronic traumatic encephalopathy.
The Daily Telegraph's Jeremy Wilson noted how "detailed proposals have been drawn up which cover age groups all the way up to under-18s andTelegraph Sport understands that coaches and teachers will be told that children from under-sevens until under-12s should no longer be practising heading in training.