Health & Safety
Four football helmets earned five stars in the 2013 Virginia Tech Helmet Ratings,TM but the results should be viewed with caution, experts say.
Health & Safety
The spring sports season is in full swing, and summer preseason practices, camps, and all-star league games are just around the corner, but safety comes first, no matter what the sport or the season. Here's a sixteen-point safety checklist to keep athletes in the game.
Team of Experts
In the wake of the tragic death of Ricardo Portillo in Utah, a longtime high school sports administrator suggests at least six ways to make sports safer for game officials.
Health & Safety
May 15th is International Water Safety Day. With over 30,000 deaths monthly worldwide, drowning is the 3rd leading cause of accidental injury or death. The key to drowning prevention is teaching kids to be water-safe when they are infants, says a four-time Olympic swimming gold medalist.
Sports
Tougher rules against checking from behind and blind-side hits in hockey won't make the sport safer. The problem is a lack of training, certification, education and compensation for on-ice officials, argues one longtime Minnesota hockey official and coach.

What people are saying about MomsTeam:

The Smartest Team is a highly informative yet practical documentary which demonstrates the continued need for early concussion recognition and response in youth sports, while presenting a useful overview of the essential "need-to-know" information for athletes, parents, and coaches. This is a great resource that we will be sharing with our families.

Catherine McGill, Psy.D Pediatric Neuropsychlogical Fellow, Children's National Medical Center, Rockville, Maryland

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