Equipment

Soccer headgear may reduce injury risk from collision of head with hard surface (another head, ground, goalpost) but not from repeated heading of soccer ball.

Types of soccer cleats include molded cleats, detachable cleats, indoor soccer shoes and turf shoes.

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Soccer Cleats are specifically designed for use on a soccer field and can be changed depending on conditions. Cleat types include molded cleats, detachable cleats, indoor soccer shoes and turf shoes:

The data does not support a finding that purposeful "heading" of a soccer ball leads to either short-term (acute) or cumulative brain damage, such as cognitive dysfunction, says a new study in Pediatrics, contradicting earlier studies.  Heading should only be taught, the study says, when the
child is old enough to learn proper technique and has developed
coordinated use of his or her head, neck, and trunk to properly
contract the neck muscles and contact the ball with the forehead. 

 

Cindy Trames, Director of US footwear for Nike, says that replacing shoes and deciding whether they can be handed down to another child, depends on the child's growth rate and the amount of shoe wear.

Goalie gloves are only worn by the goalie and have feather sticky synthetic palms which aid in the catching or deflecting of a soccer ball.