Men's hockey has been trying to limit head injuries for a long time with the rules about head contact and when/where you can hit.
Many youth programs don't allow checking until highschool now, with the goal being that players learn the game before they start relying on hitting. Obviously the drawback is that you have near-adults hitting for the first time.
But I think that there is a middle ground between better training and the optimal way to introduce and regulate contact in hockey that would work for both Men and Women.
Either way I don't think that there should be a different set of rules.
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Men's hockey has been trying to limit head injuries for a long time with the rules about head contact and when/where you can hit.
Many youth programs don't allow checking until highschool now, with the goal being that players learn the game before they start relying on hitting. Obviously the drawback is that you have near-adults hitting for the first time.
But I think that there is a middle ground between better training and the optimal way to introduce and regulate contact in hockey that would work for both Men and Women.
Either way I don't think that there should be a different set of rules.
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