For the first time in the history of camping there is a protective sweatband that offers protection to a child's head in almost every type of recreational activity. The FORCEFIELD® HEADBAND is great for soccer, basketball, flag football, dodge ball, water skiing, playground activities, hiking, and many other activities.
Some 300,000 sports-related head injuries occur each year according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The vast majority of these head injuries involve young people. Doctors say its common for young people playing a sport to minimize the seriousness of a blow to the head so they can continue to participate.
These blows can produce an injury that can have some long-term effects according to neurosurgeons, neurologists, pneuropsychologists and sport medicine specialists. Short-term memory, behavior, maturing, learning and other factors in a child can change with just one head injury.
The technical staff of ForceField® has been working on and testing new products and ideas for protective headgear for many years. They now have a patented protective headband that is unique to unique to the sports-world.
The FORCEFIELD® headband will reduce the risk and severity of head injuries to young people. It looks and fits just like a regular sweatband. However, unlike the regular sweatband, the ForceField® Headband can absorb and dissipate up to 80% of the force of a soccer ball to the protected area of the head. This makes it ideal for soccer, basketball, dodge ball, hiking as well as other non-contact activities
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The ForceField® Headband is reversible and comes in a variety of team colors. It can be cleaned by simply by placing the headband under running water using liquid soap. On very hot days the camper can place the headband in cold water and place it back on their head to cool off and still be protected.