NFL safety: How VICIS’ position-specific helmets have become all the rage
New York TimesWhile watching a football game in the early 2010s, Per Reinhall was struck by the sound of helmets violently clashing together. “Linear acceleration is front-back, left-right — and that doesn’t seem to cause concussions much in the NFL versus angular or rotational,” Mayer said. “It’s that twisting motion that seems to make the biggest difference.” By then, VICIS had already created its own “Smash Lab” in Seattle for product development, but they adopted the NFL’s stricter standards for testing. I’m definitely going to see what this thing can do.” Tua Tagovailoa of the Dolphins is one of the NFL signal callers wearing the VICIS Zero2 QB helmet designed specifically for quarterbacks. “We think that’s going to get us to the real holy grail of what’s actually going on when a player’s head is moving,” Mayer said.
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