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Rank Lampard is considering restricting the title in training in light of growing concern about the link between soccer and dementia.
The Chelsea manager revealed earlier this month that he fears the long-term effects on his own health after the number of cases of former players diagnosed with the disease.
He calls for reforms at the youth level, but says the dangers associated with heading the ball have also led him to review his own processes with Chelsea’s first team.
Lampard said: “I think we can climb the pyramid and we should. I’m certainly already considering it in how we train here because of the seriousness of the problem.
“If there has to be a meeting of the smart minds that have looked into this, maybe former players, and if there are restrictions and if we are much more careful about the way we train in terms of heading, I think we should look at it seriously.”
Lampard understands the seriousness of the situation.
/ POOL / AFP via Getty Images )Research published last year claimed that soccer players were three and a half times more likely to develop neurodegenerative diseases as a result of repeatedly heading the ball.
Guidelines released by the FA this year indicated that children 11 and under will no longer participate in headline training.
Lampard admits that it is difficult to implement at a higher level.
“I think it has to be very structured from a younger age group,” he said. “The rules need to be stricter to make sure we don’t make little kids run the ball. In development years that is more than possible.
“On a professional level, because the small gains in sport are huge, we all have to work under the same guidelines and we have to trust each other. At the moment there are no guidelines.
“If we were to restrict the training element when you ask players to head a ball on a Saturday, I don’t think it would be possible. It would have to be generalized.
Touching moment a musician with dementia plays the piano
“I think we have to start with youth soccer and at the younger end of the spectrum for the younger players and the kids who are developing and their bodies are developing.
“We can really control the levels that we train. Technically I’m not sure how important it is to overload training at that age and if we now know that it has a health aspect, I think we control it.
“Again, I would trust the experts to lay the groundwork, but anything we can do to make it safer we should.”
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