Football Helmets

Over the years, football helmets have changed in many ways. Now, their are a lot more concerns of concussions and the lasting effects of head injuries. In the "old days" athletes wore leather helmets when they played football. These were not safe at all compared to the hard plastic helmets that were used later on. The hard plastic helmets have facemasks that also protect your head. Now helmets are specially made by different material and have specialized holes and gaps in the helmets to prevent or atleast try to prevent head injuries and concussions.

Technology in Sports

Technology has influenced sports tremendously over the years. Technology helps teams prepare for games, look at their own skills, and better themselves by seeing what they are not good at and what they do wrong. In my opinion, technology has made coaching a little easier because their athletes can watch film to learn mistakes or to learn about other teams instead of the coach needing to explain everything first hand to all his athlets on a mouth-to-mouth basis. Technology has also had a big influence on how sports are watched today. Television has upgraded dramtically over the past few years with high definition television and plasma tvs. If you watch the Super Bowl this weekend you will see all the technology that is put into the game so it is viewed at the best quality possible.

Introduction

My name is Preston Straub. I'm a junior at Slippery Rock University. I transfered here from Shippensburg University in the spring of '07. I'm a Physical Education major here at Slippery Rock. I'm a huge Pittsburgh fan in every sport. I love to lift and work out all the time. That is my main hobby other than watching sports on TV.