As the FIFA World Cup gets underway this week, a Toronto family is pushing to ban youth soccer heading following their late fathers CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy) diagnosis.

The family says repeated head contact with the ball, shoulder or head over his lifetime of playing soccer led to repeated brain injuries which was later confirmed to be CTE following his death. They want to prevent early head injuries by banning this skill.

Dr. Kristian Goulet is a physician and head of CHEO's Concussion Clinic. He tells Ottawa at Work the impacts of heading, what we know about CTE and if the move should be removed from youth leagues.

As the FIFA World Cup gets underway this week, a Toronto family is pushing to ban youth soccer heading following their late fathers CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy) diagnosis.
The family says repeated head contact with the ball, shoulder or head over his lifetime of playing soccer led to repeated brain injuries which was later confirmed to be CTE following his death. They want to prevent early head injuries by banning this skill.
Dr. Kristian Goulet is a physician and head of CHEO's Concussion Clinic. He tells Ottawa at Work the impacts of heading, what we know about CTE and if the move should be removed from youth leagues.