Soccer goal, guide for safe use
Physical activity is necessary for multiple reasons. But this obligation does not prevent you from having fun who practices it. There are many ways to have fun while exercising: walking the dog, walking with the family, skating, or playing a sport as admired as football.
Provided it is healthy, a football competition is well received for have fun and have a good time. In fact there are A lot of products in the market that allow practicing this sport at home, as in the case of goals. However, these items require great vigilance and attention to ensure total security for the duration of the game.
The danger of football goals for children
Not paying attention when buying a soccer goal for home can be expensive. Each year there are around 7000 injuries related to these items throughout the European Union. The majority of it cranial injuries or blows to the neck and back because this object was unlocked and fell on top of a child who practiced sports nearby.
To ensure that the children in our care do not suffer any of these accidents, we must ensure their safety from the time of purchase. At the time of acquiring a soccer goal for home you have to watch out because it complies with the regulations EN 748 which indicates that this product complies with the laws stipulated by the European Union for these articles.
Regarding the models of goal that are recommended, the Spanish Association of Pediatrics, AEP, recommends the following:
- Porteries that employ Counterweight technique widening its arc, in order to load more weight on the back of it and move the main load away from the front poles-
- Goals with light materials on the front poles and for the crossbar and heavier for the rear bar and the frame. Thus, much force will be required to overcome the goal forward.
- Lodges with a heavy back frame that can be folded when not used, making it harder for the goal to tip over.
How to use football goals safely
Not only you have to ensure safety when purchasing a football goal. You also have to take into account a series of notions when purchasing one of these items:
- Follow the manufacturer's instructions for assembly, installation, storage and maintenance. Each model requires different things that must be fulfilled.
- Anchor always securely the portable goals.
- You must never climb by the net or hanging in the frame of the goal.
- Make clear the safety rules to the children before starting the game.
- Before a game you have to make sure that the goal is properly anchored and that the framework and that the fixations of the network do not show any sign of deterioration.
- Check all assembly parts and replace immediately those that are missing or that are deteriorated.
- Make sure that the safety stickers are perfectly visible.
- The transport of the goal must always be carried out adult to prevent minors from suffering an accident due to the weight load.
- Remember that the goal is a place where goals are scored, not an element with which play climbing and otherwise.
Damián Montero
