As a football fan and prior service paratrooper I highly appreciate this video. Also an ACH helmet saved my life in Iraq. Helmets are awesome.

As a non American fan of the sport, when i first got introduced to American Football i saw the Rams' helmet design and i somehow immediately fell in love with the team, now knowing the story behind the design is cool to me

Antonio brown has instant insanity

Entertaining and informative, I'd love to see more videos like this! Design fascinates me, the history of the football helmet is something I knew very little about but it has a much deeper history than I could have imagined!

It’s so crazy looking at the history and seeing where the name ridell came from and how the rams got their helmets and all that

This video made Antonio Brown cry

Really enjoyed the video, despite being from across the pond, completely ignorant about and utterly indifferent to football. A good indicator of how good your content is.

Pants are coming off for this one

Yo Otto Graham is the GOAT, getting hit like that in the face and winning 10 Championships sheesh

If only the browns playing was as good as their inventions.

This video engaged me so much and I was so surprised how interested I was (not that your videos are ever bad or boring). It managed to hit your high quality and I've learnt so much being from England and not knowing much about football. I really enjoyed it and thanks again! I can't wait to see the next topic you chose to talk about

Protective equipment is a huge paradox. They usually protect against a specific injury, but end up causing a rise in a different injury. Watch an old football game when players didn't wear the huge and highly protective equipment they wear today, they simply didn't run at each other nearly as hard as they do now. The equipment gives a sense of security which gives a player the feeling of invincibility, and they will push themselves into riskier behavior on field.

I've always had a huge fascination for American Football helmets, especially after I played Quake! It's very clear how much influence these designs had on the protagonist's helmet, and even more so in the series' latest game (which has a full, optional football outfit for the protagonist), and I really like how they look without the face bars. Very good video overall, anyways! Time to binge watch the whole channel.

I have a request *The Evolution Of The Football Itself* Awesome video!!

a simple way of fixing this is not to use your helmet as a weapon

this is it chief

Thank you I was actually really curious about all of this.

Excellent Job!!!! Your video was not only entertaining, but highly informative. Thanks for uploading this.

As a kid in the 70's and 80's I intrigued by the face masks. I loved the offensive and defensive line's full face cages. I liked Herschel Walker and Emit Smith's as well. Awesome vid keep the facts coming...

Riddell Schutt (Shoot) 🤣😂

Always such great insights. Thanks so much for the unique content, always look forward to your videos. Your one on Monet is my favourite so far!

“Okay, but how should we protect protect their heads?” “Hmm... how about a thin layer of leather?”

Well done video!

Just got my football helmet for this football season in 8th grade and I cant wait for this season

This is a really interesting, random video. Keep it up ETE!

I really enjoyed this video. Well done

I’m from 2022 and riddell has introduced a new line of helmets called axiom. It’s an upgraded version of the speedflex and features wider slits on the shell of the helmet and it gets rid of the 2 bars on either both of the eye slot; giving the player a panoramic view.

At 1:16 there's an aisan guy playing football in a leather head. You'll be surprised what you find in old photos.

It doesn't matter how much you engineer the helmet. The brain is a gelatinous material that wants to stay in motion when your head is stopped suddenly. Which means that it is being squished up against the inside the skull every time the player's motion is being suddenly arrested. This is what causes CTE and no matter how well you make the helmet you cannot change the way the brain moves around inside the skull.

Our high school just got the 2019 vicis helmets they are amazing

I never would have thought the history of the evolution of football helmet designs would make for an interesting video, but Entertain the Elk had me engrossed. Excellent video, mate.

That was a solid video and a fun watch.

Please do more videos like this!

Ya know, I was complaining about the new helmets because I did not like all of the contours. Knowing now that they provide extra protection for the players, I'll shut up now. This is a great video!

this was so fun to wach u r the best youtuber ever u r also really smart and nice

I used the Vicis helmet this past season and I have to say, it is the best helmet I have ever tried in my life. I’ve tried the Riddell Speedflex, Schutt VTD2, and the Riddell Speed all throughout my high school career and nothing can beat vicis. I don’t feel anything when behind hit in the head. While new experience.

Man, Antlertain this was a very interesting video, funny to see what the helmets we wear now used to look like

The increase in concussions is the evolution of man. Athletes are bigger stronger and faster of that in the 1920s. It's palpable that new helmets won't prevent a 275 pound athlete running at 20 mph from giving you a concussion.

This was great. Thank you for making it

1:14 nfl should bring back that style helmets and all

The problem is they’ve made the helmets nearly perfect for protecting the outside of the head. Concussions happen on the inside of your head and it’s hard to figure out a way to stop an impact on the inside of the head externally

Great video !!(as always) Waiting for South Park (TDD series)

Why is this my favorite video on KZfaq

Very informative! thanks!

Our high school got a deal with vicis so we get them at a discount. They feel incredibly nice from what I’ve heard.

Helmets back then: Barbaric Helmets now: Mega Giga Barbaric

Great video! I didn’t realize that the Rams were the first team to decorate their helmet. Very cool

I love everything youre doing... Please keep it going!

You've earned yourself one more subscriber.

Sick video

Wow man ur really informed I love your vids man

1:12 also helped the basic design of the water polo cap

The real question is, when that coach introduced plastic hard helmets in highschool, how much more dominant was that hs team over all the other teams wearing leather? That had to be a huge advantage lol

in recommended right when antonio brown is mad about his helmet

Wow, different from your usual content but I liked it!

Helments really came a long way.

I was like “man, I want to watch this video but it’s probably gonna be boring at 8 minutes” WRONG! great video

Nfl: Hey! Wear these leather hats, their totally safe! Player: damn right! I’ll take one! *CONCUSSION* *LATER* Nfl: Hey! Wear these helmets, their also totally safe Players: really? Nfl: yes Players: Ok, I’ll take one! *CONCUSSION*

I appreciate this video a lot, I did my final project on this my Junior year in high school and I researched for hours, to find very little, I wish I had this

Good stuff. Great job

Yes the modern helmets make players hit harder, it’s something that we just do, it’s like instinct. I’ve had 11 concussions and had the best of the best helmet.

Instant insanity sounds like modern CTE and what it does to players today.

This was a really cool video!

Always thought this was just a TV/ Movie channel. This ain't too bad

Its probably done more harm than good. You cant go across the body, face to the ball without helmets. Those hits dont happen in rugby and they dont do head to head either, generally.

Very hard to solve this issue, you see it happens when the brain bounces around inside the skull, a helmet may not protect you fully from that, if it does than wow that’s amazing

Great video

Love this video

I don’t know how I played offense and defense linemen for 6 years without a single injury.

Wow its amazing from a leather hat to the helmets used these days

This is good stuff Thanks

Why is this my fav video on KZfaq

Not making fun or criticizing just helping out, it’s pronounced “shut” not “Shoot”

Antonio brown about to play with a leather helmet

Loved the video and the intro hah keep up the goog work man ☺

Great essay, congrats.

To me the argument that football helmets increase the risk of nfl players ignores the economic incentives of playing the game. The basic argument is helmets make players feel safer so they launch into their opponents with reckless abandon and if they didn't wear helmets they would be more careful. This totally ignores the economic incentives present in the nfl. Imagine you are a 195 lb cornerback. Imagine you have marginal skills (by nfl standards). You don't have a guaranteed contract, but are making 2 million per year. You didn't finish college and have no other method of making anywhere close to this amount. You told your mother to quit her job as a maid and bought your mom her first house. You are still making mortgage payments on it and your own house. You are funding your younger siblings through school and have financed the business venture of a beloved uncle. You need to stay in the league for a few more years to lift all of your extended family out of generations of poverty. A 230 lb running back has broken out into the open field towards you. You have no chance of form tackling this man. If you don't stop him you will give up a touchdown lose this game and probably ensure your team loses its division. The only chance you have is to dive at the RBs legs. You do so because you fear being cut from the team for not being able to tackle. You dive and his knee goes into your skull. If you have a helmet the damage is much less. If you don't wear a helmet you still need to make this tackle for your livelihood.

Ok I watched the video KZfaq! Are you happy now?!

This was surprisingly good.

Oh so this is how I found your channel, funny stuff

Pretty soon helmets are gonna have a shield to protective whole player and the power to levitate.

Good video. Helmets definitely need to evolve some more before football dies. As much as I love the game, the players are literally slow-killing themselves on the field.

Could you do this with shoulder pads? Or even pant pads? Just a brief history of them.

Hell even with today's helmets and only in high school i had hits where I would momentarily go into a daze especially when I would pull for a block. I fear cte but miss playing with my brother's more than anything I loved it

Improved helmets enable bigger more concussive hits. They don't prevent injury.

Well I got a concussion when I was in high school and it’s bull shit I was in practice!

Excellent!

Wonderful history.

Someone send this to Antonio Brown

not relevant but it' hard to believe NHL goalies played without masks at one time *that's pure insanity*

i don’t even watch sports but this video was fun to watch AND informative

Nice video

1- Like 2- Watch the video

The great Tommy McDonald..... the very last pro football player to play without a facemask...1968.🏈

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Worth noting, US WWII tanker helmets were made by Rawlings and were heavilly based on their current model helmet (with bigger holes on top and headphones built into the ear pieces).

Most memes in the comments: we all use Helmets to protect our heads while Myles garret uses it to hit mason roudolph on the head. AnToNiO bRoWn HaS InSaNe InTeNsItY

Leather helmets were so popular that they made them into real life

I love that i searched this and i got exactly the answer i was looking for

Concussion recognition is still important even if they are not prevented as it is concussions going untreated that most often cause ctt