DaHuCo Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 Does anyone know if this headgear is approved by IHSAA ? Our coach is getting the run around from a few different people that should be able to give an answer. The Zebra 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paycheck141 Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 Wow that"s new never seen that before The Zebra 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesster125 Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 I believe that would be a question for Robert Faulkens, and I would forward the picture with the email. rfaulkens@ihsaa.org Let us know what he says. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaHuCo Posted November 18, 2020 Author Share Posted November 18, 2020 We have contacted mr. Faulkner and a head referee. They said to check with NFHS. NFHS said it’s a local interpretation. So that’s were we stand as of now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbarnett Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 That would indeed be a question that could only be answered by Mr. Faulkens, as he is the "local interpretation" that you would be looking for. Any IHSAA official that answers that would be speaking out of turn Jcjcjc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorWrestling Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 (edited) What is the purpose of that headgear? Edited November 18, 2020 by doctorWrestling add a word Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaHuCo Posted November 18, 2020 Author Share Posted November 18, 2020 More protection than standard headgear. Trying our best to help prevent another concussion. Would like to use for practices and competition. He has used the LDR headgear and he did not like it last year. Since our dogs chewed the LDR headgear up , we are trying to get something new. Any other suggestions for a more protective headgear is welcome also. IU89 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattM Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 (edited) I believe someone asked about this type of headgear a year or two ago on a national board. I believe the word at the time was it was too new in terms of its wrestling implementations and thus no one had really investigated it enough to see if it meet some type of actual wrestling safety criteria. Nor had their been enough data to show its effectiveness for wrestling purposes. Not sure what that actually would be or who would have to approve it, but I’d say you would get more luck at the state level if some type of national group had already given it a thumbs up. I haven’t seen anything sense though. Have you tried contacting the company to see if they have received any type of approval from a national or state association connected specifically with wrestling. . Edited November 18, 2020 by MattM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaHuCo Posted November 18, 2020 Author Share Posted November 18, 2020 Their website says approved by NCAA and NHFS. It has a link to the certification but not sure exactly what the link is. Looks more like specs and test results than an actual certificate. See link https://batstoi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/SOCIETEBATSTOI_06-18-0952_180626105841.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaHuCo Posted November 18, 2020 Author Share Posted November 18, 2020 Their website says approved by NCAA and NHFS. It has a link to the certification but not sure exactly what the link is. Looks more like specs and test results than an actual certificate. See link https://batstoi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/SOCIETEBATSTOI_06-18-0952_180626105841.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Time Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 Looks like it would offer the wearer good protection, but also looks like you could really punish your opponent's face with the top of that thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Cooper Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 We have one in our room, a kid wears it everyday. It absolutely poses no risk to the opponent’s face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattM Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 (edited) 10 hours ago, Chris Cooper said:It absolutely poses no risk to the opponent’s face. The headgear or your wrestler. Edited November 19, 2020 by MattM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattM Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 10 hours ago, Chris Cooper said: It absolutely poses no risk to the opponent’s face. The headgear or the wrestler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttler73 Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 We have two of these Bats-toi head gears. They are to prevent concussions and cauliflower ear. Looks like NFHS approved them in late 2016. We are looking to use this in a meet. Who should we get a definite confirmation from. Mario Mecado former D-I wrestler Invention. I have spoke to him several times over the past few months he said they were approved by NFHS but I want to here it from someone in INDIANA. It seems like it is compliant with Article 4 of the uniform https://www.nfhs.org/sports-resource-content/wrestling-uniform-rules/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Cooper Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 It’s legal, he can use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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