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Virginia Tech Gives VICIS ZERO1 Helmet Top Ranking

Chiefs QB Alex Smith hits the bottom sporting his VICIS helmet throughout a recreation towards the Dolphins on Dec. 24, 2017. (Photograph by Jamie Squire/Getty Pictures) For the second time in 15 days, the VICIS ZERO1 soccer helmet is being lauded because the most secure round. On Might 1, the Virginia Tech Helmet Lab awarded 5 stars for VICIS’ 2018 ZERO1. The helmet beat out sixteen different rivals. The aim of VT’s analysis, which has been ongoing since 2011, is to determine which helmets scale back the danger of head accidents most successfully. The testing course of includes hitting helmets with a weight swung on a pendulum arm and makes an attempt to repeat the trajectory and severity of an in-game influence. Sensors positioned on dummies’ heads report linear and rotational impacts to supply an general ‘star’ score. “Virginia Tech supplies goal, scientifically rigorous scores that assist mother and father, coaches, faculties and gamers

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VICIS Begins Making ZERO1 Helmet Available To High School Players

Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson, who started sporting the VICIS ZERO1 helmet this yr, has invested within the firm. (Photograph by Steve Dykes/Getty Photographs) VICIS is now making its prime-rated Zero1 helmet extensively obtainable to highschool gamers for the 2018 season via a newly opened on-line market. The Zero1, which a joint NFL/NFLPA research deemed greatest for decreasing head-impression severity, made its debut on NFL fields earlier this yr, with excessive-profile gamers corresponding to Kansas Metropolis Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith and Seattle Seahawks teammates, quarterback Russell Wilson and broad receiver Doug Baldwin, among the many early adopters. In all, greater than half of the NFL groups and 20 school groups have gamers sporting a VICIS helmet. “Although we began with NFL and NCAA gamers, our aim has all the time been to guard gamers of all ages,” Dave Marver, VICIS CEO and co-founder, stated in a press launch. “We’ve launched our on-line retailer t

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