As the UK’s leading concussion in sport charity, Love of the Game (LOTG) is celebrating today as the government announces new internationally recognised guidelines to reduce the risks from concussions in grassroots sport. Spearheaded by Love of the Game Chairman, Laurence Geller CBE, the government’s Independent Ministerial Adviser on Concussion in Sport, the guidelines have…
Experts from across the world of sports science and medicine will convene in Bath today (Monday 27 March) for the first-ever meeting of a brand-new concussion prevention network. The UK Concussion Prevention Network aims to significantly reduce concussions within youth and community sport. Led by academics from the Edinburgh – Bath International Olympic Committee Research Centre,…
Grassroots rugby and netball teams in London came together today to learn about the guidelines from Love of the Game. The campaign launched as Simon Shaw joined grassroots rugby players in South London for a training session. It follows on from LOTG’s close involvement in developing the first concussion guidelines for grassroots sports with DCMS. …
Love of the Game (LOTG), the UK’s leading concussion in sport campaign group, announces its support for the launch of a two-year trial of the Head Injury Management Tool within the SportSmart app. Developed by Podium Analytics in conjunction with LOTG, the Tool is a centralised digital system to record and manage instances of head…
Love of the Game’s mission is to protect our players and protect our sports. Concussions will continue in many sports and Love of the Game will always raise awareness of existing solutions and opportunities for the management of concussion injuries while constantly promoting the development, trial and roll out of innovative solutions to minimize consequences of concussion injuries while reducing safe…
Love of the Game Founder & Chair Laurence Geller was recently invited to take part in an important Parliamentary roundtable on concussion in sports. Hosted by Chris Bryant MP, Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Acquired Brain Injuries, the session brought together leading industry stakeholders and parliamentarians to coordinate research, policy, and guidelines. Laurence,…
Love of the Game Founder & Chair Laurence Geller was recently invited to take part in an important Parliamentary roundtable on concussion in sports. Hosted by Chris Bryant MP, Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Acquired Brain Injuries, the session brought together leading industry stakeholders and parliamentarians to coordinate research, policy, and guidelines. Laurence,…
Simon Shaw and Sally Pettipher on LOTG’s tech trials “We want our children to be able to play” Simon Shaw MBE, President, Love of the Game On May 2nd 2022, on the back of the BBC News report on the Love of the Game WAVi scanner trials, President Simon Shaw and Co-Founder Sally Pettipher were…
WAVi kit filmed pre-trial “Pitch-side brain scans aim to make sports safer” BBC News Headline 02 May 2022 On May 2nd 2022, Love of the Game demonstrated how the WAVi brain scanner might be a valuable diagnostic aid for concussion severity. LOTG is funding UK Trials which will be run at three rugby clubs, one…
