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New NOCSAE, NAERA Video Addresses Sports Equipment Reconditioning and Recertification
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (January, 2021) ― In December 2020, NOCSAE’s executive director Mike Oliver visited with Bob Fawley, president of the National Equipment Reconditioning Association (NAERA), and Tony Beam, executive director of NAERA, for a webcast discussing sports equipment reconditioning and recertification. The video, which can be found here, addresses questions about the sports equipment […]
Read MoreNOCSAE’s Winter Standards Committee to Meet January 29, 2021
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (December, 2020) ― NOCSAE’s Winter Standards Committee Meeting will be held virtually on January 29, 2021 to cover research findings from the NOCSAE Scientific Advisory Committee, as well as discuss various existing and potential standards. All attendees must register in advance via this link. A vote will be held on whether the […]
Read MoreNOCSAE’s Winter Standards Committee Meeting to Be Held Virtually
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (November 2020) ― Amid concerns regarding COVID-19 and its continued spread, the decision was made to move NOCSAE’s Winter Standards Committee Meeting to a virtual event, scheduled to take place this year on Jan. 29, 2021. Interested parties will be able to revisit www.nocsae.org and https://nocsae.org/meetings/ later this winter to register and […]
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NOCSAE is an independent and nonprofit standards development body with the sole mission to enhance athletic safety through scientific research and the creation of performance standards for athletic equipment.
NOCSAE Board Updates

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (August 5, 2020) – The announcement was made at the NOCSAE Summer Board meeting on Friday, July 24, 2020, that Will Rodecap has been appointed by the Athletic Equipment Managers Association (AEMA) to serve on the NOCSAE Board of Directors as a (consumer/user) voting member. Rodecap, who is the head athletic equipment […]
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