FOOTBALL Standards

This standard specification establishes performance requirements for the recertification of football helmets.

This standard specification establishes performance requirements for new football helmets as supplied by manufacturers.

This procedural guide establishes recommended practices for the certification of football helmets.

This procedural guide establishes recommended practices for the recertification of football helmets.

This standard establishes methods of testing and performance requirements for new football faceguards as supplied by manufacturers.

This standard specification establishes performance requirements for the recertification of football faceguards.

This standard test method describes laboratory equipment and basic requirements pertinent to testing headgear/equipment. Deviations, additions, or both, to this test method will be specified as required in the appropriate NOCSAE standard performance specifications.

This procedural guide establishes some basic principles and benchmarks that can be used to evaluate QA/QC practices for sampling and product assessment for the purpose of determining compliance to NOCSAE standards.

This standard test method and specification describes laboratory equipment, test methods and performance requirements pertinent to corrosion testing metallic hardware.

This standard test method describes laboratory equipment and basic requirements pertinent to pneumatic ram testing of protective headgear with face guards. The concept of the pneumatic ram is to deliver an impact to a helmeted, instrumented, headform on a Hybrid III neck that is free to move post impact. This test method has been designed to subject the headgear to both centric and non-centric impacts while capturing both linear and rotational acceleration. It is believed that compliance with this test method will lead to improved headgear performance. Deviations to this test method will be specified in individual standard performance specifications.

This procedural guide establishes recommended practices for calibrating equipment used in NOCSAE testing.

This proposed new standard specification may establish a performance requirement for new youth football helmets as supplied by manufacturers.

This standard specification establishes performance requirements for the friction and adhesion properties of new football player’s hand coverings (gloves, hand pads, etc.) as supplied by manufacturers. This standard test method and performance specification is specifically created to limit the level of stick/tackiness of hand coverings to limit the potential aid these devices may have in handling/catching the ball.

This procedural guide establishes recommended practices for the certification of football players’ hand coverings such as gloves and hand pads.

This operation and troubleshooting guide address potential problems that may be encountered while utilizing NOCSAE Drop Test equipment.