VN helmet for coaching?

[jgold47 12]

I’ve been coaching in an old HT2 because of the fit and look.  Recently we had a coach get his legs taken out from behind and fell pretty hard and cracked his head.  Thankfully he was wearing a decent helmet and seems to be ok.  
 

spooked me enough to decide to replace all my helmets (player and coach) with newer ones since all of mine are probably 7-10 years old.  

my question specifically for coaching is if I’m only really concerned about a similar scenario - falling and hitting my head and more specifically falling backwards, are VN helmets a good option compare to EPP?  
 

 

[Buzz_LightBeer 969]

For the one time fluke fall as you’ve described, I’d say any helmet in decent shape should suffice as long as the fit is correct. 
mid you want a modern upgrade I’d check out the Tacks 210 and 310

[clarkiestooth 235]

For the situation you mentioned, any certified helmet is fine (I use a CCM 310). You should be equally concerned with elbow protection. I wear these G-Form elbows made with D30 or similar. They are actually for downhill mountainbiking, but are lightweight and you don't even know they're there:   G-Form Elbow Pads G-Form Elbow Guards | G-Form

[SirJW 207]

You could re-foam the helmet. 

 

[caveman27 208]

On 10/23/2021 at 8:18 PM, jgold47 said:

I’ve been coaching in an old HT2 because of the fit and look.  Recently we had a coach get his legs taken out from behind and fell pretty hard and cracked his head.  Thankfully he was wearing a decent helmet and seems to be ok.  
 

spooked me enough to decide to replace all my helmets (player and coach) with newer ones since all of mine are probably 7-10 years old.  

my question specifically for coaching is if I’m only really concerned about a similar scenario - falling and hitting my head and more specifically falling backwards, are VN helmets a good option compare to EPP?  
 

Either is okay, as they are both tested.

My last fall where I hit the ice, my helmet had EPP foam, CCM Fitlite. I hit the back of my helmet pretty hard and didn't play the rest of a game. The helmet has a dial thing to adjust the fit. I like it as I can adjust the fit depending on how long my hair is.