A SHOCK campaign to emphasise the dangers of players ducking the head to draw a free kick will be discussed at an AFL summit next week.
It was raised at a recent Laws of the Game committee meeting on the basis of the urgency to dissuade players from using the tactic.
There was even a suggestion that vision of Carlton defender Simon White's near catastrophic neck injury in late July be included in the AFL's official DVD video guidelines for the 2014 season.
White wore a brace from neck to waist for eight weeks after suffering a fractured vertebrae in a tackle while playing for VFL affiliate Northern Blues. He was ruled out for the rest of the season, but should be ready to start preparations for 2014.
Players deliberately drawing head-high contact is one of five specific rule interpretations to be presented to AFL coaches at the pre-draft summit on the Gold Coast on Wednesday week.
The other key topics to be discussed at the meeting, also attended by senior umpires, umpires officials and Laws of the Game committee members, are marking and ruck contests, disposal in tackling and the protected area around the player with the ball.