Are Sports Safe?
by Brandon
Does your child play a sport? Has he or she ever been hurt? are sports safe? are sports getting more dangerous are safe? you should do some critical thinking before letting your child play a sports. Playing sports can be dangerous for your child.
Two teams of five players each try to score by shooting a ball through a hoop elevated 10 feet above the ground. That's the sport of basketball seems easy and save right? 1.6 million injuries are associated with basketball each year including : knee and ankle injuries Head concussion broken wrists ,and Achilles tendonitis
six players on ice trying to score the puck in the goal. seems safe but it's very dangerous hockey is this sport. more than 5,000 Canadians get seriously injured .injuries are serious injuries like broken teeth, concussions, broken bones, dislocations, and spine or spinal cord injuries just to score a goal? would you want your child missing teeth?
Football is a 11-man team trying to score and defend the other team from scoring seven points. seems simple but its a full contact sport on average twelve high school and college players die each year. injures are critical spine and brain issue happen often
Two teams of nine players who take turns batting and fielding. That's the sport of baseball 627,000 baseball injuries occur each year baseball isn't really a dangerous sport but stuff happens that can cause you to injury your elbow and shoulder
a contact game played by ten players: a goalkeeper, three defensemen, three midfielders and three attack men. The object of the game is to shoot the ball into the opponent's goal. That's lacrosse lacrosse is a dangerous sport Concussions Rib Fractures Bruises Sprains and Strains happen .19 deaths in high school and college lacrosse players had sudden-death events between 1980 and 2008.
5v5 teams kicking a ball trying to score. that's the sport of soccer. 22 percent of soccer players get hurt. Sprains and strains Shin splints are the most common injuries in soccer .
a Combat sport in which two people engage in a contest of strength, speed, reflexes, endurance, and will, by throwing punches usually with gloved hands against each other. its a violent sport hand ,eye bruises fractures concussions happen often. 16.4 deaths happen a year
In volleyball, there are six people on the court at one time for each team. Usually three people are in the front row, and three are in the back row. trying to hit the ball over the net to win. 460,000 high school students get hurt a year. knee injuries or common in this sport.
A course of an 80-minute match, two sides of 15 players and six substitutes, officiated by a referee and two touch judges, try to outscore each other. The game lasts for two 40-minute halves on a grass pitch with an H-shaped goal post at each end. that's rugby rugby is like football without pads. thier is a rate of 218 injuries per year. 25% of neck injuries occurs and 1 in 4 rugby players will be injured during the season.
Sports injuries are prominent in all athletics. Many children get hurt playing sports. parents should think before putting their in any sports. Sports can be a danger to any child to participates in them.