student athletes, 1 out of 5 high school athletes will get a concussion during their sports season (“Sports Concussion Statistics”). Throughout my years of high school, I have always been told that I just need to be wrapped in bubble wrap. I have had several injuries from volleyball whether it is my hands, ribs, back, knees, or ankles. Normally I do not completely listen to the doctor’s advice, but now I do. Last year at the Versailles volleyball tournament, I got a concussion. After such a horrifying
Today, we hear a lot about the downsides of sports: the injuries, scams, academic stress, and drugs, but it is important to realize that only a small amount of athletes actually get involved with this. Playing sports is a healthy way to grow up and to become a successful person. While athletes may encounter the negative side of sports, those are the experiences they can grow from. Playing sports give athletes a chance to experience different types of pressure and make choices that will determine
Concussions and Football Helmets Football is one of America’s most watched and played sports. On Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays families across the nation watch as high school, college, and professional athletes compete against one another. What a lot of people do not know is that football is America’s most dangerous sport. It is very rare to watch a game not have it be stopped for some sort of injury. One of the most common and dangerous injuries is a concussion. Most people do not think twice about
Youth Football: Kids and Sports Injuries Competition in youth sports is getting bigger and bigger, but injuries and other negative effects of sports cause some parents to reconsider signing their children up for sports. Sports like soccer and football expose kids to injuries more than any other sport due to physical contact in both sports. Children develop interest in these sports and to make them happy, parents enroll their children into teams at an early age. There are many concerned parents that
Have you ever thought about how an concussion can change you live? Or how it affects the sports you love to play. Concussions are probably one of the biggest injuries that you can get from doing a sport,you can get a concussion by hitting you head hard against something. Some concussions are miner, but some can impact and change a person's life if not handled correctly. In this essay i’m gonna be talking about how concussions can affect all of those things. The likely rate is different between
being taught on how to avoid injury, and laws and rules are being changed to prevent concussions from occurring. Players and coaches are more educated than ever before about the risk and how to prevent concussions. Coaches are teaching ways to make the game more safe to avoid injury, "The coaches have been told to tell the players to use their shoulders instead of their heads." This reduces the chance of concussions and other brain injuries significantly. It's not that football is dangerous, it is
Emiliano Martinez Coach White 3A 13 February 2018 Concussions in Professional Sports: Head injuries and concussions have always played a role in all sports ever since the sports world came into existence. Concussions have played a huge impact in the world of football especially since it has more physical contact than all sports. Besides football, the closest sport to come with more contact besides football is hockey. It's safe to say that concussions and head injuries in general are not rare anymore
when it comes to school sports and that they shouldn’t be offered to students. School sports come with a lot of risks, such as injuries, like concussions, the overall pressure and the fact that it’s very time consuming. Sports and schools have a high chance of affecting student athletes poorly, therefore, we think that school sports teams should be disbanded. The first reason that you should get rid of school sports is the health risks that playing can impose. The rate of concussions for people age
Discuss the Importance of Correctly Attending to Concussion Injuries in Sport Ian Harry University of Notre Dame Australia Abstract The purpose of this essay is to identify what concussion is and to explore the importance of appropriate interventions and approaches when dealing with concussion injuries affecting athletes. both male and female were researched in a broad range of age groups, alone with participants in sports. To examine the evidence-based, online surveys, Interviews and systems
should be more rules around concussions in sports. Repetitive brain trauma or CTE (Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy) is continual blows to the head. It is when the protein in the brain becomes toxic to itself because of the repeated blows to the head. Many kids who play sports can take 7,000 hits to the head from age 6 through high school. About 300,000 sports-related concussions are diagnosed each year. Concussions can cause memory loss and lifelong pain. "A concussion can occur after a hard hit