Is Playing Contact Sports Worth the Risk? For many years, people believed contact sports were too risky, but truthfully, there is loads of evidence that proves that statement wrong. Nowadays, there are many mental benefits to playing contact sports. Contact sports can also help protect players in a lot of ways. Let's see the amazing mental benefits of playing contact sports. To start off, playing contact sports is worth the risk because of the plentiful mental benefits, including boosting self-esteem and resilience. Self-esteem is one of the health benefits of playing contact sports because if a player goes from rarely scoring to rarely missing a shot, then that can help their ego. Or if a lacrosse player can't catch a ball, then he can; that …show more content…
If a teen gets a failed assignment back, they will probably get very upset and want to give up. That's because they don't have resilience. When you play a contact sport like football or lacrosse, obviously there will be many losses and wins. In paragraph 13 of the article The Pros and Cons of Youth Sports Aren't Only Physical, it says, “It's good for kids to learn how to both win and lose.” So whether it's teaching self-esteem or the attitude of hard work, contact sports have a place in youth sports. Next-contact sports are worth the risk because of how clearly they protect by teaching proper ways to tackle and protect people from childhood trauma. One of the major concerns in contact sports is tackling mistakes. There are a ton of training camps for football. In the article Heads Up Football Program Flourishing, in paragraph 1, it states, “Florida made a tackling program to teach kids how to tackle properly.” They did this so future football players could tackle
“Contact sports” are they worth the risk? YES! Now most people would call you dumb if you said there was no risk in contact sports, but that's no reason to not allow kids to play them. If someone came up to me and asked me “Would you let your kid play football” , i would wholeheartedly say yes.
For example, “The N.F.L., which long denied that there was any link between the game and brain damage, has in recent years been promoting what it considers safer tackling techniques aimed at reducing head-to-head collisions” (Larned, CNN). This is important because it helps you understand the action being taken to reduce head to head contact in effort to reduce concussions in football at all ages. This shows that the more we study tackles and new techniques, the more we are able to take concussions out of football. In addition, Victoria Larned wrote, “It suggests that participants weigh potential health risks against the recreation benefits of proper tackling.” This shows that, in fact, many people are aware of the benefits gained by proper tackling technique. If kids are introduced to proper tackling techniques, the game of football becomes safer for both the tackler and the ball carrier. Teaching kids proper tackling will help reduce the amount of head and neck injuries in
Athletes in times of difficulty can be important role models.” This shows that sports are in fact helpful because they can grow children into being important role models for the rest of society. Studies have shown time and time again that playing sports can be beneficial to children and we also believe this to be true. Many people still think that sports cause “too many injuries”, or coaches “are not fair enough”, but adolescents will experience these things all throughout their lives because injury can happen anywhere and they will not always be the best at what they are doing. Sports are beneficial to the youth because they can teach children and teens important life skills, help them maintain a fit and healthy lifestyle, all while improving their mental health.
After watching the film Big Hits, Broken Dreams and hearing all the great points that Dr. Sanjay Gupta made I am truly astonished by the things I have seen and heard. As every high school and college athlete knows, there are many great benefits to playing all sports. Whether you are looking for a “full ride” to college, or even a career in the professional league, there are many excellently successful roads for an athlete. With that said, I still believe safety comes first. No matter how much money can be put into something, it wont matter if your dead in the end. There are so many possible chances of getting an injury whether it may be temporary or permanent. Many sport injuries, especially those of football can be deadly. Using an example from the film, Jaquan was just a 16 year old boy with dreams of playing football forever. He was a great athlete, and seemed to have always known what he was doing. The difference here is that Jaquan was not in the control of his own injury. He hadn’t been seen by a doctor the first time, and if he had he may have been saved from dying the next time. On the other hand, the other young man featured in this film named Gray was uninformed of the damage he already had to his brain before his collision, and if his family did know about it I’m sure he wouldn’t have still been playing. Therefore, I strongly believe that athletic risks outweigh the benefits that athletes will get from playing sports in the first place.
Six seconds left on the clock. The player is coming in hard for the shot as the other team quickly gains on them. Four seconds to go. The other team has caught up. Two seconds left. The player is shoved down on to their knees as their golden opportunity for the winning shot slips away. Time is up. The crowd springs to their feet as the buzzer wails, yet the player does not move. The player cannot move.
6). In lacrosse, girl players are not required to wear protective helmets because there are many rules that make dangerous plays illegal in that sport. Wearing a helmet when playing sports decreases the risk of injury but does not completely diminish it. Players believe that they have adequate protection to engage in riskier behavior on the field and this is called risk compensation. Helmets contribute to this cause because players believe that the helmet will save them from all injuries that they can sustain during the time they play. In order to change and improve the safety of athletes, people need to look at the sport from many different perspectives. Both the authors agree that sports helmets do not reduce the risk of injury as much as previously believed, and may cause injuries because of risk
The only difference between the past and present of contact sports is the safety. “In the following viewpoint, the authors discuss youth contact sports and the risks of concussions, arguing that the benefits of youth sports outweigh the injury risks. They examine the health risks associated with football and compare those risks to the benefits of playing, both for children in youth football programs and professional football players. Maroon and
The Health Benefits of Youth Contact Sports Outweigh the Risks." Gale Opposing Viewpoints Online Collection, Gale, 2024. Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints, link.gale.com/apps/doc/EEAYEC052799645/OVIC?u=lom_accessmich&sid=bookmark-OVIC&xid=0ba42e95. Accessed 25 Feb. 2024. Originally published as "Weighing the childhood risks of contact sports," Washington Times, 29 Jan. 2015.
Contact sports in America, like football and boxing, carry a rich history of the spirit of the game, and the feeling of victory. These games bring us together as we cry out and cheer for our team or fighter as they deliver the winning touchdown, or the knockout that brings them the undisputed champion belt. However, these players are facing injuries that can destroy their career and affect their brain for the rest of their lives. We shouldn’t outlaw contact sports, but we should force safety to become more important. If we want to keep our players safe and continue the tradition of the contact sports we enjoy as a country, then we must evolve our safety in sports, and change the way we view contact sports as a country.
youth sports [were] the one haven for good sportsmanship," says Darrell Burnett, a clinical child psychologist and youth sports psychologist. "Not anymore. It's not just a game anymore." With technology (etc) distracting our children with violence and so on, we cannot afford to ruin what sports may do for them. With sports being just one of the few things left that can contribute to success in life, education, and health, parents need not to put any sort of unnecessary pressure on their kids at such a young age, or any age for that matter, ever.
Stephen Repine Ms. Krick English 8 16 May 2024 Are Contact Sports Worth the Risk? Yes. One of the biggest debates in sports is concussions. Many opponents of contact sports say that children should not play contact sports until at least high school because of the risk of head injury. Even though contact sports pose a risk of injury, the reward from these sports outweighs the risk of injury.
More than 3.5 million children under 14 get hurt per year playing contact sports. What if your child under 9 wakes up in the hospital with a minor head injury from playing tackle football and that incident changes the rest of his life? I think kids should not play contact sports because its not safe, it can also cause minor damage to young children and it can cause brain damage. They have a risk of getting minor injuries during sports. 21 percent of all traumatic brain injuries occur while participating in some form of sports or fun activities; bicycling, skateboarding and skating are incidents that lead to 50 percent of these head injuries.
Sports can help many at- risk youths. In order to participate in sports you need to be committed and willing to work hard. You also have to learn to respect others and accept that winning isn’t the only measure of success. Losing can build character as well. When youth participate in a sports they enjoy, they are less likely to engage in behaviors that are harmful or dangerous to themselves and others. It is for these reasons schools should strive to maintain athletic programs for their students.
A rat civilization was discovered today, the first time a civilization created by an animal other than a human was found. GRNN Reporter Gabe Rich, the discoverer of this breakthrough, has more: “I was taking a walk to a story I heard about in Thorn Valley Nature Reserve, and stumbled upon some rats with a rat-sized plow. They were in a field where it looked like they were about to plant some crops. I captured one, but the rest instantly fled. I said to myself, ‘At least I got one.’ It turned out these were no ordinary rats. They had modified DNA. I returned the one as soon as I could, which was a few hours. I am still stunned, as I thought only humans were capable of making, well, civilizations.” Dr. Robert Schultz, the mastermind behind NIMH
In stadiums, parks and fields all across America, many youth participate in a journey through defeat, heartbreak, hard work, and success. Practicing for hours, rain or shine, to be able to snag that game winning touchdown in the back of the endzone. Although football comes with many risks and dangers, I strongly believe that kids and teens should be allowed to play football because it promotes leadership, teamwork, and requires significant amounts of exercise and cardiovascular activity, and other contact sports are just as dangerous.