Citation:
Brown, Curt. “Playing Hurt: Injuries in Youth Sports.” Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN).
Nov. 1 1992: 1S+. SIRS Researcher. Web. 15 Sep 2010.
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· Every year sports are spending millions of kids to the hospital.
· “Competition has intensified; knowledge, equipment and coaching haven’t kept pace.”(pg. 1)
· Sports are the second leading cause for kids visiting the hospital; a third of all sport’s injuries now occur to kids under the age of 14.
· “While most players bounce back, many don’t. At least 55 high school football players have died in the past 10 years. Almost as many baseball players age 5-14 were fatally injured since 1973, and about three dozen basketball players age 11-20 died in a recent three-year period. Many other kids have suffered paralyzing spinal injuries, especially in football, hockey and gymnastics.”(pg.1)
· Damage, to bones, muscles, and tendons, from overtraining or too much competition is afflicting a large number of young athletes.
· Parents have put more pressure on kids, new equipment has made kids rougher because they feel safer, championships and scholarships are at stake, and competition and training are more intense. “The consequences, experts say, have gone largely unnoticed.” (pg.2)
· The starting age of playing time, uniforms, video camera footage, and attention of coaches and parents are getting younger and younger.
· “71 percent of baseball and softball injuries stem from sliding.” (pg.4)
· “A soon to-be published Japanese study found that young pitchers who throw fewer than 300 skilled pitches a week have a much lower rate of elbow pain than those who throw more than 300 times. And a new film that graphically illustrates how tackling with one’s helmet can break necks was recently sent to every high school football coach in the nation to enhance awareness.” (pg.4)
· Coaches need to help kids be safe because they are never going to come and say I may get hurt can you help me.
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