Contact Sports
Week 8 Final Draft
Contact Sports
ENG 112
June 21, 2012
Contact sports have been a part of school age children’s life for a long time in America. Whether it be football, soccer, lacrosse, wrestling, or the recent addition to American sports, rugby. Millions of children in middle school or high school have worked hard and enjoyed playing. In recent news articles contact sports have been deemed bad for children. Doctors have been studying the statistics and have come to the conclusion that children have been developing physical injuries resulting from certain types of contact sports. One of the new findings from these studies is that once a person especially a child receives a concussion, the probability that they will get another is a lot greater. Recently children have died from concussions, which they have received from playing contact sports. The future of contact sports will benefit greatly from these studies. With every study they preform, the more safe guards that can be developed means the fewer children will be injured. Most contact sports do have an element of physical danger, but if the coach and the players work together the injuries can reduce in number. There will still be the occasional injury, that’s the price the player pays for the type of sport they are in. Even though contact sports can be dangerous, it does have its benefits. Contact sports provide physical activity, teach discipline, and develop intelligence.
To keep healthy people need to have some exercise every day. On the average there are more adults and children over weight now than there has ever been in our society. In our society today we have gotten used to the fast life. Work, school, running around getting things we don’t have time for cooking healthy. So our society has become accustomed to eating fast food all the time, sitting in front of the TV, computer, video games, etc. Our kids no longer get the exercise that they need, and our population is having an
Contact Sports
ENG 112
June 21, 2012
Contact sports have been a part of school age children’s life for a long time in America. Whether it be football, soccer, lacrosse, wrestling, or the recent addition to American sports, rugby. Millions of children in middle school or high school have worked hard and enjoyed playing. In recent news articles contact sports have been deemed bad for children. Doctors have been studying the statistics and have come to the conclusion that children have been developing physical injuries resulting from certain types of contact sports. One of the new findings from these studies is that once a person especially a child receives a concussion, the probability that they will get another is a lot greater. Recently children have died from concussions, which they have received from playing contact sports. The future of contact sports will benefit greatly from these studies. With every study they preform, the more safe guards that can be developed means the fewer children will be injured. Most contact sports do have an element of physical danger, but if the coach and the players work together the injuries can reduce in number. There will still be the occasional injury, that’s the price the player pays for the type of sport they are in. Even though contact sports can be dangerous, it does have its benefits. Contact sports provide physical activity, teach discipline, and develop intelligence.
To keep healthy people need to have some exercise every day. On the average there are more adults and children over weight now than there has ever been in our society. In our society today we have gotten used to the fast life. Work, school, running around getting things we don’t have time for cooking healthy. So our society has become accustomed to eating fast food all the time, sitting in front of the TV, computer, video games, etc. Our kids no longer get the exercise that they need, and our population is having an
References: Rice, S.G., and the council on sports medicine and fitness. (2008, April).