In all sports there are disagreements about which sports are actually a sport or if the sport is aggressive enough or not, or how they. But the two sports I would like to compare and contrasts are soccer and football.
The most common thing in sports are injuries in both sports are in soccer was ranked the Sixth in “Top ten dangerous sports” and the reasons for being ranked sixth. In the year 2009 the “U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission's statistics had revealed that 88,000 soccer player between the ages 5 to 14 have been seen in emergency rooms since then. Also in 2011 Safe Kids Worldwide revealed that 104,190 soccer players between ages 12 and 17” have been seen in the emergency room for regular injuries as twisted ankle or hurt knee …show more content…
The risk of injury to the upper extremities is much higher in football than in soccer -- with the exception of the goalkeeper, soccer players do not use their hands and arms to handle the ball. However, concussion injuries are equally likely in soccer and football players. Football players are more likely to suffer injuries to the cervical spine, which can be catastrophic or life-threatening.”
A few other similarities that soccer and football both have that both sports feature a team of eleven ,soccer players are formed to a single unit while football assigned to offense or defense or special teams. Also a “regulation football field is 100 yards long by 53 yards wide. A soccer field is slightly larger, ranging from 100 to 130 yards long and 50 to 100 yards wide. Football fields feature markings every 10 yards and hash marks for single yards, while soccer fields mark out a kickoff circle, a midfield line and two penalty areas.” Also a similarities is that both sports positions that are compared are that in football they have a quarter back and in soccer they have the central
The most common thing in sports are injuries in both sports are in soccer was ranked the Sixth in “Top ten dangerous sports” and the reasons for being ranked sixth. In the year 2009 the “U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission's statistics had revealed that 88,000 soccer player between the ages 5 to 14 have been seen in emergency rooms since then. Also in 2011 Safe Kids Worldwide revealed that 104,190 soccer players between ages 12 and 17” have been seen in the emergency room for regular injuries as twisted ankle or hurt knee …show more content…
The risk of injury to the upper extremities is much higher in football than in soccer -- with the exception of the goalkeeper, soccer players do not use their hands and arms to handle the ball. However, concussion injuries are equally likely in soccer and football players. Football players are more likely to suffer injuries to the cervical spine, which can be catastrophic or life-threatening.”
A few other similarities that soccer and football both have that both sports feature a team of eleven ,soccer players are formed to a single unit while football assigned to offense or defense or special teams. Also a “regulation football field is 100 yards long by 53 yards wide. A soccer field is slightly larger, ranging from 100 to 130 yards long and 50 to 100 yards wide. Football fields feature markings every 10 yards and hash marks for single yards, while soccer fields mark out a kickoff circle, a midfield line and two penalty areas.” Also a similarities is that both sports positions that are compared are that in football they have a quarter back and in soccer they have the central