Why Head Injury Prevention In Sports Needs To Be improved
General Purpose: To persuade
Specific Purpose: To persuade audience on why head injuries are dangerous and need to be prevented
Introduction A. Attention getter: On May 2nd, 2012 the world got sad news of the passing of former pro linebacker Junior Seau. Sean had killed himself by gunshot at the age of 43. And according to an ABC news and ESPN special Doctors found CTE or chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a disease that leads to depression and memory loss, on the players brain. Chronic brain damage has been reported in dozens more deceased football players B. Reason to Listen: A lot of people play sports in which head injuries occur or they have close friends or family that do, …show more content…
Main Points 1. How often do head injuries actually happen? 2. What are dangers of head injuries? 3. How are they being prevented and how can they be improved?
II. Main Points
1. Concussions are the major focus of head injuries and can cause serious damage short and long term but how often do they actually happen? A. According to brainline.org an estimated 1.6 to 3.8 million sports related concussions occur per year in the US. B. From 2001 to 2005 youth athletes compiled about 2.4 million sports related emergency visits annually, 6% or 135,000 of those were concussions. C. Football makes up about 60% of all concussions per year. 1. The majority of high school head injuries for boys comes from football 2. While the majority for girls come from soccer. D. According to orthoinfo.org returning before a concussion is full healed puts you at greater risk for another that will take longer to return from.
2. Head injuries can become very dangerous to an athletes health and mental well being, so what are the danger associated with head injuries? A. According to brainline.org improper diagnosis and management of a concussion can lead to serious long term complications with risk of coma or …show more content…
The British Journal of sports medicine stated that increased facial protection can also lessen the force of impacts and lessen risk of injury particularly in hockey but other sports as well. C. In football they have put rules in place to protect players 1. In the NFL you face suspension and fines for illegal hits to the head on a player. 2. The NFL concussion protocol is used to protects players who potentially have suffered a concussion by pulling them from the game and taking them to the locker room for a quick check to see if they show signs of trauma then further action is taken 3. In college football you are ejected for targeting a players head region D. In soccer new rules have made it to where players under a certain age must not head the ball. E. In hockey you must wait till you are a certain age to begin hitting. F. These are all good improvements that have been made to all sports at all levels but concussions are still a major problem so with new technology and research scientist should be able to develop a better defense for players to stop these injuries.
III. Conclusion A. Review Points 1. How Often 2. How are they dangerous 3. How are they prevented B. Restate Thesis: Concussions are a very dangerous aspect of sports but the risk comes with
General Purpose: To persuade
Specific Purpose: To persuade audience on why head injuries are dangerous and need to be prevented
Introduction A. Attention getter: On May 2nd, 2012 the world got sad news of the passing of former pro linebacker Junior Seau. Sean had killed himself by gunshot at the age of 43. And according to an ABC news and ESPN special Doctors found CTE or chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a disease that leads to depression and memory loss, on the players brain. Chronic brain damage has been reported in dozens more deceased football players B. Reason to Listen: A lot of people play sports in which head injuries occur or they have close friends or family that do, …show more content…
Main Points 1. How often do head injuries actually happen? 2. What are dangers of head injuries? 3. How are they being prevented and how can they be improved?
II. Main Points
1. Concussions are the major focus of head injuries and can cause serious damage short and long term but how often do they actually happen? A. According to brainline.org an estimated 1.6 to 3.8 million sports related concussions occur per year in the US. B. From 2001 to 2005 youth athletes compiled about 2.4 million sports related emergency visits annually, 6% or 135,000 of those were concussions. C. Football makes up about 60% of all concussions per year. 1. The majority of high school head injuries for boys comes from football 2. While the majority for girls come from soccer. D. According to orthoinfo.org returning before a concussion is full healed puts you at greater risk for another that will take longer to return from.
2. Head injuries can become very dangerous to an athletes health and mental well being, so what are the danger associated with head injuries? A. According to brainline.org improper diagnosis and management of a concussion can lead to serious long term complications with risk of coma or …show more content…
The British Journal of sports medicine stated that increased facial protection can also lessen the force of impacts and lessen risk of injury particularly in hockey but other sports as well. C. In football they have put rules in place to protect players 1. In the NFL you face suspension and fines for illegal hits to the head on a player. 2. The NFL concussion protocol is used to protects players who potentially have suffered a concussion by pulling them from the game and taking them to the locker room for a quick check to see if they show signs of trauma then further action is taken 3. In college football you are ejected for targeting a players head region D. In soccer new rules have made it to where players under a certain age must not head the ball. E. In hockey you must wait till you are a certain age to begin hitting. F. These are all good improvements that have been made to all sports at all levels but concussions are still a major problem so with new technology and research scientist should be able to develop a better defense for players to stop these injuries.
III. Conclusion A. Review Points 1. How Often 2. How are they dangerous 3. How are they prevented B. Restate Thesis: Concussions are a very dangerous aspect of sports but the risk comes with