Importance Of Injury In Competitive Sports

Injuries have a higher chance of happening in competitive sports. Some may argue that they will happen in non competitive sports to and that is true but they will happen more in competitive sports, in fact 47% of kids in competitive sports get hurt each year. This will happen because they have more practices, people are more driven to win so they may get more physical and hurt themselves or someone else, and finally they could get many minor injuries that could get worse as they go because they do not take care of them. Serena Gordon an A.B.C reporter says recent research shows that every 4 out of 10 emergency room visits are from competitive sports kids 5 to 14 (serena Gordon 2017). I have personally had an injury, I was practicing too much …show more content…
For example if you would twist an ankle and they may not go to the doctor and it will take longer to heal and also if they play again it is going to make it worse.

I understand how people are for competitive sports. They allow people to get fit and can give them a feeling of something bigger than themselves. Also they are great to go to and watch, you get to yell as loud as you can and sometimes when you win you can storm the court and congratulate them, and when the players win it feels amazing. Someone times when you win and you are the underdog is is amazing.

In conclusion kids should not play competitive sports because they are more likely to get injured. If you think about it kids should not be playing competitive sports anyway because it is likely that not the bones are the only thing that will get hurt, because their feeling could get hurt because they may not make the team because there were tryouts. If you think about this strains and sprains are the leading cause of injuries, but the second leading cause is fractures and that shows that many injuries are more cerious, that is almost the amount of concussions.(Usa today