Sentences with phrase «collision sports»

I see little evidence that playing collision sports before sexual maturity is beneficial to the athlete.

«My life has been impacted by traumatic brain injury and brain disease, and I appreciate MomsTEAM and Brooke's longtime commitment to making contact and collision sports safer.

Despite increased awareness about concussions in recent years, some of those involved in contact and collision sports still don't seem as concerned as they should be about the risks.

Roush tested all contact and collision sport athletes at two local schools.

Strengthening, Practicing, and Technique are the «safety triad» to consider while playing football or any other contact or high - velocity collision sport.

Because the Maddocks questions can be asked by anyone, they are valuable on sports sidelines where no health care professional trained in performing a full sideline screening for concussion, such as doctor or certified athletic trainer, is present, as is often the case in contact and collision sports involving younger athletes.

Experts, however, do agree on one thing: that an athlete should never return to contact or collision sports while still suffering post-concussion symptoms at rest and with exertion.

Additionally, various sources outside of athletic trainers are beginning to reiterate the sentiments that we have noted for some time: If a school is unable to provide appropriate safety measures for their student - athletes, including a qualified healthcare provider such as an AT and proper sports safety equipment - which is possible in a fiscally reasonable way - then maybe they should reconsider offering collision sports.»

Researchers at St. Michael's Hospital performed preseason brain scans of 65 varsity athletes — 23 from collision sports (with routine, purposeful body - to - body contact), 22 from contact sports (where contact is allowed, but is not an integral part of the game) and 20 from non-contact sports.

In an open letter to ministers, doctors and children's commissioners warned that some of the consequences from this kind of «high - impact collision sport» can have lifelong consequences for children.

To reduce the risk of concussions, the Maryland education department wants to limit the number of contact practices allowed for youth - athletes who participate in collision sports, according to recommendations released on August 13th.

Soccer has a higher injury rate than many contact / collision sports such as field hockey, rugby, basketball, and football, with players younger than age 15 at higher relative injury risk compared with older players, concludes a clinical report in the journal Pediatrics.

While computerized neuropsychological testing has become increasingly popular in concussion management in recent years, its use, particularly the need for baseline NP testing, remains controversial and, if anything, the trend appears to be away from recommending routine testing of all athletes, or even all athletes in contact or collision sports with a high risk of concussion.

As I'm fond of telling my girls basketball players, football isn't a contact sport, it's a collision sport — basketball is a contact sport, and so is soccer.

Because football is a collision sport, and collisions put a lot more stress on the knee than just contact, and collisions are usually what cause concussions.

Some say it's a contact sport, but it's not: It's a collision sport, and the more violent the collision, from the perspective of at least one team, the better.

His original line: «Football isn't a contact sport, it's a collision sport.

There is a saying rugby coaches and players are fond of saying, usually when they're around football players and coaches: «Rugby is a tackling sport, while football is a collision sport.»

Neck injuries in contact or collision sports are usually the result of a bio-mechanical failure or fracture of the bony elements of the spine.

Football is played in pads and is a collision sport.

I always view the biggest difference as: football is a collision sport rugby is a contact sport.

«Football is a collision sport.»

If your child plays a contact or collision sport, whether at the youth, middle school or high school level, odds are that at some point in their athletic career they will suffer a concussion.

of contact and collision sports, but a fundamental change in a risk - taking attitude which is in virtually every adolescent's DNA.