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I didn't say that you said that, I asked if you thought that.
I asked because you said this
A parent is ultimately responsible for their child.
Also could your cite your source that says that the chance of injury from pee wee football is equal to the chance of injury from bike riding
My source is common sense. Or you can take the CDC........
Each year, more than 500,000 people in the US are treated in emergency departments, and more than 700 people die as a result of bicycle-related injuries. Children are at particularly high risk for bicycle-related injuries. In 2001, children 15 years and younger accounted for 59% of all bicycle-related injuries seen in US emergency departments.
My source is common sense. Or you can take the CDC........
Each year, more than 500,000 people in the US are treated in emergency departments, and more than 700 people die as a result of bicycle-related injuries. Children are at particularly high risk for bicycle-related injuries. In 2001, children 15 years and younger accounted for 59% of all bicycle-related injuries seen in US emergency departments.
I don't think so....
I'll teach him how to defend himself physically, but enganging in sports where the ultimate goal is exerting as much physical pain as possible on the opposition isn't healthy for a child. He'll benefit much better from intellectual pursuits, and baseball, basketball, track, etc will always be there if he wants to play sports.
I played football, basketball,baseball and track in high school. You may not consider baseball to be a contact sport but when I went into an infielder with no hope of sliding under him I used a lowered shoulder to try to jar the ball loose. I got hit in the head by a strong thrower as a batter one time and we didn't have any kind of helmets back then.
Ok, in basketball I had black eyes and other injuries because I was too short to go up for rebounds with the big guys but I tried. I didn't get any serious injuries playing football, but my son who has been out of high school and football for 14 years got his fibula broken in a game and went on playing for a few plays. We all thought it was just a twisted kind of injury and he went back in and finished the game on defense, at tackle. He loved football at least as much as I did.
As far as track and field is concerned I never got any serious cuts but in some pile ups on the track did get spike tears in various places. I guess the worse injury I ever got in that sport was one time when I wasn't watching and a kid threw a discus and got me right on the ankle bone. Also, I was helping mark the discus in a meet when a kid threw one farther than any of us ever thought he could and it hit about three feet in front of me and the next hit it got was my groin. I did see a kid catch a javelin with his junk once.
I think you better keep your kid playing chess or some other danger sport so as not to be disappointed in his injuries.
Also they have good what I used to call "athletic aggression" and I'm sure that shows up in BB as well. Kids learn a lot in football, I just wish our bodies were just a little tougher. A good football player will usually excel in any sport.
I've been coaching my daughters basketball team and they just don't have that "athletic aggression" you speak of. A few of em do but most shy away from any kind of contact. If they all played pee wee football they would have it.
Now make the adjustment for number in individuals involved in each activity and the amount of time spent on each activity
You do it. I took to time to type in a couple google searches for you and that wasn't enough. So if you want to play games then do some work.
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