Concussions In School Sports
Before this articles I knew just a little bit about concussions. I knew concussions happened in sports, but I didn't know there was this many that happened in school sports. The article had said, “ In the study, 755 schools reported 4,452 in the 2015-2016 school year.”(Associated press) I found out on average that's six people for everyone of those 755 schools. The connection I made to an article and my life is our 6’9” center on the basketball team had been kneed in the head at one of the basketball games and received a concussion. He ended up being out for just a few games, then they found it wasn't as bad as they thought it was. It could have been way worse because he is a little clumsier than other players. While reading this article
I didn't realize that there are people actually find out how many concussions happen and how they can reduce them by changing rules or equipment until I read this article. Yes I think all school districts should report to figure out how many concussions happen through tall these schools. With more information that means more help to figure out what they can do to prevent these concussions. With one school reporting a week doesn't seem like they are getting as much information as they wanted. It's ironic because I annotated that there was really only one school a week reporting in. “Football had the most concussions, with 1,907. Girls basketball ranked second with 454”.(Associated press) What I found most interesting about this article was that girl's basketball was the second most common sport in Texas to have concussions. There is many other sports that could concussions such as girls soccer or boys basketball instead of girls basketball.
I didn't realize that there are people actually find out how many concussions happen and how they can reduce them by changing rules or equipment until I read this article. Yes I think all school districts should report to figure out how many concussions happen through tall these schools. With more information that means more help to figure out what they can do to prevent these concussions. With one school reporting a week doesn't seem like they are getting as much information as they wanted. It's ironic because I annotated that there was really only one school a week reporting in. “Football had the most concussions, with 1,907. Girls basketball ranked second with 454”.(Associated press) What I found most interesting about this article was that girl's basketball was the second most common sport in Texas to have concussions. There is many other sports that could concussions such as girls soccer or boys basketball instead of girls basketball.