Sports can be a very dangerous game depending on how you play the sport. You can be too aggressive in the NFL and seriously hurt someone despite the gear you wear. You can be a MLB pitcher and mess up on a pitch and hurt a player by throwing a pitch at a player’s head. You have to be very careful how you play the sport you are playing. Sports are supposed to be competitive and fun, but you have to remember to be safe and care for the other competitors you are competing against. Sports safety is a big deal, and is very important in all sports types. In the NFL, there are rules to help players stay safe. One of the most common and important problems you hear about is when a player gets a concussion. A concussion …show more content…
All players when they bat wear a helmet. The catcher wears a face mask to ensure that they do not take a ball in the face. And a catcher wears a vest, and arm gear, and leg gear to protect themselves. The umpire wears protective clothing to make sure he/she does not get injured by a pitch. Baseball is a sport that is just as rough to play as football, and is important in regards to sports safety. A pitcher in baseball can cause harm to a player. When a batter gets hit by a pitch, they are evaluated to make sure they did not hurt a body part by the pitch before they head to first base. Pitchers are trained and coached to make sure they pitch correctly pitch right. There are pitchers in the MLB that can pitch over a hundred miles per hour, and it would really hurt to get hit by a hundred mile per hour fastball. Pitchers and even the other eight positions are switched out from time to time, to make sure a player is not doing too much on their body. A pitcher can hurt their shoulder if they start as a pitcher. A batter can even hurt their arm when they swing trying to hit the ball. That takes a lot to the body, so that is why players are switched in and out at the positions of baseball. They get a break and a chance to rest. The MLB is a tough sport to play, and a long sport to play. A injury you will often hear in the MLB is when you mess up your rotator cuff in your shoulder and usually need surgery to repair it. If you have …show more content…
When you are in a sports game, and your star player is making plays, and trying to win you the game, you have to make sure the players safety is the most important thing. When your player gets injured, you can't just put him back in the game just because he/she has been doing really well, you have to make sure that they have a chance to get over whatever injury they have. There is plenty of games for your player to be able to play well. A player who cares about the team they play for, and cares about trying to be the best player, needs a coach to be able to understand that when they get injured, sometimes they need a break. If a coach or staff lets a player play who is not exactly one hundred percent can get more injured than they were before. A player needs a break from the game they play every now and then. Players are only human, and can not always give you their all 24/7. When a player has time to rest, they can give you their all. Staff may not like it when their star player is not playing. But that should not matter. The most important thing to a coach or staff of a sports team is the shape and safety their players are in. A player can not be what you want them to be unless they are healthy. That is why coaches and staff should always put the safety of their players first, before worrying about them winning a game for