The field of sport psychology is a fascinating and exploding field to be apart of; with the current national focus on health from the overweight third grader to the professional football player with a concussion history‚ sport psychology has the possibility of impacting all those areas and many more. Being a relatively new field in the grand scheme of psychology means that the variety of backgrounds‚ qualifications‚ certifications and licenses is as vast as those sports psychology can help. From
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Persuasive Essay Did you know that more than ever NFL players are having more and more serious injuries? A study done over 2000 NFL games shows that NFL players are at more risk than ever. The reason for this surge of injuries is‚ the turf fields. Because of the way turf is designed it tends to be a lot harder than grass We need to get rid of all the turf fields in the NFL to protect players safety. It turns out that players were 77 percent more likely to tear their ACL on turf compared to regular
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The brain and concussions B Y: PA I G E M O R R I S O N & N I C O L E G O R M L E Y Intro Video (Stop @ 2:40) https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCCD52Pty4A What is a concussion? Concussions are damaged by a bump‚ blow‚ or jolt to the head that can change the way your brain normally works. Evolutionary Advantage Why wood peckers don’t get concussions They have thick neck muscles Inner eyelids to prevent their eyes from getting shaken out Spongy bone plates(Make up their very thick skulls)
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Should your child be able to play football at an early age. Children under the age of 10 shouldn’t be able to play because eighty-seven of 91 former NFL players who donated their brains to science after death tested positive for a brain disease! Even professional football player can get hurt or brain diseases. Another reason‚ When Oakland Raiders NFL running back Maurice Jones-Drew retired recently at just 29 years old‚ he said his life had been focused on football for 24 years and he needed a change
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of having a concussion be removed from the game and not permitted to play again until they have been cleared by an appropriately trained professional (Lincoln). This is something that many people feel is common sense‚ but the reality is that this does not always happen. Based on U.S. Lacrosse rules‚ a player should not return within 1-3 weeks after obtaining a concussion (Lincoln). The rules state that a player should sit out longer and longer periods of time after receiving a concussion as the brain
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In concussion Dr Omalu is a pathologist‚ who finds neurological deterioration in Mike Webster’s brain a former hall of famer. Dr. Omalu decides to name his discovery chromatic traumatic encephalopathy(CTE). Later on he gets his breakthrough publishing it in a medical journal. Dr omulu sets out on a journey to notify people about CTE and the great damage it is cause in football. Dr Omalu status as an immigrant hurted his mission to get people to believe him about CTE. He went through struggles to
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essay How do injuries happen in middle school? What causes severe injuries in middle school? If you get an injury and you’re just joined the basketball team or soccer team or what Many injuries can occur in middle schools‚ such as concussions‚ back injuries‚ and ankle injuries. Some sports that may cause similar injuries are basketball‚ football‚ baseball‚ workouts‚ track‚ and soccer. In basketball‚ you can get an ankle injury‚ knee injury‚ and sprains. You can get your ankles broken by someone
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In recent years soccer has been growing in popularity but so have trips to the emergency room (ER). In the article “Heads up: concussion risks more soccer players to visit the ER” by Associated Press. Kids are going to the ER because soccer can cause head injuries‚ sprains‚ and fractures. In the article‚ it states that soccer is a dangerous sport and causes kids to go to the ER more. Soccer attracts kids of all athletic. According to LaBella a doctor in an emergency room most of the injuries she
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The reason why i think that kids should not be playing sports‚ is because one thing is that Most children would rather play on a losing team than sit on the bench of a winning team From the article “More Kids Are Suffering Sports Injuries”. What many people don’t see is that people are dieing because of the sports‚ that they do and most of these sports can cause deaths in them or even breaking something in there body. And also one reason why this is not a good thing for people to do‚ is because they
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attention with the recent development of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy from concussion in high contact sports. Players want to return-to-play (Menta‚ 2016)‚ so that they can keep their jobs and continue to make lots of money and the National Football League was allowing them to play since they know fans came to watch the star players play. Recently the National Football League has started implanting new concussion protocol along with hiring outside doctors not affiliated with them to give these
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