One day a parent will be faced with the difficult decision some face this problem sooner than others. Image one day your sitting in your kitchen and your five year old walks up to you and wants to play full contact football with the rest of his friends what do you do? What do you say? Would you let him play? Some parents would say “no way” but, why not? Football isn’t as dangerous as many people would have you to believe. The game is evolving every year to make the game safer for the children and adults who play it. Most people believe that football is a game of giants but some of the best players in the Professional Football League are under 6 feet tall. Just because your child is smaller than the other kids doesn’t mean he will not be as good or better than the other kids, football equipment is getting safer for the children every year, coaches are being trained to protect the children, children who start playing the early have a better chance of playing the sport they love as a professional. I know a lot of parents go through the thoughts of their child being hurt or that their child might not be as good as the other kids because they are smaller. Just because your child is smaller than other kids doesn’t mean he will not be as good as, or better than the other kids. I know from experience that size isn’t everything on the football field I have been playing football since I was 12 I now play semi pro football for the Warrenville Township Wolves. I have a nephew that played football last year for the first time in his life he was 8 years old and had never even watched a game of football beside a few games that he had come out to watch me play. He was about 4’0 and weighted 65lbs soak and wet. Well his mother was not at all happ... ... middle of paper ... ...bts or still be scared about their child. I know people will still say football is a violent sport and children are not as careful as a teenager or adult. This may be true but, that is why we train our coaches and our coaches have practices. In a football practice children learn to tackle, they learn about sportsmanship and how to play the game. In conclusion, don’t be the parent who is afraid to let their child play the game that he might one day want to play as a professional. The earlier he wants to get involved in the game the better chance he has to make it along with hard work and dedication he can achieve his dream. So don’t let your fears stop your child’s dream. Because in football size isn’t everything, coaches are being trained to protect the children, and children who start early have a better chance of playing the sport they love as a professional.
At this early stage of the child’s life, it is nearly impossible to believe a child could make a split second decision to make the winning play. The brains of these children are simply not yet wired to make those decisions. It’s through experience that the necessary connections are made in the brain and in turn create the possibility of those amazing plays. Most parents are simply observers during games, and thus it is far too easy to allow expectations for their child to be the star player run rampant. The parents have most likely been alive for three times longer than their child, which means they’ve had considerably more experience both within and outside the realm of sports. The failure to realize that their child lacks experience and thus can’t always act in the same way that the parents would have creates an environment that harms a child’s sense of worth and
Putting them through possible head trauma so early in life while their brains are still working on developing could cause irreparable damage. There have been studies proving the change in children’s brains before and after concussions. When a brain is changing due to constant trauma, that should be a red flag for parents. According to the director of Marist College’s Center for Sports Communication, Keith Studler, trying to teach complex plays is absurd, since young children barely understand simple concepts. For young kids with developing minds and bodies, moving and exploring should come before memorizing playbooks. Starting them young may result in the child having bad form and skill, due to the fact that they are just trying to hit people, and not actually learning how to play the game correctly and safely. Studler also stated that the sport teaches kids to act rough and selfish, as well as that masculinity is strength, while femininity is cheering from the sidelines. He added that older players may be able to separate the sport from life that's not as easy for the younger
Nonetheless, some parents are still very reluctant to put their kids in football or rugby. This, I believe, is why high contact sports could eventually perish. Fewer and fewer kids are playing sports each year where there is an elevated risk of a head injury or concussion. (Paine) Parents do not want to gamble with their children’s mental ability and thus deny their children the opportunity to participate in high contact sports. In some sports, they have changed all sorts of rules and almost completely changed the game to ensure player safety. For instance, Hockey Canada called for a rule change to delay body checking in minor hockey. Instead of having the kids learn how to hit in PeeWee (ages 11-12), they have pushed it back an age group to Bantam (Ages 13-15). (CBC Sports) Parents were becoming too nervous about placing their children into a sport where there was hitting or hard body interaction for absolutely no reason. Why spend thousands of dollars for your child to play a contact sport and risk having them injured when there is little chance of making it as a professional athlete. Essentially, contact sports are becoming less popular among younger children and
Football, just another method to throw life away. Football is an extremely unsafe sport, yet it is glorified by several in the United States. A plethora of football players are impacted negatively by injuries that may occur just by playing an "innocent" little game of tackle football. It is necessary to consider all the dreadful outcomes that may happen before taking the chance to play. Young individuals shouldn't play tackle football due to the trauma it can cause to the brain, the injuries or occurrences that can lead to a harder life or even death, and it leaves the players to be less sharp in their old age. It is often thought that football is a harmless game for kids to enjoy. Nevertheless, the amount of health issues and injuries that can be caused by football is unbelievable and not worth the risk.
One of the biggest controversial topics going on today is should children still be aloud to play football, knowing what we know about serious injuries? The article that I chose ( “Don’t Let Kids play football”) is about the consequences that could occur playing such a contact sport. The debate is that some people believe that football teaches important life lessons and others believe that it can cause serious life changing injuries.
Football is America’s favorite sport. It is a fast-paced, hard-hitting game. Every week thousands of men and boys all across the country take part in football and every week these men and boys receive violent hits during the game. Frequently, as a result of these violent hits, the player receives a concussion. However, the long-term effects of concussions on players are not fully understood. New research shows that even a slight concussion in a football game can have lasting effects on a player. As a result of this research, children under the age of fourteen should not play tackle football.
In fact it is more likely than not that player will get injured playing sports. Players suffer sprained ankles, bruises, broken bones and concussions. It is part of the game, an unfortunate likelihood. Sports in itself is dangerous and football is amongst the top of the list in terms of danger. It is up to the parents to decide whether or not it is a risk that they are willing to take. Does a boy channel the passion he inherited from his father to a different type of sport or activity? Does a parent pull their child form the sport because of the fear of injury? The fact remains that football needs changes to make it
Many parents will argue about whether kids should be allowed to play sports at such a young age. In my opinion, I think kids shouldn’t be allowed to play sports at a young age. When they grow older, I think that kids should be allowed to play sports. When a young athlete gets injured, coaches may not be trained for an injury and the child can suffer more serious injuries just from that. Kids want to skip practice so they will often fake an injury, serious coaches will use shaming techniques and call athletes “ladies” or man up, and athletes might not have the best protective gear, making them more likely to have a concussion. Worst of all, coaches
High school football may be dangerous but it is also a life altering experience. From what these boys can do out on the field to what they can become in life and all the things they can accomplish, putting it in peoples head that it is a dangerous sport is ridiculous. Yes, football can cause some serious injury but those chances aren’t very high and what are these boys going to get out of life if they never take that risk? Then end up asking themselves, “what if?” These boys should not let anything get in the way of what they want to do because even if they fail
Bounteous doctors, trainers, and even N.F.L players also believe is dangerous to play. Countless of people usually won’t want to play a dangerous sport, but countless are coming up with ideas to lower the risk and cause football to be safer to play. As explained in “How dangerous is high school football?” football is the highest leading cause of sport-related injuries. Secondly, teens are more vulnerable to receiving concussions from playing football. Furthermore, N.F.L players that have had concussions has made people worry about teen football players head injuries. The copious amount will suggest football is dangerous, but there are doctors, trainers, even N.F.L
The history of concussions in football brings up suspicions and questions about the safety of the sport. The number of devastating head injuries has been on the rise in little league football and desperately need to be addressed. A study from the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention concluded that between 2001 and 2009, emergency room visits related to traumatic brain injuries from sports increased by 62 percent for those younger than 19 years. Of these numbers, boys 10 to 19 showing the highest rate of concussions (Smith, 2014). Many parents and coaches believe that because the children are so young that they are unable to get seriously hurt. However, studies show time and time again that this is not the case. Due to the
The majority of children who play football will not avoid the inevitable and most likely sustain an injury to their body. However, there are some positive attributes for children to learn when participating in youth football. Some positive attributes children will learn are physical fitness, discipline and structure, and the importance of teamwork. The aforementioned attributes are favorable for children where they will learn to be young men, adapt to life, and adjust to different circumstances off the
This paper attempts to rationalize youth football as a sport by discussing the pros and cons in order to argue that youth should be allowed to play the game of football if they so choose. To do so, this paper will explore the ethical arguments and considerations of parents, young athletes, medical professionals and social media.
Are young children putting their health and even their lives at risk if they partake in the sport of football? Some claim that the American sport is far too dangerous and the risk of concussions and injuries far outway the pros of the physical sport, while others insist that technological improvements and new regulations have made the sport safer. Jonathan Zimmerman, a professor of history and education at New York University, argues in his paper, “We Must Stop Risking the Health of Young Football Players,” that football is a sport that is too dangerous for the youth. He states his belief that technological improvements in helmets and changes in the rules of the sport have had little effect on reducing injuries and that nothing has worked.
In stadiums, parks and fields all across America, many youth participate in a journey through defeat, heartbreak, hard work, and success. Practicing for hours, rain or shine, to be able to snag that game winning touchdown in the back of the endzone. Although football comes with many risks and dangers, I strongly believe that kids and teens should be allowed to play football because it promotes leadership, teamwork, and requires significant amounts of exercise and cardiovascular activity, and other contact sports are just as dangerous.