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    football can be a crucial sport in a child’s life because it keeps him out of trouble and teaches him life long lessons that can change their life forever. On the other hand, parents don't want their kids playing football because of the risk of lifelong injuries that can end their life too soon. Overall, youth tackle football is a very controversial sport. One benefit of youth tackle football is that kids who participate in football or any physically demanding sports also have lower levels of depression

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    Sports may not be all that good for children. Some people might say that sports can cause injury, children won’t get a chance to play if they are not very good, or children may be made fun of for lacking skill in that particular sport. I believe that participating in sports has a much more positive impact on children. Sports can help children’s health approve, help them develop new friends, and can help improve the children’s self confidence. Sports may help improve children’s overall health.

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    Kinesiology Tape

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    votes) saying the tape does work. Kinesiology Tape is big discussion for the sports medicine world. Companies that produce KT tape say they have the same benefits, some of the things they say are it can help reduce muscle pain, enhances athletic performance and increases mobility to the muscle and joints; It also provides relief and support for the muscles and joints, can help treat and prevent hundreds of sport injuries. Some people believe that the tape is a placebo effect or does not work. Placebo

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    Some sports like football and soccer are labeled as dangerous. There has always been controversial over if teens should be able to play them, many parents have concerns about their children participating in these hard hitting sports. While there are many risks of youth playing these sports, there are many benefits that outweigh those possibilities of harm! I believe that teens/young children should be able to participate in these athletics because the risks are worth it, if they are doing what they

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    Ufc Is A Sport Essay

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    What defines a sport? What makes a sport “dangerous”? Well, a sport is defined as “An athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature...”(“Sport”). So, a sport requires skill or physical prowess and is often competitive, this means that sports such as soccer, football, baseball, etc are classified as sports. What about the UFC? The UFC or Ultimate Fighting Championship is arguably a sport which has two contestants use mixed martial to have the other person

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    the nail bed, causing pain and possible infection. More than 3 million US cases per year. COMMON CAUSES Two common causes of ingrown toenails are shoes that fit too tightly and toenails that are trimmed incorrectly. Most sports players are susceptible to this injury.. Injury by overly aggressive pedicures and nail picking are also common causes. Are some people prone to having ingrown toenails?? Yes there are number of risk factors that make people more prone to having an ingrown toenail here

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    concussion. Brain injuries, specifically concussions, have come to the surface of most contact sports and these issues have many parents asking, 'should my child be playing dangerous sports?' First, I think it is important to identify what a dangerous sport is. A dangerous sport is a sport that creates significant risk for the participants, which could cause serious impairments to one's ability to function normally on a day-to-day basis. Rules are in place to avoid serious injury,

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    Must Win Mentality

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    Parents and coaches put children's bodies and minds under a lot of stress throughout the time spent at sports events. In the Open Access Journal of Sports Medicine it states that 45 million children in the U.S. play organized sports in their childhood. At the age of 15, 70% to 80% of the children are no longer engaged with any sports (Merkel 151). The parents are taking the fun away from sports and the children are misguided into competitive games that they must win. When children are implemented

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    competitive sports should be allowed or not. Competitive sports have been going on for a while now (164 years ago, to be exact) so why stop now? Competitive sports should be allowed for young kids and teenagers because they help kids learn important feelings and lessons, vital to know in the real world, whether current or future, it helps athletes get a head start in life more than non-athletes, and competitive sports helps kids to be and stay healthy. One reason that competitive sports should be

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    Is cheerleading a sport? Almost everyday cheerleaders are asked this question. But why? Well many people believe cheerleading isn't a sport, because they perform not compete. Former Cheerleader from Florida State University says, “Cheerleading is not a sport, because cheerleaders are meant to perform not compete.” (ESPN par.2) Now I am a cheerleader myself and I disagree, cheerleaders compete against other teams, every team practices for a month or two so they are prepared for competition. At competitions

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