Youth Sports Can Be Dangerous

The DANGERS of youth sports 3500000+ young athletes ages 13 and under require medical treatment for sports-related injuries every year 62% of all injuries occur at practice 21% of all traumatic brain injuries in children are caused by sport industries of youth athletes' parents want coaches to be certified for injury prevention 80% High school football players suffer 3 times as many catasrophic football injuries as college players High school athletes who suffer a concussion are 3x more likely to suffer another during the same season Number of sport-related youth deaths in 2011: Only 1 in 10 young athletes survive sport-induced sudden cardiac arrest Robert J. DeBry http://www.stopsportsinjuries. org/media/statistics.aspx http://www.swata.org/statistics/ http://www.youthsportssafetyalliance.org/sites/default/files/docs/Statistics-2013.pdf ASSOCIATES