What's the safest sport for kids?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I mean, just steer clear of football, hockey, and lacrosse and you'll be fine. Driving in a car to sports practice is the worst thing you can do.

+1. We are choosy about which sports and activities we sign our kids up for and take into account safety, the culture of the support, the cost of playing long enough to know if you like it (anything at a high level gets pricier, but we wanted sports that were really accessible at lower levels so our kids could do it for years before deciding if they wanted to really commit to it). But that still leaves TONS of sports and activities.

We ruled out football, hockey, gymnastics, and baseball due to injury risk, specifically risk of head injury. Our kids still do tons of sports -- soccer, tennis, cross-country, dance, swimming, basketball, tae kwon do. They all carry some risk of injury, but so does going hiking, playing in the park, or riding a bike. But it's lower than for the sports we ruled out, and the injuries that do crop up are more likely to be from overuse (which is controllable) than from impact (which is not). That's not a big deal. Teach your kids to take care of their bodies, stretch, rest, and remind them that no game or practice is more important than their overall well being.

Tell me you nothing about sports without telling me your nothing about sports.

[Anonymous]

Our pediatrician told us the most head injuries in her practice were from SOCCER. She said swimming was best sport injury-wise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I mean, just steer clear of football, hockey, and lacrosse and you'll be fine. Driving in a car to sports practice is the worst thing you can do.

+1. We are choosy about which sports and activities we sign our kids up for and take into account safety, the culture of the support, the cost of playing long enough to know if you like it (anything at a high level gets pricier, but we wanted sports that were really accessible at lower levels so our kids could do it for years before deciding if they wanted to really commit to it). But that still leaves TONS of sports and activities.

We ruled out football, hockey, gymnastics, and baseball due to injury risk, specifically risk of head injury. Our kids still do tons of sports -- soccer, tennis, cross-country, dance, swimming, basketball, tae kwon do. They all carry some risk of injury, but so does going hiking, playing in the park, or riding a bike. But it's lower than for the sports we ruled out, and the injuries that do crop up are more likely to be from overuse (which is controllable) than from impact (which is not). That's not a big deal. Teach your kids to take care of their bodies, stretch, rest, and remind them that no game or practice is more important than their overall well being.

You ruled out baseball but kept soccer?

That’s what I was thinking too! My son plays travel baseball and Little League and has never been hit on the head. Not saying it doesn’t happen but I’d imagine concussions from soccer are a lot more frequent than getting beaned in baseball.

For sure.

In fact, girls soccer faces almost the same risk as boys football re: concussions.

Soccer should be lumped in with football, lacrosse, hockey, etc.

The biggest risk for baseball is elbow injury from overuse, but that can mitigated by having the right coach

[Anonymous]

I think you should just stick with Chess, which isn't a sport.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Other than chess. Swimming? Golf? Tennis?

I heard golf can give people a bad back later in life.

Jo momma

[Anonymous]

Cross country as long as you don’t overtrain, track excluding pole vaulting!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I mean, just steer clear of football, hockey, and lacrosse and you'll be fine. Driving in a car to sports practice is the worst thing you can do.

+1. We are choosy about which sports and activities we sign our kids up for and take into account safety, the culture of the support, the cost of playing long enough to know if you like it (anything at a high level gets pricier, but we wanted sports that were really accessible at lower levels so our kids could do it for years before deciding if they wanted to really commit to it). But that still leaves TONS of sports and activities.

We ruled out football, hockey, gymnastics, and baseball due to injury risk, specifically risk of head injury. Our kids still do tons of sports -- soccer, tennis, cross-country, dance, swimming, basketball, tae kwon do. They all carry some risk of injury, but so does going hiking, playing in the park, or riding a bike. But it's lower than for the sports we ruled out, and the injuries that do crop up are more likely to be from overuse (which is controllable) than from impact (which is not). That's not a big deal. Teach your kids to take care of their bodies, stretch, rest, and remind them that no game or practice is more important than their overall well being.

Tell me you nothing about sports without telling me your nothing about sports.

Tell me you stupid without writing this

[Anonymous]

Riflery, crew (rowing), rock climbing, water polo, ultimate frisbee, surfing, snowboarding skateboarding

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Riflery, crew (rowing), rock climbing, water polo, ultimate frisbee, surfing, snowboarding skateboarding

You know this is arguably THE most dangerous sport listed on this whole thread

[Anonymous]

I think if you look at actual stats playgrounds are more dangerous than sports.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I mean, just steer clear of football, hockey, and lacrosse and you'll be fine. Driving in a car to sports practice is the worst thing you can do.

+1. We are choosy about which sports and activities we sign our kids up for and take into account safety, the culture of the support, the cost of playing long enough to know if you like it (anything at a high level gets pricier, but we wanted sports that were really accessible at lower levels so our kids could do it for years before deciding if they wanted to really commit to it). But that still leaves TONS of sports and activities.

We ruled out football, hockey, gymnastics, and baseball due to injury risk, specifically risk of head injury. Our kids still do tons of sports -- soccer, tennis, cross-country, dance, swimming, basketball, tae kwon do. They all carry some risk of injury, but so does going hiking, playing in the park, or riding a bike. But it's lower than for the sports we ruled out, and the injuries that do crop up are more likely to be from overuse (which is controllable) than from impact (which is not). That's not a big deal. Teach your kids to take care of their bodies, stretch, rest, and remind them that no game or practice is more important than their overall well being.

Tell me you nothing about sports without telling me your nothing about sports.

Tell me you stupid without writing this

Nah, PP was right.

Being worried about injury risk but allowing soccer and basketball is just plain stupid. Basketball has the most injuries

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A) Chess isn't a sport

B) what do you mean by safe?

Keep them away from tackle football, and you're fine.

You've never tried chess boxing and it shows.

[Anonymous]

My wife asked "what is the safest sport for kids?" on a parenting forum and came back an hour later to find 12,000 pages of heated (even vitriolic) debate with no moderator in sight

https://twitter.com/AlexGodofsky/status/1671640346126610432

[Anonymous]

Chess is technically a sport despite what some people's opinions are on the matter.

[Anonymous]

Pool, bowling, ping pong, curling, line dancing?