What's the safest sport for kids?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Golf

Frisbee Golf..
Those regular golf shoes have pointy spikes, may put your kid’s eye out

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Curling or ping pong shit

Curling is dangerous. You can slip on the ice, get whacked with a broom, or blinded by the pants.

[Anonymous]

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

Most definitions of sport include physical exertion, making chess not a sport.

See, that's the common incorrect assumption you and others make and are completely wrong:


https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/27593253/why-grandmasters-magnus-carlsen-fabiano-caruana-lose-weight-playing-chess

The fact that people get stressed out while playing chess doesn't make it a sport. People get stressed out flying in planes, having dinner with their in laws, and performing brain surgery, none of which are sports.

[Anonymous]

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

Most definitions of sport include physical exertion, making chess not a sport.

See, that's the common incorrect assumption you and others make and are completely wrong:


https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/27593253/why-grandmasters-magnus-carlsen-fabiano-caruana-lose-weight-playing-chess

The fact that people get stressed out while playing chess doesn't make it a sport. People get stressed out flying in planes, having dinner with their in laws, and performing brain surgery, none of which are sports.

It's not about stress, although all sports can be stressful in competition - did you even bother to read the article?

Are you familiar with ESPN and the kind of reporting they do?

[Anonymous]

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

Most definitions of sport include physical exertion, making chess not a sport.

See, that's the common incorrect assumption you and others make and are completely wrong:


https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/27593253/why-grandmasters-magnus-carlsen-fabiano-caruana-lose-weight-playing-chess

The fact that people get stressed out while playing chess doesn't make it a sport. People get stressed out flying in planes, having dinner with their in laws, and performing brain surgery, none of which are sports.

It's not about stress, although all sports can be stressful in competition - did you even bother to read the article?

Are you familiar with ESPN and the kind of reporting they do?

Yes, I read the article that says that the stress and concentration requires for chess raises people's heart rate which, combined with the fact that people eat less during competitions, means that many high level chess players lose weight during tournaments.

What the article doesn't say is that chess is a sport.

[Anonymous]

I have messed up shoulders from competitive swimming. My brother has a bad back from golf. I have lots of friends who have torn their ACLs during golf.

There is now safe sport but those 3 are safest neurologically.

[Anonymous]

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

Most definitions of sport include physical exertion, making chess not a sport.

See, that's the common incorrect assumption you and others make and are completely wrong:


https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/27593253/why-grandmasters-magnus-carlsen-fabiano-caruana-lose-weight-playing-chess

The fact that people get stressed out while playing chess doesn't make it a sport. People get stressed out flying in planes, having dinner with their in laws, and performing brain surgery, none of which are sports.

It's not about stress, although all sports can be stressful in competition - did you even bother to read the article?

Are you familiar with ESPN and the kind of reporting they do?

Yes, I read the article that says that the stress and concentration requires for chess raises people's heart rate which, combined with the fact that people eat less during competitions, means that many high level chess players lose weight during tournaments.

What the article doesn't say is that chess is a sport.

Are you familiar with ESPN and the focus of their reporting?

Maybe this will help:

https://olympics.com/ioc/recognised-international-federations

[Anonymous]

Volleyball

[Anonymous]

I am late to this discussion, but it is weird to me that no one replied to OP with data. There is A LOT of data on this topic. You should focus on what injury risks you are trying to mitigate and note that when you look at injury incidence data you need to control for # of players of that sport. Good luck OP! Example head injury data: https://www.aans.org/Patients/Neurosurgical-Conditions-and-Treatments/Sports-related-Head-Injury

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Rock climbing at Carderock is far safer than football or soccer. Of course there’s risk. That’s why there are helmets.

Oh. I was thinking of rock climbing/bouldering on actual rocks in the mountains.

Speed walking for the win!

[Anonymous]

Equestrian (which is an olympic sport), riflery (a local varsity high school sport and also an olympic sport), miniature golf, duck pin bowling (a varsity high school sport in Montgomery County).

All these are pretty safe.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Equestrian (which is an olympic sport), riflery (a local varsity high school sport and also an olympic sport), miniature golf, duck pin bowling (a varsity high school sport in Montgomery County).

All these are pretty safe.

I don't know what planet you are reporting in from but neither equestrian nor riflery are considered "safe" here on Earth.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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

your family didn’t want honest feedback, you wanted to be coddled. you shouid post about the safest, “most supportive” message board next.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Swimming. Low impact, non-contact. The most common injuries are overuse injuries caused by poor form. Get private lessons or join a year-round club to get bad habits quashed early.

If the person gets into open water swimming (either as a child or as an adult) it can get riskier. I used to be very active in triathlon and the swim could get pretty brutal. Everyone rushing the water at the same time (A lot of races now do timed entry instead) and you can get trampled. Everyone kicking and arms thrusting into the water in the same small space, trying to pass each other, can lead to injury. I'm a petite female and LARGE males had absolutely no issue swimming right on top of me--literally. I was often kicked in the head/face when trying to pass people. I knew people who had to drop out of the race in the middle of the swim after being hit/kicked too hard.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Equestrian (which is an olympic sport), riflery (a local varsity high school sport and also an olympic sport), miniature golf, duck pin bowling (a varsity high school sport in Montgomery County).

All these are pretty safe.

I don't know what planet you are reporting in from but neither equestrian nor riflery are considered "safe" here on Earth.

Equestrian involves jumping over little two foot fences. It’s not the Preakness. Rifle is either air rifle or small bore, and it involves target shooting in controlled environments. It’s considered a safe high school sport in this area.