In-class-contributions:
Essays

Risks in sports

Do you know how many people die while doing sports? We all know there are risks involved in sports. We accept the risk it takes when we practice the sport, although, it doesn’t means that we no longer care about putting our lives in danger just for practicing a sport. However, is there a point at which the risk associated whit the sport makes it not a viable activity to do? For some people it doesn’t matter, if there are precautions, they will still practice the sport.

Unintentional injuries represent a major health concern among adolescents. There are a lot of accidents that have occurred while practicing a sport, most common are deaths and injuries in Formula 1 car racing. In general, the risk of unintentional injury summits in adolescence, when children are susceptible to engaging in risk taking. Risk taking in sport involves activities such as diving to head the ball in soccer, sliding at a base in baseball, swimming extremely long distances, lifting a lot of weight. The proportion of serious injuries resulting in long-term or permanent disability happen as a result of sports participation among athletes aged 10 to 13 years is significantly higher than that for any other age group of youth athletes.

An interesting data is that approximately 2.9 million children sport injuries occur annually in the United States. Instead of focusing on the results of serious accident and condemning the sport as dangerous or lethal, there are two ways of recovering from an incident like that. The first one is by using the appropriate equipment to practice the sport. The second one is following the rules of the sport; never do what you want to if it’s going t put your life in danger. And something very important is to use the services provided to the team of the sport to recovery from the injury, or the traumatic event.

Another factor that might influence the perceived risk and risk-taking relationship is self-efficacy. Athletes who perceive a situation as risky have low self efficacy, and higher probability of failure, and so greater potential for injury. Conversely, athletes who are excellent in their sports are more likely to attempt difficult skills or skills that involve calculated risks. For example, young soccer players who overestimate their abilities and inaccurately perceive playing soccer to be a low-risk activity may engage in behaviors on the field, such as aggressive play, and this place them at high risk for injury.

There are , some accidents are just that, accidents. There are a lot of risks in sports that we cannot control. Sports represent a relatively controlled environment in which people are, for the most part, free to make their own decisions to engage in risk taking and in which the consequences of their decisions are significant. When we look at sky-diving, scuba-diving, marathon running and other extreme sports, there seems to be some natural level of risk that people are prepared to take on for a challenging and exciting freedom activity, while still being risky. People are free to practice whatever sport comes to mind, but it’s always recommended to do it with the security it needs.

I have no pictures to put on the blog but will summarize many activities we did in class and helped to learn and understand some issues.

classes we did activities like picking a place in the world and describe their culture customs and important monuments.

also present about a super hero who seems to us important and out favorite.

We did tests that help to practice grammar to write in good shape. topics were:

-taking risks

-around the world

-technology in society

and were very important because we talk topics of social interest.

We also exhibits themes of the book, and that helps us learn more about the topic you chose each group.

we pass to the board and we explained.

all subjects and different activities are valuable and help you learn more.