High School Concussions
Have you had a concussion before? You get all confused and disoriented and have trouble remembering things. Students in High School athletics get concussions all the time. “47% of all reported concussions are in football alone. 33% of which occur during practices. There were 3,800,000 concussions reported in 2012, double what was reported in 2002.” High School athletes are vulnerable to concussions every day in practice and in games. The number of students getting concussions is growing every year, but how do we bring that number down? The statistics of concussions High School sports is important along with the dangers of concussions, and what a concussion is. These are the kind of things that schools should be aware of for the students sake. (Head Case).
Concussions are very dangerous but every day there is a student at a school that gets hit or falls and ends up with a concussion/concussions. “In every 100,000 athletic …show more content…
I was in a game and I jumped to grab a rebound and the guy behind me tried to push me under the basket to get the rebound but since I had jumped when he pushed me I fell to the ground and hit my head on the court hard. It was a close call I had to come out to get checked out real quick. Luckily I was fortunate enough to not have a concussion, others might not be that lucky though. Concussions are apart of sports, all we can do is try to avoid them but as people get more and more competitive the injuries get worse and concussions are more likely. Concussions are dangerous and very likely in High School especially sports like football and basketball. They can leave serious damage to the brain and they happen all the time. The best thing to do is try to avoid getting a concussion. Don’t let the fear of a concussion keep you from life. Together we can find a way to beat concussions and reduce the amount of them happening and protect High School students and