Concussions with lacrosse

Image result for girls lacrosse   A constant debate over ours girl’s safety concerning head injury and concussions. Girls and boys lacrosse is the same game, just different rules and players. Women’s lacrosse is not a contact sport yet for males it is meaning that there is to be no illegal Checking to the head or body. For boys, their entire body is checked as a regular part of the game. They have helmets, padding, and gloves while girls have nothing but a mouth guard and eye protection.   “A new survey came out regarding high school and college sports and concussions and while football remains the most likely sport an athlete will sustain a concussion from, the No. 2 sport, women’s lacrosse, was a bit of a surprise. The study, authored by Stephen W Marshall, Kevin M Guskiewicz, Viswanathan Shankar, Michael McCrea and Robert C Cantu in Injury Epidemiology, looked at the incident rate of concussions in seven sports, including lacrosse, which is considered the fastest-growing sport at the high school level.
The same question is going through coaches, parents, and players, minds. Will new safety precautions cause the girls to play differently? In the moment of a game every girl gets a certain amount of play time. There are only 12 girls on the field at a time per team. Each girl is going to play her best during that short 720 second time zone. Each and every player is different, in every single sport. There is no proof that an advance in protection would increase aggression.  No tests have been recorded and all refs, coaches, and parents can do is be less lenient to any dangerous behavior.
Gear is extremely expensive and this is often an obstacle for players and their parents.

For the boys, A basic helmet ranges in price from $70-$200, a stick from $60-$150, padding around $150, cleats from $80- $150, jerseys nearly $60. Girls would go from spending $80 on a stick $8 on a mouth guard, $15 on eye protection, and $90 on cleats to extreme amounts all for their safety. Parents are ready to take the risk of buying all of the gear if it’ll decrease head injury and concussion rates.

Its all fun in games until our teammates and players get a life shifting injury. whats are we willing to do in order to make this game much safer and enjoyable.

Jim Halley, USA TODAY High School Sports June 16, 2015, and By: Jim Halley, USA TODAY High School Sports | June 16, 2015. “New Study Shows Women’s Lacrosse as the No. 2 Sport for Concussions behind Only Football.” USA Today High School Sports, 16 June 2015, usatodayhss.com/2015/new-study-shows-womens-lacrosse-as-the-no-2-sport-for-concussions-behind-only-football.

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