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"Every week young children are hospitalized on the playing fields of Britain. Yet the subject is rarely investigated, nor is there any concerted attempt to work out how to make sport safer. Using meticulous, peerreviewed research, the book sets out the true risks associated with the sport, raising uncomfortable questions for politicians and the educational authorities. Would parents be so willing to let their children play rugby if they knew that the average risk of serious injury over the course of a season could be at least 17 percent, or nearly one in six?"--
"Would parents be so willing to let their children play rugby if they knew that the average risk of serious injury over the course of a season could be nearly one in six? Every week youngsters are hospitalized on the playing fields of Britain. Yet the subject is rarely investigated, injury data are not systematically collected, and as a result any real attempt to work out how to make youth rugby safer is flawed. Using meticulous, peer-reviewed research, leading public health specialist Allyson M. Pollock sets out the true risks associated with the sport, raising uncomfortable questions for politicians and the educational authorities. Tackling Rugby pulls no punches but demands that those in charge take responsibility for the children in their care"--
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Rugby football injuries, Sports injuries in children, SPORTS & RECREATION / Rugby, SPORTS & RECREATION / Sports Psychology, SPORTS & RECREATION / Sociology of Sports, SPORTS & RECREATION, Rugby, Sports Psychology, Sociology of Sports, Football, Injuries, Adolescent, Child, Sports injuries, Rugby football playersShowing 2 featured editions. View all 2 editions?
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Tackling rugby: what every parent should know about injuries
2014, Verso
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1781686025 9781781686027
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Includes bibliographical references (page 206) and index.
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