Sport Safety
What is sport safety?
Ways to prevent injuries, following the rules and using the right equipment
Injury where you break a bone
Fracture
Wearing the right shoes is really important, like the shoes we wear when playing soccer.
Cleats
A smooth wooden or metal club used in the sport of baseball to hit the ball.
Bat
A game played by two teams of eleven players with a round ball that may not be touched with the hands or arms during play except by the goalkeepers.
Soccer
How do injuries happen?
Lack of education, lack of equipment or poorly conditioned players
Stretching or tearing of ligaments or muscles.
Strain and sprain
A protective device that covers your teeth and gums.
Mouth Guard
Ball
A bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding.
Baseball
Drinking enough water is important, especially while playing sports.
Stay hydrated
Occurs when blood pools under your skin after an injury, they change color as they heal.
A protective device for your skull and brain that has a hard shell and chin strap.
Helmet
It's the playing surface, consisting of a rectangular floor, with baskets at each end.
Court
The activity of riding a bicycle or other type of cycle.
Biking
Movements that help you stretch your body prior to playing a sport.
Warm up
An injury to your brain, skull or scalp.
Head Injury
A piece of equipment that protects your eyes during sports such as dirt biking or swimming.
Visor or googles
A pair of posts linked by a crossbar and often with a net attached behind it, forming a space into or over which the ball has to be sent in order to score.
Goal
An action sport that involves riding and performing tricks using a board
Skateboarding
How should teammates treat each other?
With respect
Damage to the cells and nerves that sends/ receives signals to/from the brain and rest of the body.
Spinal Cord Injury
Used to help absorb the impact from energy, and protects your body during sports like skateboarding.
Knee pads, shoulder pads
A type of bat with a round or oval frame strung with catgut, nylon, etc., used especially in tennis, badminton, and squash.
Racket
The sport or activity of propelling oneself through water using the limbs.