What is the safest sport?
OVERALL FINAL SCORES. Analysis: Boys and girls tennis emerged as the safest sports, with very few overall injuries, concussions, time loss due to injuries, surgeries, and catastrophic injuries. Not surprisingly, several contact sports (football, boys and girls lacrosse, wrestling) scored near the bottom.
Swimming is the safest sport to take part in. Its easy on the joints and can be an aid in recovery after an injury so making it the safest sport in America. A study by researchers at The University of Colorado Denver lead by PhD.
Volleyball. For boys, this is the second safest sport at . 53 per 1,000; for girls, it's the fourth safest with a 1.07 risk rate.
Boxing. The Sweet Science. That's the sport that demands the most from the athletes who compete in it. It's harder than football, harder than baseball, harder than basketball, harder than hockey or soccer or cycling or skiing or fishing or billiards or any other of the 60 sports we rated.
| Sport | Total injuries | Ages 5-14 |
|---|---|---|
| Baseball/Softball | 157,164 | 65,058 |
| Basketball | 403,980 | 139,733 |
| Boxing | 16,071 | 2,001 |
| Football | 292,306 | 149,149 |
| Ranking | Sport | Overall Fitness Rating (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Water Polo | 80.3 |
| 2 | Rugby 7s | 79.6 |
| 3 | American Football | 79.3 |
| 4 | Ultimate | 79.3 |
- Badminton. Hands down, one of the easiest and most rewarding sport to learn is Badminton. ...
- Swimming. Swimming is a sport that can be learned at any age. ...
- Cycling. ...
- Table Tennis. ...
- Volleyball.
Gymnastics. For males and females alike, gymnastics is considered to be one of the most difficult sports at the school-aged level. Gymnastics requires mastery of the body, and gymnastics are expected to demonstrate a high degree of excellence in all events (vault/pommel horse, beams, floor, bars/rings).
According to 2019 statistics, basketball causes the most injuries compared to any other team sport. Young people and adults who play basketball are exposed to various injuries including fractures, facial injuries, deep thigh bruises, ankle sprains and knee injuries.
What is the most skillful sport?
| Ranking | Sport | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tenpin Bowling | 87.4 |
| 2 | Swimming (200m Free) | 86.9 |
| 3 | Weightlifting | 86.2 |
| 4 | Water Polo | 85.8 |
- Basketball. Is your little girl shooting to be the next Lisa Leslie or Candace Parker? ...
- Cheerleading. Here's something not to cheer about: Cheerleading accidents account for 65 percent of all catastrophic injuries in girls' high school athletics. ...
- Horseback riding. ...
- Soccer. ...
- Field hockey.
| Ranking | Sport | Rating (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orienteering | 85.5 |
| 2 | Triathlon | 85.5 |
| 3 | Rowing | 85.3 |
| 4 | Water Polo | 84.1 |
Swimming
It may be surprising to most people that swimming is number 1 in the list of the most mentally challenging sports in the world. Many professional swimmers fall into a 7-day self-sabotage cycle. This is a period where they may doubt themselves and grow continuous stress on themselves.
Basketball
It is not surprising that basketball is the world's highest paid sport. As well as earning millions per year in salary, the NBA's best basketball players earn a huge amount of money from their various endorsements and sponsorships, more so than any other sport.
| Rich Froning at Wodapalooza in 2019 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 21, 1987 Mount Clemens, Michigan, U.S. |
| Education | Tennessee Tech (Exercise Science) |
| Occupation | CrossFit Athlete |
Squash, an indoor racket sport that demands agility, speed and endurance, came out on top. Forbes' experts also gave high marks to rowing, swimming, cross-country skiing, basketball, cycling, running and boxing.
The experts ranked 60 sports on 10 different skills, including endurance, speed, agility, and hand-eye coordination. Their verdict: boxing is the most difficult sport while hockey is a close second.
Similar to our results, they found that the highest team-sport injury rate was for basketball (14.4/1000), followed by football (8.4/1000) and soccer (5.2/1000).
The highest rate of fractures was in football (4.61 per 10 000 athlete exposures) and the lowest in volleyball (0.52).
What age is best to start sports?
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When signing your young child up for sports, choose a league that emphasizes:
- learning in a fun, positive way.
- safe practices and games.
- good sportsmanship.
- 1 | Kabbadi. Kabbadi is the national sport of Bangladesh and, from what I can tell, it's a mix of rugby without a ball and red rover.
- 2 | Motocross/motorcycle racing. ...
- 3 | Fencing. ...
- 4 | Polo. ...
- 5 | Archery. ...
- 6 | Sailing. ...
- 7 | Canadian football. ...
- 8 | Weightlifting. ...
- Badminton.
- Swimming.
- Cycling.
- Table Tennis.
- Volleyball.
Swimming sustained the fewest injuries for both boys and girls.
A study of injuries occurring in Olympic competition ranks Fencing as having one of the lowest injury rates, making it one of the safest Olympic sports.
Another recent study found that cheerleading is the most dangerous sport for females because of the high risk for concussions and “catastrophic” injuries, which are classified as injuries that result in long-term medical conditions, permanent disabilities or a shorter lifespan.
