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by Forgeties791 days ago |
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upvoteby brianwawok1 days ago|
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Football, boxing... seem the top two to cross off. I think skiing is perhaps the third to cross off.
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upvoteby KingMachiavelli1 days ago|
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Skiing is pretty awesome and IMO risk of concussion or serious injury is very low if you are not a freestyle or extremely aggressive/risky skier.

Football and boxing involve guaranteed sub-concussion head impacts every session and likely full concussions at least a few times a year.

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upvoteby kenjackson1 days ago|
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A few years ago in my team of 12 -- we had 4 people in knee braces due to injuries from skiing. Given how little people actually ski, it seems like the sport with the highest injury rate (injuries per minute) -- at least based on my anecdotal data.
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upvoteby adrian_b1 days ago|
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Presumably the risk of injuries during skiing is similar to the risk of car accidents when driving, i.e. very high for certain people, but negligible for most.

Anecdotally, I have many friends, of both sexes, who like to go skiing, and after many decades none of them has ever been injured. Some falls from time to time are unavoidable, but if the speed is not excessive for the terrain and the fall is managed correctly, most falls will not result in injuries.

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upvoteby gnarcoregrizz1 days ago|
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agreed. seems the beginners get injured more. I was in a race league throughout school. no super g or downhill races so speeds weren't crazy. I don't recall any major injuries, just scrapes and bruises. seemed pretty safe provided your gear is set up correctly (DINs were still at 10+ haha), and you spend time in the gym

the freeride stuff is really popular now. i fortunately never got into it, seems a lot riskier

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upvoteby bluGill1 days ago|
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Knee Injuries are not in the same league as brain injuries.
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upvoteby badc0ffee1 days ago|
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At least with skiing, getting hit in the head isn't the point.
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upvoteby zbentley1 days ago|
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Anecdotal, but: I only know 3 people with TBIs personally. All three got them skiing or snowboarding. One died.
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upvoteby jr35921 days ago|
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Skiiing? Please do explain
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upvoteby Ekaros1 days ago|
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I take it means downhill. Not cross country which to me seems safe, apart from causing asthma in Norwegians for some reason... But downhill version involves going relatively fast or really fast with some small change for sudden stop, which in very few cases is safe.
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upvoteby adrian_b1 days ago|
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The downhill version may involve going very fast, for the people who choose this (and who are thus likely to be involved in accidents).

People who do not like unnecessary risks can go downhill as slow as they choose. Skiing speed is controllable, unless you are an inexperienced beginner, in which case you should not attempt to go downhill where that is too steep.

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upvoteby Forgeties791 days ago|
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Skiing becomes incredibly dangerous once you get into like…your 40s and beyond unless you have been doing it pretty consistently your whole life. And even then it’s still very dangerous. High speeds, downhill, crashes are serious.

It’s a sport many people step away from for long periods of time (I.e. the muscles aren’t in shape and they're rusty) and it demands a lot unless you’re sticking to bunny slopes.

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upvoteby jr35921 days ago|
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ah okay, yea makes a lot of sense... I would add that motocross is probably also in that camp. Lots of people ride as kids, stop, and then start again later in life. Its a very dangerous sport with lots of significant hard falls.

But its also a lot of fun. Its crazy how much we crave excitement in life but that excitement often carries enormous risks.

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upvoteby Forgeties791 days ago|
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Yeah I wouldn’t be caught dead trying to snowboard down a mountain anymore lol
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upvoteby ErroneousBosh1 days ago|
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Wait until you hear about shinty.

Have you ever seen ice hockey? Okay well imagine that if it was on a field and if you made it into a really fast and violent contact sport.

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upvoteby mikestew1 days ago|
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Field hockey, yeah, I've heard of it. And there's no way a field hockey player is going to run as fast as an ice hockey player skates.
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upvoteby ErroneousBosh1 days ago|
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No, field hockey is a totally different thing. Like ice hockey, field hockey is non-contact, and very slow, and you're not allowed to lift your stick off the surface.
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upvoteby jerlam1 days ago|
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Ice hockey is a full-contact sport so I don't know what sport you think it is.
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upvoteby jerlam23 hours ago|
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To follow up, my guess is that it's "Bandy" which is a predecessor of ice hockey with sticks and skates, sometimes called ice hockey, but with a much larger rink and less contact:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandy#Bandy_and_ice_hockey

Ice hockey is generally used to mean the specific Olympic sport invented in Canada and played professionally in the NHL at the same level as the NFL.

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upvoteby ErroneousBosh21 hours ago|
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No, it really isn't. You're not allowed hit other players.

In shinty a perfectly acceptable tackle is to hook someone's legs out from under them and then hit them as they go over to make sure they stay down for a bit.

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upvoteby SJC_Hacker16 hours ago|
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> No, it really isn't. You're not allowed hit other players

Uh, what? Do you know what a body check is ?

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upvoteby mikestew1 days ago|
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You've never actually watched an ice hockey game, have you?
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upvoteby ErroneousBosh21 hours ago|
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I have. It's pretty mild stuff.
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upvoteby Forgeties7922 hours ago|
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Reads to me like a typo. They likely meant “unlike”
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upvoteby unregistereddev1 days ago|
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I'm interested and after work will look for video to better understand game action. But there's no way that shinty is "really fast" compared to ice hockey. Ice hockey players routinely move 15-20mph (~24-32km/h) and occasionally sprint upwards of 25mph (40km/h).
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upvoteby ErroneousBosh1 days ago|
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Yeah, they just scoot about on the ice and don't actually play.

Ice hockey is a really boring sport.

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upvoteby jjtheblunt1 days ago|
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soccer headers are ok? (clearly they're not.)
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upvoteby 5upplied_demand1 days ago|
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The US Soccer Federation has proactively banned headers at the U11 level. It's not really a good example.
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upvoteby Forgeties791 days ago|
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The concussion rate in American football (especially pre-NFL) is significantly higher than soccer’s and as the other commenter said, soccer orgs have been addressing it (way better than the NFL has) for a long time. It’s also more preventable in a way it simply isn’t in American football.

They don’t even compare tbh

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upvoteby dfxm121 days ago|
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If you're worried about head trauma, just consider that football is being widely studied & reported upon right now. Look at the stats of basically any contact sport: wrestling, soccer, hockey, etc. You'll probably have to dig deeper to find the the studies, but they all show that the athletes are significantly more likely to develop these types of brain disorders.
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upvoteby Forgeties791 days ago|
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This is incorrect. I can tell you offhand soccer and hockey both have lower rates of CTE’s, soccer by a significant amount. American football has been the most studied and reported on because of how bad it is and how popular the sport remains anyway
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upvoteby dfxm121 days ago|
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Why do you think it is incorrect?

"This analysis revealed that risk ranged from a 5-fold increase in Alzheimer’s disease, through an approximately 4 fold increase in motor neurone disease, to a 2 fold Parkinson’s disease in former professional footballers compared to population controls."

https://www.thepfa.com/news/2019/10/21/field-study-increased...

"...the odds of having chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) increased by 34% each year [of ice hockey] played, and 18 of 19 National Hockey League players had CTE."

https://www.bumc.bu.edu/camed/news-events/articles/2024/larg...

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upvoteby Forgeties791 days ago|
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Yes hockey has CTE’s but it’s at a lower rate than with US football. Nobody is saying it’s super safe or doesn’t have CTE cases.
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