Social Awareness Project

You hit me

Kick me

The Break me down

I dont say much as im on the ground

I get right up and get my books

And keep my head down 

Away from the looks

We were bestfriends , 

Till you became " cool "

now you pick on me

When were in school 

i knew that it was wrong

Still i let you in

Told you all my secrets 

And i trusted you again 

You tell me that your sorry 

But things never seem to change

Itll always be the same

And to be honest thats a shame 

Essay

      As young adults we like to stay active. Whether that is playing sports or just flat out exercising. but even though the sport is fun there are many injuries. The leading head injuries in youth sports are American Football and Girls soccer. When you get a head injury your brain knocks up against your skull and a bruise is left, either temporarily or permanently, maybe forever leaving you with a disability. In football and soccer there is a lot of contact and as young adults we have a lot of energy to give off. Sports normally let you release anger or emotions in general.

       while playing these vigorous sports there are a lot of safety warnings and precautions. In football almost your whole body is covered in safety gear, set for the safety of your body and life. You have a helmet covering your entire head area. On your helmet there will be your mouth piece and chinstrap to protect your jaw and neck from being broken. Lower down on your torso or chest is your shoulder pads protecting your shest and shoulders only leaving your stomach area open(there is equipment to protect that area). Then lower down protecting your legs are your leg pads. Protecting your thighs and knee's. Thats the official gear that MUST be worn to be eligible to play. But there are other protextive padding you can find in sporting good stores. Even with all this protective gear youth players get hurt often. Now in girls soccer there is any padding but you can buy shin protectors and other things. But girls soccer is leading in youth sports head injuries because of hitting the ball with your head or running into each other.

      Now head injuries aren't the only injuries that occur im youth sports. Theres injuries that list from broken bones to fractures to torn muscles to pulled muscles. In the years 2008-09 there were 120+ deaths of youth athletes. 49 deaths in 2010 and 39 in 2011. More than 8000 athletes and young adults get treated in the ER for sports related injuries. But with that being said 62% of injuries happen in practice not even in the game. 2million highschool athletes are diagnosed with severe sportd injuries every year. While 3.5 million kids under the age 14 receive medical treatment every year.and more than 40% get treated in hospitals.