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What a lifetime of playing football can do to the human brain

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In stage I, symptoms are subtle: headaches, short-term memory loss, and loss of attention. By stage IV, “most subjects also showed profound loss of attention and concentration, executive dysfunction,13 language difficulties, explosivity, aggressive tendencies, paranoia, depression, gait and visuospatial difficulties,”14 the paper explains.

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The American Academy of Pediatrics on Tackling in Youth Football (The American Academy of Pediatrics)

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The American Academy of Pediatrics on Tackling in Youth Football (The American Academy of Pediatrics)

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"Removing tackling from football altogether would likely lead to a decrease in the incidence of overall injuries, severe injuries, catastrophic injuries, and concussions."

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"What a lifetime of playing football can do to the human brain"Lesson Overview Part 1: Reading & Questions" by:Paige Maslen

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"What a lifetime of playing football can do to the human brain"Lesson Overview Part 1: Reading & Questions" by:Paige Maslen

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The number of concussions sustained during practice and gameplay in 2018 fell somewhat, from a total of 281 in 2017 to a total of 214 in 2018, according to the NFL’s injury data. But they still occur regularly.

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working with teammates teaches athletes important life skills such as to respect one another, act in unselfish ways, make good decisions on behalf of the team, and not cut corners

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"The Social and Academic Benefits of Team Sports"(Paige Maslen)

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"The Social and Academic Benefits of Team Sports"(Paige Maslen)

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"The diverse pairing of personalities and scenarios will help your athlete become adaptable, persistent, and patient. Team sports also teach a sense of group and individual responsibility."

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What a lifetime of playing football can do to the human brain

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What a lifetime of playing football can do to the human brain

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"It suggests (though not conclusively) that playing football at ages younger than 12 is more dangerous for long-term cognitive decline than starting at an older age. “The results of this study suggest that sustaining repeated head injuries during critical periods of brain maturation could alter neurodevelopmental trajectories, leading to later-life cognitive impairment,” the study concluded."(Brian Resnick)

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What a lifetime of playing football can do to the human brain

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What a lifetime of playing football can do to the human brain

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"The number of concussions sustained during practice and gameplay in 2018 fell somewhat, from a total of 281 in 2017 to a total of 214 in 2018, according to the NFL’s injury data. But they still occur regularly." (By Brian Resnick)

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"The social and Academic Benefits of Team Sports."

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"Physical activity naturally increases blood flow to the brain and activates endorphins, chemicals that are released when you exercise. Endorphins can impact your mood and work performance, meaning athletes may be more willing and capable of tackling that next big problem."(Paige Maslen)

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"Team sports can also help with emotional development."

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Necessity demands that athletes learn valuable time management skills, otherwise they would never be able to keep up with academics and sport.

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Paige maslen:The Social and Academic Benefits of Team Sports

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Paige maslen:The Social and Academic Benefits of Team Sports

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What a lifetime of playing football can do to the human brain (Brian Resnick)

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What a lifetime of playing football can do to the human brain (Brian Resnick)

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"Concern around the issue has only grown now that more than 100 former NFL players have received a postmortem diagnosis of CTE, and new research is finding that youth football may be a risk factor for CTE down the line."

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What a lifetime of playing football can do to the human brain

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What a lifetime of playing football can do to the human brain

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"National trends reflect the unease.17 The number of high school students playing football dropped by 20,000 between 2016 and 2017, continuing a downward trend. In 2008, 1.11 million high school students played football. Now, it’s 1.039 million. That said, football is still the most popular sport for high school males."(Brian Resnick)

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What a lifetime of playing football can do to the human brain

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What a lifetime of playing football can do to the human brain

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"Football isn’t just a contact sport — it’s a dangerous game of massive bodies colliding into one another. And while it may seem obvious that this sport can do extraordinary damage to brains and bodies, it’s taken far too long for the NFL, the medical community, and football fans to fully reckon with this."

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"The Social and Academic Benefits of Team Sports"

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"The Social and Academic Benefits of Team Sports"

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"A University of Kansas study looking at the performance of students in grades 9 to 12 showed that more than 97% of student athletes graduated high school, 10% higher than those students who had never participated in sports. Athletes were also shown to have better G.P.A. outcomes than non-athletes."(Paige Maslen)

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"What a lifetime of playing football can do to the human brain"(Brian Resnick)

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"What a lifetime of playing football can do to the human brain"(Brian Resnick)

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"It suggests (though not conclusively) that playing football at ages younger than 12 is more dangerous for long-term cognitive decline than starting at an older age."

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What a lifetime of playing football can do to the human brain

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"Doctors have learned a tremendous amount about concussions and chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, a degenerative1 brain condition believed to be caused by repeated hits to the head, since the first former NFL player was diagnosed with CTE in the early 2000s." (By Brian Resnick)

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"Of the 202 brains, 177, or nearly 90 percent, were diagnosed with CTE. And there was a pattern: Those who had played football longer were more likely to have worse brain damage. Among the former NFL players in the sample, 99 percent had CTE. This suggests the effects of brain trauma on CTE are cumulative. The more trauma over a longer period, the worse the symptoms."(Brian Resnick)

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¨since the first former NFL player was diagnosed with CTE in the early 2000s. Concern around the issue has only grown now that more than 100 former NFL players have received a post mortem 2 diagnosis of CTE, and new research is finding that youth football may be a risk factor for CTE down the line.¨

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"What a lifetime of playing football can do to the human brain"(Brian Resnick)

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"What a lifetime of playing football can do to the human brain"(Brian Resnick)

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"A 2015 study found that former NFL players who began football before age 12 fared worse on cognitive assessments than those who started later in their teens. And this held true even controlling for number of years played."

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"The American Academy of Pediatrics on Tackling in Youth Football"

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"The American Academy of Pediatrics on Tackling in Youth Football"

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"A significant number of concussions and catastrophic injuries occur because of improper and illegal contact, such as spear tackling. There is a culture of tolerance of head first, illegal hits."(The American Academy of Pediatrics)

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What a lifetime of playing football can do to the human brain (Brian Resnick)

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What a lifetime of playing football can do to the human brain (Brian Resnick)

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"Heads and bodies get smashed and shuddered every week during the football season. And despite changing the rules to allow for more severe penalties and fines for flagrant helmet-to-helmet hits, the NFL has not succeeded so far in preventing concussions."

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What a lifetime of playing football can do to the human brain

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lose consciousness, become sensitive to light and sound, get headaches, and have sluggish or confused thoughts for weeks and even months. PARAGRAPH 5

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The Social and Academic Benefits of Team Sports

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The Social and Academic Benefits of Team Sports

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"This is an obvious one. Teamwork is all about collaborating with others to reach a common goal. The diverse pairing of personalities and scenarios will help your athlete become adaptable, persistent, and patient. Team sports also teach a sense of group and individual responsibility."

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The Social and Academic Benefits of Team Sports"Kyle pham

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The Social and Academic Benefits of Team Sports"Kyle pham

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"Soft skills are personal attributes5 that allow people to build positive social relationships. Team sports are an excellent source of soft skills development, as they allow athletes to grow within a supportive environment"pg5

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The Social and Academic Benefits of Team Sports

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"While it might not be as obvious as sitting down and discussing a group project, team sports take a lot of communication — both spoken and unspoken. Communication skills are key in maintaining a functioning sports team, whether it’s listening to a locker room pep talk, picking up on nonverbal cues6 given by other players, or expressing a thought during a post-game debrief." (By Paige Maslen)

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"In stage I, symptoms are subtle: headaches, short-term memory loss, and loss of attention. By stage IV, “most subjects also showed profound loss of attention and concentration, executive dysfunction, language difficulties, explosivity, aggressive tendencies, paranoia, depression, gait and visuospatial difficulties,” the paper explains.

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The American Academy of Pediatrics on Tackling in Youth Football

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The American Academy of Pediatrics on Tackling in Youth Football

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"Although the effect of subconcussive blows on long-term cognitive function, incidence of CTE, and other health outcomes remains unclear, repetitive trauma to the head is of no clear benefit to the game of football or the health of football players."

By "The American Academy of Pediatrics"

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"Sports plays happen fast, and athletes develop the skills needed to make effective snap decisions, Whether it’s a basketball player deciding to shoot or a soccer player realizing his best move is to pass to a teammate for the assist, athletes learn critical decision-making skills that will benefit them both during and after game time." (Paige Maslen)

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"What a lifetime of playing football can do to the human brain"(Brian Resnick)

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"What a lifetime of playing football can do to the human brain"(Brian Resnick)

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"Athletes who began playing tackle football before age 12 developed the cognitive and behavior symptoms of CTE 13 years earlier on average than those who started playing later in their teenage years."

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What a lifetime of playing football can do to the human brain

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What a lifetime of playing football can do to the human brain

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Football isn’t just a contact sport — it’s a dangerous game of massive bodies colliding into one another. And while it may seem obvious that this sport can do extraordinary damage to brains and bodies, it’s taken far too long for the NFL, the medical community, and football fans to fully reckon with this. PARAGRAPH 1

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The American Academy of Pediatrics on Tackling in Youth Football

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The American Academy of Pediatrics on Tackling in Youth Football

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"Physical therapists, athletic trainers, or strength and conditioning specialists, with expertise in the strengthening and conditioning of pediatric athletes, are best qualified to help young football players achieve the neck strength that will help prevent injuries."

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The American Academy of Pediatrics on Tackling in Youth Football

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"While it might not be as obvious as sitting down and discussing a group project, team sports take a lot of communication — both spoken and unspoken. Communication skills are key in maintaining a functioning sports team, whether it’s listening to a locker room pep talk, picking up on nonverbal cues."

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"What a lifetime of playing football can do to the human brain"

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"What a lifetime of playing football can do to the human brain"

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"Of the 202 brains, 177, or nearly 90 percent, were diagnosed with CTE. And there was a pattern: Those who had played football longer were more likely to have worse brain damage. Among the former NFL players in the sample, 99 percent had CTE. This suggests the effects of brain trauma on CTE are cumulative. The more trauma over a longer period, the worse the symptoms."(Brian Resnick)

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The Social and Academic Benefits of Team Sports

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The Social and Academic Benefits of Team Sports

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"Team sports are an excellent source of soft skills development, as they allow athletes to grow within a supportive environment." (Paige Maslen)

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"What a lifetime of playing football can do to the human brain"(Brian Resnick)

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"What a lifetime of playing football can do to the human brain"(Brian Resnick)

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"Of the 202 brains, 177, or nearly 90 percent, were diagnosed with CTE. And there was a pattern: Those who had played football longer were more likely to have worse brain damage. Among the former NFL players in the sample, 99 percent had CTE."

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What a lifetime of playing football can do to the human brain

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What a lifetime of playing football can do to the human brain

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"There are approximately 0.41 concussions per NFL game of American football: 67.7% of concussions involve impact by another player’s helmet, 20.9% involve impact by other body regions (e.g., a knee), and 11.4% involve impact on the ground (29, 31, 32, 40). It has been reported that 9.3% of the concussions involved loss of consciousness and 2.4% of the concussions resulted in hospitalization." (Brian Resnick)

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The Social and Academic Benefits of Team Sports

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The Social and Academic Benefits of Team Sports

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¨Research published by the Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute states that exercise can lead to a unique state of short-term relaxation. That relaxation can promote increased concentration, better memory, enhanced creativity, more effective problem solving, and an improved mood — all benefits that will extend into the classroom.¨ By Paige Maslen

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¨Effective time management planning is part of why a recent article published by Fast Company argues employers should consider hiring a former student athlete." (Maslen)

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What a lifetime of playing football can do to the human brain

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What a lifetime of playing football can do to the human brain

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"The number of concussions sustained during practice and gameplay in 2018 fell somewhat, from a total of 281 in 2017 to a total of 214 in 2018, according to the NFL’s injury data. But they still occur regularly."(Brian Resnick)

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"The American Academy of Pediatrics on Tackling in Youth Football"Ben hershey.

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"The American Academy of Pediatrics on Tackling in Youth Football"Ben hershey.

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"injuries occur because of improper and illegal contact, such as spear tackling."pg1

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The Social and Academic Benefits of Team Sports

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The Social and Academic Benefits of Team Sports

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"Athletes were also shown to have better G.P.A. outcomes than non-athletes."

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"What a lifetime of playing football can do to the human brain"

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"202 brains, 177, or nearly 90 percent, were diagnosed with CTE. And there was a pattern: Those who had played football longer were more likely to have worse brain damage"

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The Social and Academic Benefits of Team Sports

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The Social and Academic Benefits of Team Sports

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Decisive Action plays happen fast, and athletes develop the skills needed to make effective snap decisions. Whether it’s a basketball player deciding to shoot or a soccer player realizing his best move is to pass to a teammate for the assist, athletes learn critical decision-making skills that will benefit them both during and after game time.

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"The Social and Academic Benefits of Team Sports"(Paige Maslen)

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"The Social and Academic Benefits of Team Sports"(Paige Maslen)

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"Sports plays happen fast, and athletes develop the skills needed to make effective snap decisions."

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"What a lifetime of playing football can do to the human brain"

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"What a lifetime of playing football can do to the human brain"

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"In stage I, symptoms are subtle: headaches, short-term memory loss, and loss of attention. By stage IV, “most subjects also showed profound loss of attention and concentration, executive dysfunction,language difficulties, explosivity, aggressive tendencies, paranoia, depression, gait and visuospatial difficulties,” the paper explains."(Brian Resnick)

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What a lifetime of playing football can do to the human brain

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What a lifetime of playing football can do to the human brain

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"During impact, individual neurons can be stretched and damaged. Brain chemistry gets out of whack. Concussions make people “see stars,” become disoriented, lose consciousness, become sensitive to light and sound, get headaches, and have sluggish or confused thoughts for weeks and even months."(Brian Resnick)

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The Social and Academic Benefits of Team Sports. 

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The Social and Academic Benefits of Team Sports. 

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University of Kansas study looking at the performance of students in grades 9 to 12 showed that more than 97% of student athletes graduated high school, 10% higher than those students who had never participated in sports. Athletes were also shown to have better G.P.A. outcomes than non-athletes. By Paige Maslen

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"The American Academy of pediatrics on tackling in youth football"

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"Communication skills are key in maintaining a functioning sports team, whether it’s listening to a locker room pep talk, picking up on nonverbal cues given by other players, or expressing a thought during a post-game debrief." (The American Academy of Pediatrics)

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¨The diverse pairing of personalities and scenarios will help your athlete become adaptable, persistent, and patient.¨ (Maslen)

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"The American Academy of Pediatrics on Tackling in Youth Football"Ben hershey

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"Lack of experience with tackling and being tackled may lead to an increase in the number and severity of injuries once tackling is introduced."pg5"

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What a lifetime of playing football can do to the human brain

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What a lifetime of playing football can do to the human brain

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"Concussions make people “see stars,”5 become disoriented,6 lose consciousness, become sensitive to light and sound, get headaches, and have sluggish or confused thoughts for weeks and even months."

By"Brian Resnick"

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''The Social and Academic Benefits of Team Sports''

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Teamwork is all about collaborating8 with others to reach a common goal. The diverse pairing of personalities and scenarios will help your athlete become adaptable, persistent, and patient. Team sports also teach a sense of group and individual responsibility.

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What a lifetime of playing football can do to the human brain

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What a lifetime of playing football can do to the human brain

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"Football isn’t just a contact sport — it’s a dangerous game of massive bodies colliding into one another."(Brian Resnick)

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The Social and Academic Benefits of Team Sports

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The Social and Academic Benefits of Team Sports

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"grades 9 to 12 showed that more than 97% of student athletes graduated high school, 10% higher than those students who had never participated in sports. Athletes were also shown to have better G.P.A. outcomes than non-athletes."

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"It has been reported that 9.3% of the concussions involved loss of consciousness and 2.4% of the concussions resulted in hospitalization."

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"The Social and Academic Benefits of Team Sports"(Paige Maslen)

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"University of Kansas study looking at the performance of students in grades 9 to 12 showed that more than 97% of student athletes graduated high school, 10% higher than those students who had never participated in sports."

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The American Academy of Pediatrics on Tackling in Youth Football

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The American Academy of Pediatrics on Tackling in Youth Football

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"Delaying the age at which tackling is introduced to the game would likely decrease the risk of these injuries for the age levels at which tackling would be prohibited."

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¨Sports create an environment where athletes learn to conquer their natural “fight or flight” instinct to make consistent and difficult decisions under high pressure situations.¨ (Maslen)

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The American Academy of Pediatrics on Tackling in Youth Football"Ben hershey

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The American Academy of Pediatrics on Tackling in Youth Football"Ben hershey

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"Removing tackling from football altogether would likely lead to a decrease in the incidence of overall injuries, severe injuries, catastrophic injuries, and concussions."pg2

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"Communication skills are key in maintaining a functioning sports team, whether it’s listening to a locker room pep talk, picking up on nonverbal cues given by other players, or expressing a thought during a post-game debrief." (Paige Maslen)

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¨Once tackling is introduced, however, athletes who have no previous experience with tackling would be exposed to collisions for the first time at an age at which speeds are faster, collision forces are greater, and injury risk is higher.¨

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What a lifetime of playing football can do to the human brain

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"In stage I, symptoms are subtle: headaches, short-term memory loss, and loss of attention. By stage IV, “most subjects also showed profound loss of attention and concentration, executive dysfunction,13 language difficulties, explosivity, aggressive tendencies,paranoia, depression, gait and visuospatial difficulties,” By"Brian Resnick"

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That relaxation can promote increased concentration, better memory, enhanced creativity, more effective problem solving, and an improved mood — all benefits that will extend into the classroom.

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The American Academy of Pediatrics on Tackling in Youth Football

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The American Academy of Pediatrics on Tackling in Youth Football

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"Delaying the age at which tackling is introduced to the game would likely decrease the risk of these injuries for the age levels at which tackling would be prohibited."

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The American Academy of Pediatrics on Tackling in Youth Football

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The American Academy of Pediatrics on Tackling in Youth Football

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"Removing tackling from football altogether would likely lead to a decrease in the incidence of overall injuries, severe injuries, catastrophic injuries, and concussions."

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"Concussions make people “see stars,”5 become disoriented,6 lose consciousness, become sensitive to light and sound, get headaches, and have sluggish or confused thoughts for weeks and even months."(Brian Resnick)

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¨As Jill Prudden said in her book Coaching Girls’ Basketball Successfully, players are expected to express their concerns, hopes, and disappointments to their coaches and their teammates.¨ (Maslen)

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"What a lifetime of playing football can do to the human brain" (The American Academy of Pediatrics)

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"What a lifetime of playing football can do to the human brain" (The American Academy of Pediatrics)

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"There are approximately 0.41 concussions per NFL game of American football: 67.7% of concussions involve impact by another player’s helmet, 20.9% involve impact by other body regions (e.g., a knee), and 11.4% involve impact on the ground (29, 31, 32, 40). It has been reported that 9.3% of the concussions involved loss of consciousness and 2.4% of the concussions resulted in hospitalization."

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"Yet another study found evidence to suggest that college football experience can lead to a decrease in the volume of the hippocampus20 — a critical region for memory — compared to people who never played college football."pg27.

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Communication skills are key in maintaining a functioning sports team, whether it’s listening to a locker room pep talk, picking up on nonverbal cues.

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The American Academy of Pediatrics on Tackling in Youth Football

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The American Academy of Pediatrics on Tackling in Youth Football

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"A significant number of concussions and catastrophic injuries occur because of improper and illegal contact, such as spear tackling. There is a culture of tolerance of head first, illegal hits." (The American Academy of Pediatrics

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Removing tackling from football altogether would likely lead to a decrease in the incidence of overall injuries, severe injuries, catastrophic injuries, and concussions. The American Academy of Pediatrics recognizes, however, that the removal of tackling from football would lead to a fundamental change in the way the game is played.

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"Effective time management planning is part of why a recent article published by Fast Company argues employers should consider hiring a former student athlete." By"Paige Maslen"

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The American Academy of Pediatrics on Tackling in Youth Football

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"A significant number of concussions and catastrophic injuries occur because of improper and illegal contact, such as spear tackling."

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"What a lifetime of playing football can do to the human brain"Brian Resnick

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"What a lifetime of playing football can do to the human brain"Brian Resnick

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"or CTE, a degenerative1 brain condition believed to be caused by repeated hits to the head, since the first former NFL player was diagnosed with CTE in the early 2000s. Concern around the issue has only grown now that more than 100 former NFL players have received a postmortem2 diagnosis of CTE, and new research is finding that youth football may be a risk factor for CTE down the line."(pg2)

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"What a lifetime of playing football can do to the human brain"

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"What a lifetime of playing football can do to the human brain"

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"More than 100 former NFL players have received a diagnosis of CTE, and new research is finding that youth football may be a risk factor for CTE down the line."

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The Social and Academic Benefits of Team Sports Paige Maslen

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The Social and Academic Benefits of Team Sports Paige Maslen

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Team athletes are constantly working with a slate2 of other people, many of whom can become positive role models along the way.

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The American Academy of Pediatrics on Tackling in Youth Football

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The American Academy of Pediatrics on Tackling in Youth Football

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"Although the effect of subconcussive blows on long-term cognitive function, incidence of CTE, and other health outcomes remains unclear, repetitive trauma7 to the head is of no clear benefit to the game of football or the health of football players." "Brian Resnick"

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What a lifetime of playing football can do to the human brain

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What a lifetime of playing football can do to the human brain

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"here are approximately 0.41 concussions per NFL game of American football: 67.7% of concussions involve impact by another player’s helmet, 20.9% involve impact by other body regions (e.g., a knee), and 11.4% involve impact on the ground (29, 31, 32, 40). It has been reported that 9.3% of the concussions involved loss of consciousness and 2.4% of the concussions resulted in hospitalization."

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"The Social and Academic Benefits of Team Sports"

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"The Social and Academic Benefits of Team Sports"

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¨A report from True Sport says that youth who play sports have higher levels of social support, and that the sense of community created with teammates, coaches, and family members incubates the perfect setting for critical self-esteem development.¨(P.16 Maslen)

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"What a lifetime of playing football can do to the human brain"

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"What a lifetime of playing football can do to the human brain"

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"Concussions make people “see stars,” become disoriented, lose consciousness, become sensitive to light and sound, get headaches, and have sluggish or confused thoughts for weeks and even months. ".(pg5)Brian Resnick

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"Write your quote in quotation marks and provide the author's name in parenthesis" (Smith)

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