Most Dangerous Sports
Sports were you are very likely to get hurt (or killed) while playing! Don't agree with the list? Vote for an existing item you think should be ranked higher or if you are a logged in, add a new item for others to vote on or create your own version of this list.The Top Ten
1Horseback Riding
There are so many fatal riding accidents that it is near impossible to keep count. Working around on with any living, thinking animal immediately presents obvious risks. Jade South, Jessica Forsyth and Emma Jonathan are just some names of promising young riders who have lost their lives doing the thing they loved most in the last 3 years. The first two names were girls of 14 years.
The first time I was bucked off I fractured my arm, sprained my neck, pulled a muscle in my leg, and dislocated my knee. When my cousin was a toddler she walked behind a horse and got kicked so hard she flew ten feet, became cross-eyed and since she hit a fence, she became paralyzed from the neck down. So yeah, horseback riding is VERY dangerous on and off the horse...
Most athletes get injured a lot more often than horseback riders. But when it comes down to the horror of the injuries, horseback riding has a ten furlong lead. We're talking about people balancing their assbones [Contrary to popular belief, you can't hold on with your hands or legs, because you're using those to communicate with your horse. For that matter, you've got to do the assbone-balancing in a very specific way, too. ] on the backs of extremely well-conditioned, high-strung twelve-thousand pound animals with a flight instinct, and then asking said animal to gallop at speeds in the vicinity of sixty or seventy kilometers per hour over terrain that a traceur would gasp at, stopping and turning on a dime [mind--a thousand pounds and sixty kph is a lot of intertia, ] or to vault over two meter high, four meter wide fences, many of which are solid wood, brick, and earth, with nice three-meter-drop ditches on the other side. Current statistics say that horse riders can expect a serious injury for every 350 hours of riding. We're talking about people getting their skulls smashed in, their spinal cords snapped clean in two, having their livers chopped in half by a horse's hoof, their rib cages crushed flat when a thousand-pound animal lands on them coming off a ten foot fall. Does that happen often in cheerleading? Lacrosse? Maybe sometimes when people get really drunk before a game of rugby union. And let's not talk about the equine casualties. No, let's talk about them. Globally we've got about fifteen hundred horses dying each year from racing related injuries, about a thousand dying at polio, a few hundred dying in the jumping disciplines, a few hundred in cross-country disciplines, and unknown thousands of pleasure horses dying of injuries. Generally for every fatal injury to a horse, there are another four to six permanently crippling injuries, and unfortunately permanently crippled horses, being extremely expensive and difficult to maintain, have this awful habit of ending up euthanized or shipped off to slaughterhouses. But I don't think that I've ever seen a footballer get euthanized.
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2Bull Riding
I play soccer, volleyball, and swim. I've personally never done bull riding. If bull-riding is a sport, (which it really shouldn't be included with soccer, football (like motor cross and NASCAR), your not doing anything the object is) even though I don't do the sport, I can easily agree that bull-riding would have to be the most dangerous sport on the planet. "Eight seconds isn't a long time! " Say that when your riding a two ton bull. Its a pretty stupid sport (in my opinion), but its the worst. You have no sort of protection, just your clothes. No one to catch you if you fall, cheer leaders. Now add crazy rampaging bull to that. Don't get you face stomp on.
More people die in bull riding than cheering. Really think this logically, even if you don't play the sport.
Cheer leading the " MOST DANGEROUS SPORT IN THE WORLD? " No, really, I don't even think its a sport. Sure, it hard work, but your mostly just cheering for my team. Whats the point to that? Your the half time entertainment, or the hot chicks during the football half time. Sure, you do flips and you can fall and get hurt, but another other sport can get just as much (or even more) injured. Your practices? I'm pretty sure there a harder practices than your cheer leading practices. If it is to be a sport, it should not be the top. They should make a new list that can be made by professionals not by which-ever amount of people who play a certain sport that are online.
Also, for those who say soccer shouldn't be on the list, its just as aggressive as any other sport. We don't have any protection besides shin guards. There is a lot of more rough contact trying to get that ball. Believe me. And Rugby shouldn't be last, its like football with out padding!
More people die in bull riding than cheering. Really think this logically, even if you don't play the sport.
Cheer leading the " MOST DANGEROUS SPORT IN THE WORLD? " No, really, I don't even think its a sport. Sure, it hard work, but your mostly just cheering for my team. Whats the point to that? Your the half time entertainment, or the hot chicks during the football half time. Sure, you do flips and you can fall and get hurt, but another other sport can get just as much (or even more) injured. Your practices? I'm pretty sure there a harder practices than your cheer leading practices. If it is to be a sport, it should not be the top. They should make a new list that can be made by professionals not by which-ever amount of people who play a certain sport that are online.
Also, for those who say soccer shouldn't be on the list, its just as aggressive as any other sport. We don't have any protection besides shin guards. There is a lot of more rough contact trying to get that ball. Believe me. And Rugby shouldn't be last, its like football with out padding!
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Bull riding is a amazing sport. Also a dangerous. You could break a lot of bones and be in bed for a long time. Bull rider's are risking their lives for everyone that thinks it's a fun sport it's not. What if when you fall down the bull steps on your guts hm, that would be kind of pain full. This list is kind of messed up
For the bullrider this has got to be the toughest 8 seconds to endure, if you're successful, particularly in the short round with the bulls like Bushwacker, Bones, or Voodoo Child. But there is little danger to the audience as in other sports such as baseball. Baseball, to me, has the highest potential for serious injury... Not only to a batter, infielder or pitcher, but to spectators in the stands. If it isn't a super fast ball coming at you, it could be a splintered bat!
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3Cheerleading
Here's to the people who say cheerleading isn't a sport and that cheerleaders aren't athletes. The very definition of sport is, and I quote, "an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature. We practice just as much as you do. Every day of the week, 2 hours. We condition, We run, We do ab workouts and pushups and planks. No, we don't lift weights, we lift our athletes-and we hold them 10-15 feet in the air until our arms shake. Until our legs quiver. Don't doubt the flyers either. We have more muscle than you seem to think. The amount of balance, leg muscle, and core tightness it takes to stay in the air is unbelievable to someone who has never done it before. We run full speed at nothing, then flip in the air, twist, and land on our feet. We jump. We jump high-without a trampoline. Concentrating on pointed toes, extended legs, tight arms, jump height, facials, and smiling Ever based a basket toss? You get blood blisters on your hands. Softball sized bruises start to appear like magic. As for the flyers, if you're not tight, expect to have your back jammed into your bases knee. Don't forget about the backspots. We are the lifeguards of cheerleading. We save lives everyday. We get concussions, hit, and rammed into the ground. Without us, your flyers would be injured. Sprained ankles, broken fingers, and pulled muscles don't slow us down. You practice like it doesn't hurt. Now you have 2.5 minutes on a paneled mat. You have 1000 people in the crowd every time you go on that floor. 4 judges. 2.5 minutes of horrendous physical activity and we make it look easy. Perfection doesn't exist, but here we go reaching for it anyways. You hit or you miss. Toes weren't pointed? Deduction. Didn't stick your tumbling? Deduction. Stunt didn't hit? Deduction. You all think were the prissy girls who always have to have perfect hair and makeup. You're wrong. At practice, we have messy buns and running makeup. Competitions? Sweats until we absolutely have to get ready. Do you think that cheer uniform is comfortable? Its not Sure the hair and make up is fun and gets us in the mood to perform, but ultimately its to unite us as a team. To be uniformed and have the same look. Think we don't eat & are obsessed with being skinny? Good joke. We love food. Not all cheerleaders are mean girls who think they rule the school. We have really good grades and don't hang out with the cool kids and go parties every weekend. We don't all have starting quarterback football boyfriends or even any boyfriends at all. People see us as stereo types. Its wrong. Cheerleading is in the top 5 most dangerous sports in the world. Did you catch that? Sport. Proven to be in the Top 5 most dangerous, and you still have the nerve to say its not a sport? You've got to be joking. Cheerleading is something you have to want and work for. You have to love it and have a passion for it. So you doubt us? Fine. Well prove you wrong. Say were not athletes? Okay. Come to a practice. Compete with us. You'll think differently. Say what we do is easy? Try it. I dare you.
Okay so first of all to everyone who says cheer leading isn't a sport or its not dangerous. Think again. Football they have padding. Most other sports have padding because they are all scared to get hurt. Cheerleaders like me are fierce and we never give up. Football players have a broken toe and they let their coach know and then can't play until its better but cheerleaders could have a broken wrist and will keep it from the coach so they could finish the seasons. We cheer for months straight. Football players just go for one season. We go for multiple. We don't all date football players. That's a stereo type. That crap is in movies. My boyfriend is going to do football next year but I didn't date him because of that. Most of my team is single. We have great personalities and we're not rude or snotty. We work as a team because we have to put our lives at risk with each other. To the motorcross guy who said which is more dangerous being thrown about 60 feet in the air and falling or going like 40 mph on a motorcross and falling? Me, being a base and knowing how this all works, when we throw our flyers up in the air about 60 feet, they come down into our arms at aprox the speed your motorcross vehicle goes over those bumps at. So think about it. I'm a freshman and I do high school cheer. I'm a base. I've tried being a flyer as well. It's fun. Yes. But football and soccer where you throw or kick the ball and get it to your goal, if a stunt group doesn't get to our goal of a near perfect stunt, someone could be killed or paralyzed for the rest of their life. Think about it. Football you run. You work out. So do us cheerleaders. We do an work outs. We run laps until our legs shake and we can't move. Then right after that we are expected to pull a near perfect stunt. We get softball sized bruises all over from being kicked or elbowed by our flyers. A base gets screwed up wrists as well as the back girl in the stunt group but we don't complain now do we? No. We don't. Because when it comes down to it, we're finishing that stunt and routine no matter what aches or is broken. Being a back in a stunt group is like being the flyers lifeguard. If you think cheer leading is a popularity sport then think again. We cheer not for the boys or for the glory but we cheer for our teams. We cheer because that's what we love to do. Even on our worst days we have to have a smile. Getting our legs straight and our toes pointed is just part of our hard job. We stretch daily so we could look good and not sloppy. I am a varsity cheerleader. I cheer with only 9-12th graders and if your coach tells you to do something you better do it because if not then you will fail or get severely injured. We need muscle. Timing. Strength both physically and mentally. We need to be tight with our bodies and if not then we haven't succeeded as a cheerleader. You try pulling a basket toss into a toe touch or even just a full. Try doing the star spangled banner in a stunt group and being a base or a back you'll be having your arms and legs shake. We make it look easy but that's because we have two seasons to perfect it. We do it nonstop. Two hours a day or more then a game. It's not all about being pretty or having your face look good. It's more then that. At practice we have messy hair and we wear shorts and a teeshirt. We get sweaty. We're not perfect. Some are better then others but each of us practice just as much. It's hard sometimes to get a cheer down. You need to practice it time and time again. Try having hundreds of people stare you down during your routines. Try being on MSG varsity and having the whole world see you and if you mess up its the most embarrassing thing in the world. Having MSG varsity call each of your team mates names and having everyone see you. Only some cheerleaders go through that. Like me. But if you mess up you feel like you failed your entire team but you feel like you failed yourself as well. Try having all that pressure on you as well as having the pressure of everything else. I'll continue going through the nasty remarks by others and the pain and broken limbs if it means doing the one thing I love and enjoy the most.
Every single time we (cheerleaders) throw a girl in the air everyone of us are taking a risk of getting killed! One wrong move could make her land on our heads and break our necks! One tiny mistake in cheerleading can leave many injuries! The reason it's so dangerous is because it's 5 different girls working together to accomplish one task and when one thing goes wrong all of them are at risk!
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4Gymnastics
The only reason people say that cheerleading is the most "dangerous" is because most cheerleaders are preppy, pretty, snotty girls that guys like to watch... Yeah well that should make it a wimpy sport, because most cheerleaders do cheer for looks and popularity and not to say they are in a grueling sport. I was a level 10/open gymnast when I stopped and picked up my dream as a full time coach, and I live in pain still from the intense means a gymnast must go through. I have watched my friends be rolled out on stretchers and had so man surgeries there families went into debt with the cost of gymnastics. At the same time compared to the difficulty level of gymnastics we have a low number of injuries only because we are literally trained how to fall, we workout and condition so much that we are so strong and used to pain half the time we don't even tell anyone about the constant pain we suffer. I broke my ankle once and I was forced to go to a doctor they told me I would be out for weeks and needed a cast, I wouldn't get a cast, I wore a brace and took about a week off and was back full time in the gym a week and a half after I broke it, I trained on a broken ankle, and was miserable for several months, was that smart, probably not but it paid of in the end and was state vault, bars, floor, and all around champion that year. When you look at a cheerleader, you see painted on abs, bows, and about 12 gallons of make up plastered onto there faces, they are painted to look good, but gymnasts are trained and built and sculpted to look good! I was home schooled and trained about 35 to 40 hours a week depending on the week, that's like a full time job. I would go weeks where moving hurt, coughing hurt, laughing even hurt. I have no fear because gymnastics makes you be fearless or you go to cheer were you can be babied and get more credit than gymnasts who work 100 times are and get no credit. If you go to any cheer gym and ask every person on a level 5 team how many were gymnast, I guarantee you at least 75% of them were former optional level gymnasts, and most will tell you that gymnastics was way harder, they came to cheer because it was easier and a flow off of gymnastics. Cheer is simplified version of gymnastics floor. A double back is illegal on the cheer competition food, yet in is a requirement for a level 8/9 gymnast in order for them to step onto the competition floor. Oh a gymnast can do a standing full on a padded floor, yeah well there are several gymnasts that can do standing fulls on a beam-- a 4-inch, wooden beam.
We all know why cheer is number one, and it is because cheer is the popularity good looks sport, and if anyone took the time to really look at the order of this list, they would see that gymnastics is clearly the HARDEST SPORT BY FAR, AND BY ANY MEANS, and anyone with common sense that puts away there bias towards "hot girls" will see that gymnastics truly is the hardest sport.
We all know why cheer is number one, and it is because cheer is the popularity good looks sport, and if anyone took the time to really look at the order of this list, they would see that gymnastics is clearly the HARDEST SPORT BY FAR, AND BY ANY MEANS, and anyone with common sense that puts away there bias towards "hot girls" will see that gymnastics truly is the hardest sport.
Gymnast... Almost 11 years... Seen kids do double backs off beam and land on their heads and not be able to move. A girl was doing full twisting yurchenkos into the foam pit and broke both bones in her shin. I pulled in on double backs on bars and hit my feet (some serious soft tissue damage) and my head.
DANGEROUS AND PAINFUL ALL THE TIME
DANGEROUS AND PAINFUL ALL THE TIME
I was in gymnastics for 9 years and had many minor injuries, but also had some serious ones. Such a difficult sport, and super dangerous. When I was 14, I fractured my wrist so badly that they thought they were going to have to amputate it from my elbow down. Luckily, I managed to go through 3 emergency surgeries and come out of my 4 day hospital stay with my arm! I know a lady who had to have both knee caps replaced, due to all the damage from gymnastics over the years. I have weak wrists and knees now, but I'd do it all over again if I could! I recommend this sport for males and females. It teaches you discipline, balance, flexibility, coordination, team work, etc. It is demanding, but well worth it.
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5Lacrosse
THIS IS DANGEROUS! I'm a goalie and I'm putting my life on the line when I step in the cage.
Every lacrosse game, your nearly guaranteed to have at least one serious injury. In our last game, we had to stop 12 seconds early when one of the kids on the other team got sandwiched... Hard. Concussion. Dislocated shoulder. The whole shebang. We called in the ambulance and the kid didn't remember half of it the next day. The best part: it was a completely legal hit. Today. Our goalie got knocked unconscious by a hit. A guy got hit in the throat with a cross check (have you ever been hit in the throat by a guy sprinting at you? All we could do watch watch him squirm on the ground, struggling for air. ), and one of the guys on the other team took a shot on goal and hit our teammate straight in the head. That knocked him out for a little bit there too.
OK so as goalie, you guys are WRONG. I've broken bones three times in the past two years and that isn't even bad. The pain I get from breaking bones isn't even bad, past two times I've broken I haven't gone in for two weeks because shin hits are so much worse and they don't break and I just assume "hm well this is like a 6/10 compared to the 9's I get from shin hits at (as low as) 65mph and (as high as) 88mph (clocked by not even my hardest shooting teammate and I'm only in HS, college and pros is normally 90. Cheerleading really isn't that dangerous in terms of extremes, multiple players have died. Everyday situations, multiple players on each team break bones in a year while everyday situations for cheerleaders is a 10 foot fall onto a padded mat, sprains are what most cheerleaders face. Hockey is just lax with more pads, Horseback riding is pretty dangerous (for extremes only though ie trampling) and football... Well no one really dies in football (sorry to sound extremely blunt) the worst I heard in the past decade is the wedge blocker from the buffalo bills getting paralyzed and he can now walk (yes I know what I'm talking about... ) and the worst normally is a situation like Austin Collie the Colts WR who had 2 concussions. To be brutally honest these rankings are right: Horseback Riding, Bull Riding, and either Lax or Rugby. Sorry everyone else, you're 100% wrong. (yeah I know I sound close-minded and stupid but I don't really care, you guys don't know our extents of pain. )
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6Hockey
Hockey is should definitely be in the top 5 or at least ahead of soccer. You are constantly getting hit into the boards which can lead to broken bones, concussions and more. I broke my arm twice from a slash, lost 2 teeth getting high sticked, and KO some guy in a fight
Alright I've been playing hockey 3 years (now midget) each year was to hospital at least once, broken bone, fracture, sprains, I'm lucky! Coulda had some bad concussions, throat slit by a blade, its rough and some people go out to hurt people, on ice, its hard look what happened just the other week habs vs bruins, chara, that happens more than that, that was just serious, never know what can happen, horseback is dangerous too I do it, not as dangerous, but soccer? Come on seriously? Put some hockey players on the ice with just shin pads you see what happens then! We've broke the glass 3 times this year with pucks, a midget team! They're hard rubber and go fast.. Maybe not number 1, but past soccer? I think so
Come on! WAY more dangerous than soccer! I see only 3 players in a soccer game get knocked down. In hockey, EVERY player gets knocked on their ass at least 3 times per game from what I've seen! I can't even name one NHL player that STILL has all their teeth except for the first year players.. Did I mention you are allowed to fight? AND it's full contact. Face first into glass walls, I'm not even 20 and I lost a tooth ALREADY. Worst impact was ending in a 3 week coma. I slammed another player into the wall, BROKE the glass and his whole face was covered in BLOOD! (it was nasty) slamming a guy on grass is nothing.. You wanna talk about pain, how about HEAD FIRST ON ICE! Let's talk about more pain, how bout a 110mph puck in the face.. Never happened to me... Well not yet but I've seen it plenty of times.. Not pretty! Which is harder? Running or skating? Obviously skating! To play hockey, you need to skate just as well as you can walk and run. Anyone can run backwards. Try skating backwards when your on defense. I know what I'm talking about.. Hockey should be at least 3rd. What else is there to say? Wait I almost forgot.. Solid wooden sticks being swung all over the place. Players use them to help them knock down others. Think about a piece of solid wood being slammed into your arm and landing on your shoulder. How bout on your chest and landing on your back and head.. Not on soft grass or turf. Were talking about HARD, SOLID ICE! Even the padding and helmets don't seem to protect you from pain. Head first with helmet: concussion. Head first without helmet: cracked or broken skull. Broken skull is far more worse than a concussion! If you think soccer is more dangerous than hockey, watch an NHL game, play the NHL video games, go on YouTube and watch some of the hardest hits and worst injuries (mostly head and neck injuries) or how bout play some REAL ice hockey with skilled players that will hurt you!
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7Rugby League
How is football higher on the list, when rugby is the same sport, just without the padding? Rugby players in pads would kill football players.
Rugby requires no padding and football is based off of it, if boys say football is the most dangerous sport they are wrong
In rugby people are intentionally trying to get you down, plus you have no protection. People on the ground getting stepped on by a 180 pound man with cleats doesn't feel good. Yes sports like motocross are dangerous but in moto people aren't trying to hurt you. For every rugby game you play there is a guarentee that you will be sore, and if your lucky you won't be injured. Imagine running at full speed and then having another person running full speed tackling you from the side, the impact on your spine and ribs is brutal, knocks the reach out of you and makes you feel like throwing up, but you have to keep running and keep tackling, rugby is not for the weak and it is dangerous no doubt. Not as dangerous as skydiving but certainly more dangerous than soccer and cheer leading and moto!
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8Football
I played football for around 11 years and this sport is more dangerous than cheerleading. Seriously, at the games the cheer leaders just sit behind us and start signing their cheers and doing what ever they do while there is a game going on. There's halftime when you go out on the field and do the pyramid or whatever, but most of the football guys and team are focused in what their coach is saying about what the heck is going on in the game. If you think doing planks and abs are really that bad, that's a breeze compared to what we do. Try being coached by an ex US Army Ranger, and doing the drills, such as Oklahomas and King of the Pitt. I've seen my fare share of team mates getting hurt, bloody noses and scratches from these drills, and even in the game. I recall a couple time an ambulance would have to come onto the field during a game and help a team-mate or player out. Seriously these injuries the players get put them in the hospital for a good week, concussions are usually the common factor. So, cheer-leading with jumping around and doing a back flip is dangerous, along with getting make up in your eye, and doing your "hard workouts" make cheerleading dangerous, haha I think that's a big joke. How about you not use make up before you cheer if it really causes a performance issues, I do not recall any cheerleader I know complaining about it, the workouts I was told by any cheerleader are pathetic and made them feel like they were out of shape. Football should be ranked higher than 8, and more show cheerleading should not be before football, since without football, where would you cheerleaders be? What point is there to cheerleading if there is no football? I consider this a direct insult, cheerleading would not exist without football.
The Soccer more dangerous than football? Is this a joke? Ok at the Soccer can be a large injury at a different level leg. Or other location. Football at the choques largely stronger! It take a shock to one of the strongest athlete in the world has full power can be as dangerous as a car shock! Some of these players use their helmets as ram which could be compared has weapons. Many are dead after violent beating, or are transformed into a vegetable after their career, the damaged brains.
Sorry for my English, it is bad :-).
Sorry for my English, it is bad :-).
I'm sorry but football has to be the toughest sport. Though you have big pads on the strain it puts on you back and neck is extremely dangerous. Also the average life expectancy of NFL football players who is substantially lower than the average U.S. life expectancy. When it comes to team sports their is nothing harder than going through an August two a day football practice and this is coming from someone who has played tons of different sports. In my opinion the bigger pads make the sport even more dangerous and it makes people think they can just slam people. No sport hits harder
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9Soccer
Been playing for over 10 years and in that time I haven't broken a bone but that is only because I have unusually dense bones. I have seen so many broken legs, torn ligaments, broken shoulders, collar bones, twisted ankles are quite easy. In a Under 14 game I witnessed one of my team mates break a oppositions' leg and the bone was poking through the skin and sock. The blood made a puddle on the grass. A lot of damage to the knees particularly the cartilage and ligaments. I have seen the occasional arm break as well from a bad scuffle or a rough shoulder on shoulder contact. But just like any other sport the fights are quite common particularly in a rivalry game. I have also seen the results of a tackle called Studded Tackle. With both studded boots pointing sliding at the player, I have seen legs bend like jelly at those tackles. The victims of those almost never play a game again, and take months and even years to even walk properly. Those types of tackles are instant reds, but that doesn't stop those types of tackles, particularly in a heated game. Add common weather issues that fail to stop a soccer game like hail, heavy rain and high temp. Above 40 degrees. I once got a concussion from a player who kicked the ball from halfway, which I headed back, but in the process got knocked to the ground, and everything was a shade of yellow for about a minute. Shin pads are useless and most players get the smallest pads for "less weight or wind resistance". They only prevent bruising from only the most superficial of hits. I always come home after a day of soccer bleeding and bruised in one way or another. I have been kicked in the face, elbowed, knee in the gut, punched in the back and gut, ankle stepped on and nearly fractured, tackled with studs up, kicked in the balls so many times I most likely have cancer, kicked in the back of leg, shoulder barged (ramming a player in full sprint with shoulder knocking said player to the ground) and regularly come out of a game dealing more pain than I was dealt. So a lot of people say that it is a boring or wimpy game but play a Senior Men's game in club, and expect to be limping home if your not good enough. Not fast enough? Not heavy or strong enough? Lack skill or clearly have too much in comparison to everyone else? Don't expect to last a full game with your legs intact and not be broken. People die in Soccer as well from tackles and hits in the head from the ball.
Soccer is incredibly dangerous. If you compare the injuries in soccer to those of other sports, it defiantly deserves to be higher on this list. The number of severe injuries to those of other sports are very high. What makes it even more dangerous is that even if you are hurt, the limited number of substitutions sometimes means one has to continue playing, worsening small injuries to major ones. Soccer is a full contact sport, where they WEAR NO PADS OR PROTECTIVE GEAR except for shin guards, which only help against bruises. In addition, THEY WEAR CLEATS. It may not be as dangerous as bull riding, cheerleading, or horseback riding but it should defiantly be higher than 6. Everyone is extremely physical. People get knocked out frequently (jamie charraiger) or have severe, severe leg breaks (aaron ramsey). Add these injuries to the demand of playing very frequently with, like I said, limited subs and it is very very dangerous.
Ok for all you haters... Let me just tell you something. To be a soccer player you have to be in amazing physical shape. So listen up cheerleaders and football players, because you seem to be the biggest haters. In cheerleading you get 2 minutes and 30 seconds to go out and dance, jump around, and lift up a girl who weighs around 110 pounds with 3 others helping you. 2 minutes and 30 seconds? Are you kidding me? That's like literally 5% of a soccer game. Plus, you guys get almost 6 months to practice those same 2 minutes and 30 seconds. We get about an hour and a half to practice something that might happen in a game. Soccer is unpredictable. You never know when or what's gonna happen. And you have mats to protect you from "falling". We have dirt and rocks. Lastly, you guys complain about running two laps around a mat the size of a basketball court. We run around a field that's bigger than a football field for 90 minutes, and it's not a jog. Hell no, if you jog you're done. You'll be benched for the season. We don't know the definition of jog and certainly not walk. Sprint is all we do. And I love it. Ok so football players... Let see where do I begin? Oh yeah lets start with offense and defense. As a soccer player, we play both. You win the ball you're offense, you lose it you're defense. In football when the defense loses the ball, the offense goes on the field.. When the offense loses it the defense goes on the field. And every 15 minutes you get a break. Basically you run for maybe 30 seconds a quarter... If the other team is good enough. Just a funny fact for ya.. Haha... We play on a bigger field than you. With less people... For longer. Ouch. Lastly we get tackled too. And we don't have a ref watching our every move. We have 3 and usually the hardest hits come when they aren't looking so now foul comes out of it. We also don't wear padding on every part of our body. I could say more but why bother... I think I proved my point. I respect your sports but obviously soccer is the most dangerous sport. And horse-back riding? Seriously? How is that a sport? Your whole sport is you sitting down. The horse is doing the running. I understand there are bad falls and it is very dangerous but it isn't a sport. Sorry. I think soccer should definitely be above football and cheerleading in this instance. I bet the person who ranked this is probably a cheerleader.. Just saying... They're all haters.
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10Motocross
Definitely the most dangerous. And to all you people that think that cheerleading is the most dangerous, tell me this. Is falling in cheerleading from about 10-15 feet or falling from up to 50 feet going 35 or 40 mph more dangerous? You decide..
Hah I can't believe motocross is number 9, this is mostly due to the average persons lack of knowledge of the sport and how extremely dangerous it is, there isn't just a possibility of getting hurt but it is guaranteed that at some point you will be injured..
Anyone who's played any other sport knows that moto-cross is by far very very hard
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11Boxing
Dude. This is boxing... Do you realize how much damage is dealt to the brain over the course of time? This is a ridiculously strenuous sport, definitely past the realms of some lame cheering 'sport'. How is that even #1? This voting system is out of whack. Idiots shouldn't be allowed to participate in this. Filter, please. There's no way in hell MMA, Skydiving, etc is less dangerous than cheerleading. Is that even a real sport? I refuse to call it one. I cheer for my teammates at sprinting competitions. Does that mean I'm not only a boxer and a sprinter, but a -cheerleader- as well?! Man, talk about multi-tasking. It's straining on my vocal cords, too. "Go, Ben! GO! YOU CAN DO IT. DO IT FOR THE MEDAL BEN, DO IT FOR THE MEDAL! " Add some backflips in there and bang. I'm a professional cheerleader. Can't die from that lmfao. The only way you can risk death is if you have a retarded team that doesn't know what they're doing.
I GOT A THREE INCH SCAR ON MY FACE BECAUSE OF BOXING BUT I LOVE IT
An average of 10 people per year have died from professional boxing matches so far this decade. Seems pretty dangerous to me.
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12Wrestling
Cheering I understand. But it's not more dangerous than BULL RIDING! Nor is it more dangerous than Lacrosse... Or Wrestling. Wrestling should definitely be in the top 5 at least! I've been a wrestler for years now and I KNOW how dangerous it is. Hell, I've had 7 practices so far this season (I'm writing this comment 2 weeks into season) and I have already re-injured my busted shoulder and my left leg is almost immobilized from landing on someones arm 50 times in ONE PRACTICE... It hurts. And I'm no softy. To the other posters, fear is inevitable. You must conquer it in order to be a successful anything. I believe that this article is biased... But so is every comment on it. Honestly, a cheerleader probably wrote it BUT... I'm a wrestler - just voicing my opinions. Every sport has it's risk - but there is no way that cheerleading is the MOST dangerous sport. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that wrestling is. I'm just stating my opinion.
P. S. - Lacrosse is probably #1 or #2... Reason: Flying projectile @ 90 mph
P. S. - Lacrosse is probably #1 or #2... Reason: Flying projectile @ 90 mph
Seriously Cheerleading is not the most dangerous In wrestling I go out on that mat with fear that I wont come back but I do it I have a bad back I broke my nose didn't know it and kept wrestling I wrenched my knee bite through my lip almost broke my arm in one match and I have only wrestled for nine years
Wrestling is VERY dangerous and I know why.. When I was fourteen I started wrestling and at first I felt like I could do it but then my enemy attacked me so angrily I broke my two legs my nose and one of my teeth came out. So from now on I get beaten up a lot and I always injure SOMETHING in my body and yeah cheerleading is dangerous but not dangerous enough to come TOP. The whole point in wrestling is HURTING somebody! So you get beaten up hurt or injured much more in wrestling.
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13Rugby
I come from South Africa. Rugby here is way more tough than in Europe and the USA. It's nothing like NFL, because its meant for men to play. Rugby is a much more quick paced and rough and there are no pads needed because we ain't girls.
I've played rugby for 8 years and I have have my face split open teeth put through my cheeks and lips, sprained ribs dislocated thumbs and shoulder, broken nose (twice) ligament damage in my knee elbow sholder and neck, knocked out roughly 5 times, concussions, muscle tear, and some bruises and cuts, but I still love playing :D because I have done worse injuries to other by running into them when crash balling such as beaking their jaw, other their nose, others I knocked out their teeth, I've broken peoples ribs I've broken peoples legs and wrists
id say this sport should be number one in the list and its more tough in europe than south africa in my opinion
id say this sport should be number one in the list and its more tough in europe than south africa in my opinion
It has no pads if your hit you can break around 3 to 5 ribs or more!
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14Mountaineering
Climb a snowy and very high mountain and you will see, I'm just saying the truth here, falling is 100 percent guaranteed that you will not survive frostbites and avalanches
ronluna
Can you climb a huge mountain like mt. Everest easily? It takes long days and nights, survival kits and gadgets to do that risky sport.
ronluna
Horse riding is dangerous when the horse is crazy, runs, flips you over, cheerleading is dangerous when you are thrown up to 10ft and carry lots of people on your shoulders, but this one needs lots of oxygen and you got tired avalanches and frostbites awaits you.
ronluna
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15Parkour
Definitely the most dangerous, in cheerleading do you climb up the Eiffel Tower without a harness or any equipment?! Jeez even Netball is more dangerous than cheerleading
Every time Traceurs practice Parkour on a high level, they risk the chance of injury and death. Especially when attempting high jumps and stunts. Can the rest of the sports boast in jumping down 20ft objects and landing unscathed? Definitely more dangerous than cheerleading. Yeah, you sissies can break a bone or get paralyzed if something go wrong. In Parkour, accidents on high levels are non-existence, it's death. Land wrong from a jump- death. Miss a precision jump in heights- death.
What! Are You kidding me? Has Anyone ever actually seen Parkour? Look up the 'Worlds Biggest Parkour jump', and its across two buildings 20 stories high! Come on Parkour brothers and sisters, VOTE!
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16Base Jumping
MUCH MUCH harder than it looks, easily #1, you must get a jump, and then steering is super hard to control, but if you don't steer well you will run into the edge of the cliff and die.
You must open the pursuit at the right angle, time and place if you want to stay alive, then, you must control your para-suit so that you land in the right spot.
The landing is also very dangerous as well, you could get seriously injured.
You must open the pursuit at the right angle, time and place if you want to stay alive, then, you must control your para-suit so that you land in the right spot.
The landing is also very dangerous as well, you could get seriously injured.
With base jumping, you're jumping of a 500-800 ft structure (sometimes even lower) but with cheerleading you're jumping off your best friend's shoulders? That doesn't really add up.
How is basejumping not in the 3? Never less 5 or 10 haha. This is a sport where you can make no mistakes. Even if you pull your parachute does not mean it will open in time or if you will land in control. The slightest breeze can through you off and kill you
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17Skateboarding
Okay, skateboarding while it is a dangerous sport and people can be hurt from it. Most people who aren't skateboarders or interested in it are completely ignorant about it. Professions do what they think they can do. Yes look Nitro Circus they jumped off the Grand Canyon and "had enough time to use his parachute". Even if you DO fall off the stairs because you don't know what you are doing you won't die like some people have commented. A cut or two? Or maybe even a slight chance of a sprained list sure but dying? That is one of the stupidest things I've ever read, this isn't all that dangerous, the worst is breaking a bone, Football and a ton of other sports are a lot more dangerous than this.
Most dangerous in my opinion. Your on a peice of wood with sandpaper and wheels. Doing tricks off ledges sometimes higher then 15 feet. In dangerous places. Such as a 20 stair that leads to a street. And that's thought of a kinda dangerous situation in skating..
This sport is dangerous as hell. It causes the most snapped arms and I even split both my teeth and I ate one of them so I had to get surgery this should definitely be on the top of this list. I also cracked my head doing it and got a ton of stiches.
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18Mixed Martial Arts
I think that MMA is... Interesting. I am a practicioner of Taekwondo, and I also know Hapkido, Gumdo, and Soobahkdo - korean kung fu. I also know Kajukenbo, a little bit of Judo, and some Silat. Kajukenbo IS MMA. MMA means "Mixed Martial Art" and that's exactly what Kajukenbo is. True, MMA fighting styles tend to be a lot more aggressive because of their dangerous incorperations of all kinds of martial arts. But I find it really, really annoying when people say "MMA is best and all MMA fighters are best fighters ever. " Well, you gotta remember, its a MIXED martial art, and it takes other martial arts. What about Muay Thai Kickboxing? Those fights are brutal. Juijitsu and Judo? The throws and submissions are means to break bones and shatter. An MMA fighter that specializes in Muay Thai isn't going to be as good as a legitament Muay Thai fighters. A Judo fighter is going to be better then an MMA fighter who specializes in Judo. MMA is a martial art that has takes little bits of martial arts and mixes them together. MMA is an interesting sport. I don't think 18 is the best spot for it, but I don't think that MMA should be first. Possibly the top ten, or 15 and up.
MMA is a sport that no normal person can handle. Jabs, hooks, uppercuts, and etc, with little to no protective gear. Concussions and bone breakage is a must in this sport. Death at an early age is almost impossible to escape.
I did a lots of sports (mostly martial arts) in my life (I am 38 now) and now I practice some MMA. It is incredibly dangerous! Not only the punches, the locks and chokes (these mostly makes little damage - face, muscle or bone injurie) but the other techniques are extremely brutal too. A suplex throw can cripple or even kill you, a single elbow punch or knee kick can break your facial bones or even damage your brain. On training the most important thing is wearing protectors, but on competitions there will be injuries, it is too bad but necessary.
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19Sky Diving
If the parachute doesn't open then you're pretty much dead
Parachuting and base jumping are the only sporta that if you make a mistake you are dead.
You can die really easilyb
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20Surfing
Ok I will always think cheerleading is dangerous but so is surfing my dad was surfing yesterday and cut his foot open and had to have 8 stitches in his foot(it almost hit his artery and could have killed him) he had to have 12 staples in his head because one of the fins on the board got stuck in his head (long story) he also broke his neck (when he was 16) and many more injuries and seriously I can't believe golf is on the thingy and the comments are so stupid like the one that says your back could give out... That has NOTHING to do with golfing it could happen anytime and yea I mean you could get hit in the head with a golf ball but you would have to be pretty retarded to swing you club the wrong way and aim the ball at your head in cheer you have to throw a 100lb girl in the air and risk your life for her because if she falls from that height SHE could die my friend had to be rushed to the hospital because her stunt group dropped her and she had to have an emergency surgery on her arm and 3 pins in it the same thing happened to me except I was doing a standing back tuck and broke my finger and I only had two pins my other friend had the same thing on her arm but like me only two pins and this other girl I know had to have titanium screws in her finger and my coach broke her back at the age of 13 my other coach had to have metal plates put in her foot and some girl broke her ribs and my friend broke her one foot 3 times this girl had to have almost 12 surgeries because her arms are completely ruined and another girl on my team recently broke her ankle so if you're worried about your back giving out then you are probably just a little whiny baby because my sister sprained her neck and my coach didn't care that she was hurt so he told her to suck it up and keep going and so after practice we took her to urgent care and they told us it was fractured and if he didn't make her keep going it would only be sprained
Well I surf and I have got lots of cuts from the shallow reef, some people have become a quadriplegic lots of people die from surfing I think it should be in the top ten
If you get sucked under you're done. I cannot even comprehend why baseball is in front of surfing.
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21Cliff Diving
22Dance
Dancing. Is a sport and can be very very dangerous if you do ACRO then you know what I mean acro dancers are more flexible then cheerleaders because do you see chearleaders DO chest stands on have their feet far over your head on the floor or a back bend but holding or to their ankles in a back role no also if you do POINTE you're standing on your tippy toes with out help and turning and all kinds of stuff even though it some times hurts really bad! And sometimes even wake up with blisters on your toes well it really hurts and it takes a lot of work! And you can break any thing also DANCERS st competitions do BACK TUCKS on HARD WOOD FLOOR even aerials on HARD WOOD FLOOR yeah and for all you cheerleaders it hurts a lot more falling on hard wood floor than mats...
Dance is an extreme sport! My friend broke her leg during dance class and was forced to keep dancing. And for all you who say dance isn't a sport and that it is easy, you are so wrong! I'd like to see you try:
Splits
Back handsprings
Aerials
Leg extensions
Back flips
10 fouttes in a row
Calypsos
Switch leaps
Etc...
Splits
Back handsprings
Aerials
Leg extensions
Back flips
10 fouttes in a row
Calypsos
Switch leaps
Etc...
Dance is so dangerous. If you don't know how to use your body right or don't land a jump right, that can simply land you in the hospital. The second you do a hitch-kick and you land it wrong you can tear your ACL. If you don't bend your knees when you come out of a jump your ankles are history. If you don't warmup your back and try and do anything you can pinch a nerve or rupture a disc. People think dance is nothing, but one wrong move and you're out for 6 weeks. If you want to say that dance is nothing but prancing around the stage go ahead, AFTER YOU TAKE A BALLET CLASS. Try living any dancer's life injury wise and you'll be happy you're playing soccer or football.
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23Luge
Wow, Luge is after walking? This is one of the most dangerous sports ever! If you flip over have fun scraping your face off, and god knows what else. You go incredibly fast and you have little hand holds to grab onto, if you slip there goes your fingers! If you do flip and go sailing through the air, no one knows if you'll land without busting your head wide open or worse death! How is walking more dangerous?!?!
Nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom I like to eat goat's milk and luge is great... Yea Luge is really awesome. You have no idea... Anyway. I think goats are better than luge. Yess and luge is really really great and oftentimes people do die.
24Cave Diving
In the Pitch Black, with no air and in deep sea pressure, there are a trillion things that can go wrong. Only professionals should even dare dreaming about.
You are under water in a dark cave your equipment could fail, you could get lost, dying is a possibility! Also watch for hungry cave creatures!
I know people who've died from doing this, and I do it myself. One mistake and you can be permanently injured or even worse, dead. There is no backup plan if you panic, only a guideline that you could easily lose sight of if you can't concentrate. For those who are saying that cheerleading is dangerous, you don't know what real danger is until a piece of vital equipment fails underwater and there is no time to make an ascent.
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25Speed Skiing
160 mph and no metal to protect you like in a car!
Trees, bears... All at 150 mph. Skiing is already enough for hurting yourself! I knew someone who got injured very badly during speed skiing, and had to go to the hospital.
Most dangerous sport ever. Although it us very fun, it can cause very serious injuries and even death.
26Racing
Here's a list of the greats who died racing: Senna, Peterson, Vukovich, Vogler, Fireball Roberts, Clark... The list unfortunately goes on. No other sport has that many deaths.
Pavement is painful from any angle you might hit it, especially at the speeds these guys are going
There are many deaths from this sport. 20 survival chance by the way
Mountain climbing should also included in this list
Mountain climbing should also included in this list
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27Pole Vault
That's stupid pole vault should be way higher then this. There was a kid that killed himself pole vaulting a few years back. He wrote a note and everything talking about how he was gonna do it, come on if you can plan killing yourself in a sport, it has to be dangerous. Not to mention the highest death ratio out of all spots. Going 15+ feet in the air upside down hoping your pole doesn't break, whip back and smack with 160 pounds of recoil force (depending on what weight you jump on). Oh and let's hope all that goes well and you lad on the mat and not the concrete from that high up. One thing goes wrong and you can get seriously messed up or die. Basketball should be on the top softie sports list then you might get a place for all those sissy faked injuries from prancing up and down the court. Please basketball shouldn't even be on this list. Pole vault is one of the most dangerous sports ever.
I do realize that cheerleading is a dangerous sport but... Broken bones and black eyes? Let's be honest... With this sport we're dealing with death and other catastrophic injuries. There's a reason why some of the most dangerous sports are low on the list... There's not enough people who do these sports because, well, risking your life every practice just doesn't suit everyone
Only thing scarier than watching someone snap a pole, being on the pole when it snaps... Were more dangerous than 23rd
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28Free Climbing
Free climbing(rock climbing) can get some one extremely injured or even maybe killed! If you are on belay and something goes wrong and the person accidentally drops you... I went on a few other websites and they said rock climbing was either number 3-5... That doesn't even mention when some one's free solo climbing! That's when you climb with no rope what so ever!... I think this website is completely under estimating free climbing on so many levels
Really? Free climbing is at 26 and cheerleading is at 2!
If you fall cheer leading you might hurt yourself, fall from over 1000ft (see yosemite free climbing) and your body won't be recognisable.
If you fall cheer leading you might hurt yourself, fall from over 1000ft (see yosemite free climbing) and your body won't be recognisable.
These idiots are trying to die! That's why they picked this sport! Lets face it, going down has to be better!
29Figure Skating
This is a dangerous sport, way more than most of the sports higher on the list. I'm a figure skater, and I work as an ice rink guard so I see LOTS of falls and injuries, people knocking each other down (unintentionally usually), people getting skate blades jabbed into them because they fall unexpectedly in front of other skaters, banged heads are highly common. Recently an instructor ended up having to have surgery for head trauma because some kid plowed into her causing her to hit her head. This is the only sport I know of in which a person can break bones from just standing still! I suffered simultaneous spiral fractures in my tibia and fibula requiring surgeries and a metal plate to hold my tibia together, and have permanent damage, when all I was doing was standing still talking to someone... My foot turned on the slippery ice and I fell on top of my leg. One time I leaned a little going into a spin and banged my cheek bone so hard that everyone in the rink heard it and thought I had broken it (thank goodness I didn't, but it was badly bruised). I was permanently scarred by someone whose toe picks ripped across my leg when she went into a spin without first looking to see if anyone was in the same space - there were 5 distinct scars parallel to each other, one for each of her toe picks. One time a kid fell and slid across the ice right under me when I was in mid air jumping - I would have killed her if I hadn't caught her out of the corner of my eye and yanked out in a 2-foot land on the tips of my toepicks - the only reason the backs of my blades didn't cut into her face is that I was upon my toes; if I had fallen on this little girl, I'd have crushed her probably to death. What makes me mad is parents who send pre-schoolers out on the ice alone without even putting skates on themselves to make sure their children are safe.
I think this should be higher then number 26. Like it is a lot more dangerous then some of those other sports. Right before Halloween this year I broke my ankle and shattered my tibia and fibia. I still might have to go get surgery. And this was something as simple as cross overs at a fast speed. I've done cheerleading and dance and I think figure skating is a lot more dangerous. My younger sister also figure skates and she popped out her knee cap.
Synchronized figure skating: 40 pairs of blades. Pairs: throwing in to air = could land on face individual: injuries are a common occurrence and are dealt with like its nothing, jumping into the boards, and of course landing wrong can kill you. Back to pairs, partner spins, blade to face? Show skating back flips, and death drops, headbangers? I mean 22? Really figure skating is hard enough being as cold as it is...
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30Cycling
Cycling is very dangerous, Have you ever heard of Ironman races? Yea people are expected to bike 130 miles at a time. Just imagine how fast the cyclist is riding. Imagine what would happen if you made one turn too quickly? A fall from a bike going extremely fast can kill you, Especially since when you're road biking you have your shoes clipped into your petals. Try getting out of that one.
Cycling is great and really dangerous. Imagine riding near the front of a 180 man pack and suddenly the guy ahead of you falls or the guy next to you swerves into you you can die of falling alone forget 100 people smashing into the back of you
Some people die in red bull mountain biking competitions do I need to say any more
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31Basketball
Basketball is awesome and very fun! But it's also dangerous. One time last week when my team was playing a team from a neighboring city, there was 2 minutes left in the game, and apparently their coach told them to do whatever they could to get the ball. So I had the ball for our team, and I looked to my left and my right, and I saw 2 kids diving towards me. I just dribbled out the side, and they collided into eachother. Both kids had to go the ER and had to have surgery on their noses, and one had a broken ribcage. BASKETBALL IS DANGEROUS
My friend went to the ER during a basketball game she came out with a really bad broken foot!
It just happened to be that her older sister fell and her knee cap went to the side of her knee she has been out for the whole basketball season and is now seeing special people to get it fixed
It just happened to be that her older sister fell and her knee cap went to the side of her knee she has been out for the whole basketball season and is now seeing special people to get it fixed
This game may seem soft and safe from outside. The animal senses must be out to survive the game. Damn, just a simple push when you are at the air fully concentrating on your ball would cause your opponent a foul and you, maybe your elbow, ankle, backbone perhaps your life. Seriously not for threatening, just for the enlightenment of the people brave enough to set their foot on the Basketball court for the first time.
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32Taekwondo
Tkd is the most dangerous sports ever I have been in ata for many year so far I have a scar from my sholder down from a kama mess up I broke my toe from a bo staff I lost a tooth from nunchuku and whale sparring I huge neck bruise and my instructer got he head gear kicked off and got a concuction
Yes this might be dangerous because when you get a critical hit in the head you will be knocked out even if you where head gear. I have seen that and have experienced that
Taekwondo is the safest sport ever. The worst thing that happened was that I popped
A toe.
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A toe.
33Roller Skating
This sport really should be in the top ten. Now, I can see how there are more dangerous sports around(ex. : sky diving). But one of the main reasons skaters don't usually get too serious of injuries is because they train. The first step in the sport is learning to balance and not fall! Falling is like a trick; if you land it right, you won't have much trouble getting back up.
rollerskaterpro
I've been skating for a few years now and have had a broken toe broken angle and even was busted open this sport should be in the top 15 if not in the top TEN because if your doing the smallest grind still so much stiff could go wrong even if you do a tiny jump and land a wrong way you could have serious injuries its so under rated just because you see 5-8 year old girls the stuff older people do on skate is mad I'm shocked that this is even under top fifty and when this gets to ten or fifteen this list will at least a little more fixed up
34Water Polo
Honestly,
you haven't played such a demanding sport
until you have played water polo.
you sit and tread water for four eight minute quarters.
I'd like to see you guys try
to get half your body out of the water,
by just using you legs.
and... So much goes on under the water.
hitting, pinching, grabbing, kicking, twisting of the wrists and suit.
I mean it really sucks.
people don't think its that bad.
because I bet half of you don't even know what it is.
like if all you football players complain about how hard you work,
I wanna see you last one water polo game let alone a practice.
you haven't played such a demanding sport
until you have played water polo.
you sit and tread water for four eight minute quarters.
I'd like to see you guys try
to get half your body out of the water,
by just using you legs.
and... So much goes on under the water.
hitting, pinching, grabbing, kicking, twisting of the wrists and suit.
I mean it really sucks.
people don't think its that bad.
because I bet half of you don't even know what it is.
like if all you football players complain about how hard you work,
I wanna see you last one water polo game let alone a practice.
Water polo is harder than football.
it involves constant swimming and treading
you have to propel half your body out of the water
and you get pummeled underneath the water, since the ref can't see and all low blows are legal
it involves constant swimming and treading
you have to propel half your body out of the water
and you get pummeled underneath the water, since the ref can't see and all low blows are legal
finally someone who knows what I'm on about
i did a speach on this and at the end I had convinced my entire class and at that moment I had not been aware of the fact that people have died from the injuries they have sustained in water polo
not to mention the elbowing in the neck you recieve and then a kick to the gut not only can you not breath your winded too trust me had it done it's really really not great I passed out!
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i did a speach on this and at the end I had convinced my entire class and at that moment I had not been aware of the fact that people have died from the injuries they have sustained in water polo
not to mention the elbowing in the neck you recieve and then a kick to the gut not only can you not breath your winded too trust me had it done it's really really not great I passed out!
35Paintball
The tech on the guns (ex, three burst and the PSI on the air tank turned up) can seriously injure someone, leaving either broken skin or a bruise, raises irritated area of skin if not protected and or the gun not chrono'd.
PB for the win is where its at. GO Paintball! I love paintball, yet its dangerous due to the high FPS of the guns, and stuff like that.
Some People kill each other when they play without a mask.
36Aussie Rules Football
No Protective gear at all just big guys tackling each other
louiethefly
No offside rule so can get hit from any direction at any time, not to mention no pads. I'd say the only team sport that comes close to being as dangerous is NHL.
No pads or nothing afl is way more dangerouse than nfl
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37Speed Boat Racing
I'm pretty sure speed boat racing is more dangerous than golf
This has been proved more dangerous than flying. So many things could go wrong! Drowning, broken neck from whacking your head on the boom, and just this week legendary sailor Andrew Simpson, who won 3 olympic medals dies in training. This is so dangerous, yet addictive.
At the highest level I think its like super powered drag boat racing, I saw on T.V. that 1 in 8 people who do it die so try get more dangerous then that
38Snowboarding
You can fall and break your neck and other parts of your body
It's not what it looks like it takes balance and skill to go down a hill. Not even to mention the risk you're taking. I think it should be within the top ten. This is a lot more dangerous than cheer leading or dance for sure.
Seriously, I have seen more broken wrists in one year while on the hill than many of these other sports. Being said motocross should be near the top 5
39Skiing
I agree I snowboard and have multiple I greed many to my neck and head and Arm. My neck is messes up from landing on my head so many times. Fishing what? I wanna see a fisher land on a hard cold metal rail on your arm or leg I have slide of railed partly and not gone of all the way off and continued to grind on the rail on my calf. And basketball? I wanna see you see you try not to run into a tree @ 30 -70 mhp tree riding. Because if you run into a tree your dead.
Okay, don't try to tell me "oh I ski, or I snowboard" no, you've done it before. Your not a true skier/ snowboarding and you will NOT understand the dangers of it if your doing it solely on a social level. Its a lifestyle, and a dangerous one. How many other sports have first aid emergency stations at their field, court, or wherever you compete. I understand that cheerleading is hard, but guess what... The hard part about it is the flips. The GYMNASTICS part of it. So I'm really sick of hearing it from cheerleaders. Guess what, we do flips... Of jumps. With our feet stuck in boots and bindings attached to our board or skis. Which we have to land in piles of snow and sometimes ice. More injuries are acquired from these sports than any other. All you have is you, and no one to help you. You buy a board or skis, right on the box or anything for the bindings or whatever. "skiing/ snowboarding is a dangerous sport that can result in serious injury and even death" were hardcore. Cheerleaders, sorry your not. Football players, look at all the padding you have. And the other sports also have a low risk injury level as in football. Were our own support while skiing. Were flying down a mountain at high speeds, maneuvering around people who don't understand it IS a sport and go only to socialize. Please, if your gonna treat it like that don't even try it and risk our safety and yours. Try the terrain park. Its dangerous... All the hard equipment you can easily slip on and break something. Not to mention the freezing weather at risk for hypothermia. Anyone care to argue?
This has got to be one of the most dangerous sports out there. Think about this - you're on top of a mountain with an elevation of about 11,000 feet above sea level, you're about 20 feet away from a 90 foot drop you're about to nail. The only thing that could possibly keep your legs, back, neck, or spinal cord from snapping is a deep layer of powder and a slight downward slope at the bottom of the cliff. Plus, to add a little more danger, you've decided you're going to flip off of the cliff. Just a little bit of risk, eh?
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40Fishing
This is the most dangerous sport. More people are killed esch year fishing than most sports totaled. Why fishing? It has something to do with beer.
Yes and the drinking adds another element of danger. I have heard many stories of fishermen slipping and hitting their heads, or worse falling asleep and being taken away by the incoming tide.
Actually, looking at statistics, I believe this is the most dangerous sport. The others might be rough and tumble, but add the water factor, and you have a whole new dimension of danger.
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41Jai alai
Some players die when the ball hits them.
Yes... Jai alai. I almost died playing this. I got hit square in the sternum. Flat. I saw a guy die once. Got hit in the mouth. Hard.
Not sure what this is but it sounds incredibly badass.
42FreeStyle BMX
Ok I can understand skateboarding and motocross being more dangerous but fishing? You gotta be kidding me.. BMX requires a lot of skill and is very risk taking. I've landed head first PLENTY of times off the quarter and ended up with a concussion. The worst EVER was when I ended up in a 3 week coma. Go on YouTube and look at what professionals do and you tell me that's not as dangerous as fishing
Sportkid123
I ride Bmx been in an air ambulance smashing my back and I had amnesia in the space of two months biking is hard work and dedication stay strong andy murray
HAHAH! It's Stephen Murray.. I wouldn't go as to say skateboarding and BMX are technically as dangerous as a lot of sports out there. I mean you get beat up and break bones and like many riders, "Usually trail riders", have been paralyzed or knocked into a coma.. Etc.. I would agree fishing is more dangerous. Look up some of the fish out there in the rivers and Oceans.
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43Dodgeball
Even more dangerous if you're having wrenches thrown at your face/groin/pretty much any part of the body! :P
petrucci75hammet
I am a school nurse, and I wish I could outlaw playing dodgeball on the playground. I have lots of injuries during the recess time, and it makes no sense to purposely hit each other with the ball and then come to me for ice packs because you are hurting.
At last, a properly dangerous sport. Dodge duck dip dive and dodge, they're the only tips I can offer to plucky young dodgers.
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44Supercross
Motorcycles and backflips can be a dangerous combo
I'm really not sure how in earth SX is so far down. But then again, most people who don't ride think it's Oh So Easy to do. SX and MX aren't exactly pansy sports. Oh and as a female in the sport of MX and SX it really ticks me off to see Cheerleading as #1!
Supercross is race you idiots freestyle motocross is when you do tricks any. Don't call it something you don't even know
45Free Diving
The New World Record is 702 feet/214 meters. The world deepest freedive ever! (June 14th 2007)
Crazy mad Mental death wish sport like no other. 1 wrong move your dead. No second chance
Free diving is the sec on mod dangerous sport in the world 4 your information People! HELLO OPEN YOUR LITTLE BRAIN YOU HAVE TO HOLD YOUR BREATH FOR A REALLY LONG TIME
46Pole Climbing
47Road Cycling
A criterium, a style of Road Racing going around a square city block is much more dangerous than dance. You have over 20 people at minimum moving around at 25 MPH and you are close enough to the other racers that you can touch them. If one person puts the brakes on to hard, the whole group is on the concrete. How is that less dangerous than dance?
Have you ever had a car try to run you over? Then giant trucks fly past you just a few feet beside you. Tons of steel versus a rider? Cheerleading is that dangerous?
48Track and Field
49Muay Thai Boxing
The art of the 8 limbs is considered to be one of the most deadliest forms of martial that utilizes 8 human body parts-Fists, Elbows, Knees, and Shins. This should definitely be in the top ten.
Thai boys training from they are 6 to adult, then getting knocked out with knees to the face has got to be a damn dangerous sport. How can you even argue against it, especially if you have seen them clinch, which is even considered "irty" in regular boxing. This should be in top 5.
Espiacilly Muay boran. Its traditonal muay thai and even more brutal, there were techniques putted out of muay thai like kicking at the back of the head etc. Well in muay boran its allowed
Naonao
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50Gymkhana
51Ping Pong
Without a doubt the most dangerous I broke my penis while trying to hit the ball.
You could also get in the eye with the ball if your not careful.
You could also get in the eye with the ball if your not careful.
The ceiling could collapse on table tennis players at any time, crushing them to death. There's also the ever-present danger of catching a life-threatening disease from the bat handles.
You can hit your hand on the edge of the table when swinging for the ball. Might leave a bruise for a day or two.
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52Bodyboarding
53Jousting
Now, everybody jousts, right? And for those cheerleaders who have to catch someone after throwing them up in the air, a jouster would just throw himself right under her and let her smash him to the ground--just another day at the office!
54Pointe Dancing
I know someone who had al her toenails ripped of because of bruising
Pointe is so dangerous! You could fall over and break your ankle or leg so fast. I know people who have had their toenails ripped off too because of bruising
55Volleyball
In volleyball, you dive for every single ball and can't ever let a ball touch the ground. You do jump training and practice 6 hours a week. You train and train for it and you get balls slammed at you and have to dig them up into a perfect pass. It takes lots of practice, you can't just come out and be able to play volleyball at high level. You have to get a pass, a set, and a hit. Well, first a serve. So for those of you who say volleyball isn't a sport, it is. It's dangerous and you're constantly on the floor diving for balls.
Ok people... If you've ever played volleyball you should know that this is a tough sport! It takes hard work dedication and it can be very dangerous. When you are up at the net and you jump up because you know you are going to get that one block, but you land wrong on your ankle; or, a person on the opposite team lands underneath the net, it can go bad in a hurry.
I just want you to know that it can be dangerous, maybe not all the time but yes it can be dangerous just like anything else can be. All I'm asking is you keep it in mind!
DON NOT DIS THIS SPORT! Ok that's all I have.. Bye
I just want you to know that it can be dangerous, maybe not all the time but yes it can be dangerous just like anything else can be. All I'm asking is you keep it in mind!
DON NOT DIS THIS SPORT! Ok that's all I have.. Bye
jumpsetter99
I've played volleyball for about 5 years now and trust me, I'm fully aware that it's a VERY intense sport. I've also done track, cross country, and basketball and I've actually gotten injured the most in volleyball. So many muscles can be pulled, concussions are very frequent, I've gotten 4 sprains, and if you're committed to it, then the workouts are torture. Volleyball is fun and a passion, but it's dangerous.
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56Downhill Biking
Completely agree with this, many people break their backs and necks when they fall off. Not only that but there has been times when a rider who has fell off has continued to roll done the face of a mountain. This sport should be so much higher in the list!
Easily one of the most dangerous sports due to when you fall there is no soft snow, no cushion, no net if you're on bridges. Most likely you will be injured twice in a 1 month span.
I broke my neck downhilling this should be top 5 at least there are so many people that do what I did and don't come back from wheelchairs, comas, and even death. This sport should at least have more respect.
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57Flatland BMX
58Archery
Archery is a real dangerous sport and should be number 20... You mess up your positioning of arrow and bam the arrow flies somewhere else and you kill some one... Even with field tips
59Swimming
Definitely a dangerous sport! My teammates have gotten concussions and stress fractures. Someone has hit their head on the diving board (who is actually a top state diver). I however have pulled muscles, strained my elbow and knee. Bruises from the side, other swimmers and lane ropes. Also, too much chlorine is bad for you. You can be sore for days after swimming for just 30 minutes! MORE VOTES!
I don't see how many of these are in front of swimming. I mean, eating! Really? I've seen so many knee/shoulder injuries, stress fractures, and broken bones in swimming, but I've never seen a serious cheerleading accident. Some people should try real swimming, it will change their mind about it, its extremely difficult and demanding.
How is cricket and badminton and walking more dangerous then swimming you could hit your head off the walls drowned hit any part of your body of something a lane etc could hurt your self diving on the starting blocks pull muscles need I go on?
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60Fencing
It is very safe. If you wear the regulation gear you cannot get injured beyond minor cuts. I have been fencing for a while and know only two people died in fencing, one got stabbed in the face, so we have stronger masks and the other got stabbed in the armpit, so we have platrons.
I've played fencing for a long time, sure, I always get hurt by being hiting by others, but you're not DIE if you play fencing SAFELY
I've done tons of sports but fencing sure is diffucult. If you take one made step or wrong move you if a sharp pain of the foil go right into your chest. If you get stabbed in the left arm which as no glove you could instantly die. Sure it looks dangerous but you try it!
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61Karate
Karate can be really dangerous its pretty much street fighting but sometimes you now what your opponent's going to do. My teacher once went in with a light punch-slap thing and completely dislocated his pinkie. I mean it was just dangling there bone was pretty much detached.
62TT Racing
No doubt about it, the event lasts 2 weeks a year and every year there are at least 4-5 killed. One year there was 13 deaths. Top speeds reaching 200mph on public roads with no run off area just manx brick walls. Awesome to watch!
Absolutely no doubt, over 230deaths since it began and it still carries on! Respect x
63Antarctic Racing (Sailing)
This is a dangerous sport and the cold unbearable! You may lose toes fingers and freeze the sails get extremely hard to control and beware of blizzards
Sailing is a very dangerous sport. If you capsized or turtle the boat you are putting you and your crew in danger. You or your crew could get stuck under the sail and not be able to breahte. My best friend got stuck on the trapeze and almost drowned because she couldn't realease the clip. There are many things that could go wrong on the boat. MY friend's dad did a roll gybe to get ahead of this other sailor in a race and got a huge black eye becuase he got hit by the boom in 20mph of wind. He was so lucky not to loose his eye. I also got hurt sailing because I did a roll gybe and slipped and fell on my tailbone. It has been more than a month and I am still not fully recovered.
Only half of the participants who cross the starting line are able to cross the finish line.
64Hurling
Much like Shinty (#58), witht the same historic background but Irish instead of Scottish. Full contact with little or no protective gear. It's a lot like field hockey, but the ball is played in the air. Swinging a club at a ball in the air, often smashing someone in the face or across the arm. You think hockey players don't have teeth, go check these guys out.
Well like the fact that the only protection you have from a ball or a 3 foot long stick often with a metal band on the end I'm sure this should be above lacrosse because the games are similar in ways but hurling is way more dangerous...
They only introduced helmets a couple of years ago! Never played it but it looks lethal on YouTube.
65Shot Put
At top level the shot is 12 pounds, if you are stupid enough to get hit it will for sure break bones or kill you depending on where it hits
66Acrobatic Rock And Roll
Some years ago I have heard it's the second most dangerous sport (F1 first). There were many of really serious injuries ended by wheelchair or death as well. Only it is not so visible sport so nobody knows about this. I have been dancer and trainer for 13 years so I know what I am talking about. If female partner is falling down from 5 meters high...
I did acrobatic rock and roll when I live in europe. Really dangerous sport that is much worse then cheerleading because one person is catching you not 4 or5.
67Reno Air Racing
I would like to hear a sport that's more dangerous. In 2008 three pilots were killed in crashes.
These are highly modified, incredibly fast planes that fly in excess of 500MPH, and fly from 15 to 40 feet off the ground. (That's how fast they fly on the course. These prop-driven airplanes are fast enough to break the speed of sound! )
From 6 to 12 planes fly in any one race at a time and they come within feet of eachother at speeds from 450 to 500 MPH's. There have been dozens of fatal crashes over the years in Reno and Mojave. (Mojave has since been discontinued because no one will insure the event. )
In 2008, one pilot crashed right after takeoff. A woman pilot died after her engine blew and she was attempting an emergency landind. And another pilot was killed when two Formula One planes collided in mid air. The second pilot survived while the other pilot, named Hubler nosed over and flew straight into the ground and disintigrated. (Also, two pylon judges were injured after being hit by the debris. )
As far as injuries, I think bull riding is the worst sport. But I would say that pylon air racing is easily the most deadliest sport in the world.
1. Pylon Air Racing.
2. Free Diving.
3. Bull Riding.
These pilots are crazy!
68Street Cricket
Been there and played as a child. Its fun playing as a kid but not so much when you are adult. I've seen people getting hit by the ball, people running the get the ball in the busy road. Very dangerous. People are very close to being run over by vehicles.
For Cricket in general -
When you're a batsman, being bowled at 100mph is not comfortable even when you are wearing helmets and pads. Forget full toss, full length or half volley. You can deal with them. Bouncers on the other hand are very difficult to deal with. Have seen many people get in the head and get cuts and knocked out (Yes. Even with the helmet on).
And don't forget the bowler and fielders I.E. short leg, mid on, mid off ( fielders around/near the batsman). They particularly need to have a quick reaction. Late reaction could be fatal.
For Cricket in general -
When you're a batsman, being bowled at 100mph is not comfortable even when you are wearing helmets and pads. Forget full toss, full length or half volley. You can deal with them. Bouncers on the other hand are very difficult to deal with. Have seen many people get in the head and get cuts and knocked out (Yes. Even with the helmet on).
And don't forget the bowler and fielders I.E. short leg, mid on, mid off ( fielders around/near the batsman). They particularly need to have a quick reaction. Late reaction could be fatal.
Honestly, Cricket in general is one of the most dangerous sports.
There is stuff like padding, but the ball travels average 149 kilometers an hour, and you are left standing there. Plus when you field, the ball is high in the air, what if it hits your face!
There is stuff like padding, but the ball travels average 149 kilometers an hour, and you are left standing there. Plus when you field, the ball is high in the air, what if it hits your face!
Cricket in general is a very dangerous sport, sometimes your facing a ball being bowled at 150kmh, and this ball is harder than a baseball.
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69Shinty
Shinty is a team sport played with sticks and a ball. Shinty is now played mainly in the Scottish Highlands, and amongst Highland migrants to the big cities of Scotland. similair to hockey but the hard ball can be played in the air like lacrosse! the players wear no protection so often end up with head injuries and the stick can be swung like a baseball bat so often causes injury! players can also physically tackle other players using shoulder barges ect!
alan.tulloch
70Cross Country Running
You could get spiked with 1/2 inch metal spears. Spit on. Elbowed. Out of the 30 girls on my team, 3 were in boots just this year! Others have been in boots previous years.
People puke, and some pass out, from not running smart. Other people are aggressive, and threaten to hurt the people thy beat them. And yes, you can so easily get tripped up or spiked.
You could get tripped up and hit your head and get a concussion.
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71Bowling
I have fallen and I sprand my thumb not fun
One could slip and injure themselves if they wander out onto the slippery part of the course not to mention how the heavy ball can wear down ones wrist.
You could also hurt your wrist if your not use to bowling or even if you know how to bowl and you turn your wrist the wrong way. You could also have shoulder problems if you have a high back swing. Anything could happen if your not careful.
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72Running
Heart attacks, strokes seizures, Passing out, Concussions from passing out and falling, DEATH you got it in running.
You just trip and get badly hurt.
73Windsurfing
These guys do double forward flips 10m in the air and then they have to land safely with a board, mast and sail! There's also sharks.
74Goat Tying
Goat tying is really hard on ankles and knees when getting off. But it is such a rush that you can't stop! I love goat tying, but truthfully I think that is why my ankles and knees hurt all the time.
75Weight Lifting
Crushed my foot attempting to powerclean 265
76Longboarding
Riding down mountains on a plank of wood with cars coming the other way, perfectly safe until you fall off. Which is common.
One time I was long boarding and I fell on my face and broke my nose it was really bad
IGHT DUDE SO I WAS SHREDDING THE GNAR AND I WAS LIKE WOAHH AND I HIT MY HEAD ON THE GROUND AND WAS LIKE WOOAHH SO YEAH ITS SUPER DANGEROUS CAUSE I'm BOMBING THESE SICK ASS HILLS AND GO FAST AND WOOAHH
77Squash
Broke the two bones of my forearm by running into back glass wall in an attempt to keep the ball in play. Very easy to roll your ankle in this sport as well.
The racquet could easily hit you hard causing broken legs and arms. The court is only so small which makes getting hit more likely.
The ball could rebound, and hit you in the face.
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78Rowing
79Badminton
A friend of mine got the birdie in the eye and had to go to the hospital! If he had arrived 2 hours later he would have lost his eye. He did need surgery.
80Synchronized Swimming
This sport is quite dangerous since of many of the highlights we do. When one of our teamates gets thrown in the air, there is a danger of falling on a other girl's head. I know tons of girls who finished with dangerous concutions.
Synchro is dangerous in the fact that we are constantly pushed to hold our breaths longer and longer. For example one time I held my breath too long and ended up injuring my lungs and having a massive nosebleed. I have also been kicked many times in the head, face, or eyes and I am not allowed to come up because of that, I have to keep holding my breath
This sport is difficult because you have to have advanced water skills, and requires great strength, endurance, flexibility, grace, artistry and precise timing, as well as exceptional breath control when upside down underwater. In competitive synchronized swimming, top clubs practice for about 10 hours to even 27 hours and sometimes up to 54 hours when there is no school. Top swimmers swimmers may swim longer than this.
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81Kart Racing
Depending on the class your racing in, the speeds are different. Goes from around 60
Mph, 70, 80 mph. No seatbelts(unless you race in champ karts. ) you can get hurt so
Easily. Sometimes over 30 karts racing at once. Try saying kart racing is stupid and
Not fast or dangerous. HA! Yeah this is an extremely dangerous sport.
Mph, 70, 80 mph. No seatbelts(unless you race in champ karts. ) you can get hurt so
Easily. Sometimes over 30 karts racing at once. Try saying kart racing is stupid and
Not fast or dangerous. HA! Yeah this is an extremely dangerous sport.
Not indoor but proper karting, I'm 15 the class I drive in reach 80 mph at the end of the straight with grids of up to 30 drivers, roll happen frequently which can end up with 100kg landing on your head as that is the highest point in the kart the last two races I have been in have been abandoned because of accidents one of them ended up with the driver being airlifted to hospital and he ended up with a broken arm, collarbone leg, very bad concussion, a load of broken ribs and a hairline fracture at the neck. Doctors said the only thing that saved him from being paralyzed was his very expensive neck brace which no one else there had or could afford that day, if it had been someone else they would have been paralyzed or worse
Hey Mom! No worries. I'm giving up gymnastics to do something much safer, like say... Kart Racing! Never mind that it's much faster than Dad's Porsche!
82Kayaking
Seriously, there is no whitewater sport on here? Paddling death defying and dangerous class 5 rapids completely outweighs the danger of catching balls with sticks or tossing idiotic girls in the air
There is no doubt that kayaking deserves to be higher up. I am both a kayaker and a hockey player. I I have seen a lot more serious injuries in kayaking. I admit sea kayaking and sprint kayaking aren't as dangerous but all the other disciplines are very famous. Don't believe me, then watch "kadoma" and that's no where near as gnarly as it can get.
83Polo
84Wingsuit Proximity Flying
As close to death as any human can be and survive - usually.
Base jumping with a suit that helps you glide extremely close to walls the ground and many other obstacles. 100+ miles per hour just you a helmet and a flight suit squirrel suit
85Tricking
86Bouldering
Although bouldering is relatively safe, it deserves to be above badmiton, people falland break bones, dislocate knees, not to mention the strain on your tendons can be so severe you can't hold yourself off the ground. The crash pads can only do so much to protect you.
87Gliding
88Lawn Bowling
89Street Luge
90Roller Derby
In Roller Derby people have died, it is very easy to get hit as it is practicaly an every man for themselves kind of game. Sure your own team won't purposely try to hit you, but you could just as easily get in their way when you are trying to pass. People have had serious injuries like broken bones, and even death have resulted from this sport. Heck, you even have to be of legal age to play the sport and sign medical wavers to say, "oh hey yeah I don't mind if I get hit around to the point where I'm broken and bleeding in the hospital with a severe concussion"
The very first day of roller derby you are taught to fall. But that doesn't mean we don't get hurt. At least one person on my team is always out on injury. And I am on a junior team (12-17). We get smashed into poles, hit in the face, scratched etc. I have seen girls get concussions, hurt their shoulders, get their fingers run over, hurt their tailbones. I always have bruises from derby. Its a lot of fun but its definitely not an easy sport.
91Kabbadi
92Handball
Not many outside of Europe knows about handball. Its kind of like soccer just with your hands. I have played handball for 10 years and I have gotten a concussion, my shoulder out of place twice, pulled my thumb and fractured many of my fingers. Handball is a tough sport where there is a lot of physical contact and a handball player don't wear a lot of protection just on your knees when you jump to score.
93CrossFit Games
94Hot Air Ballooning
95Ultimate Frisbee
96Sting Pong
I got hit by a ball and went to hospital and now I can't have children. My friend (Croney) got a broken leg from playing ping pong, weird but true.
97Curling
98Paragliding
99Trap Shooting
100Field Hockey
Know a girl in high school that has fake teeth because of it even with a mouth guard! Girls sometimes stab others with sticks! That is not very safe
How is hockey 113th? The ball gets flicked and hit at like 100 mph!
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