A Study of Prevalence of Injuries of Competitive Football Players

Physical Education

Football is the most hazardous of team sports and injury is a frequent event in football. Football requires a variety of physical and motor fitness with sound playing tactics. It is an enjoyable and social sport than can be played from childhood to old age, either at a recreational level or as competitive sports. Football playing largely involves starting, running, slopping, twisting, jumping, kicking, and turning movements that place the players to higher risk of football injuries. Football is a high risk collision sport and injury is common in football players. The football injuries can be define as any physical complaint by the footballers during match playing and training or practice period it may be contact or non-contact. Contact may be contact with players to players, players to referee and players to goal post however may be running, jumping and turning. The present study is under taken to know the injuries related factors and mechanism, of injuries sustained in football which about the existence of knowledge is a greatest significance of the study. The results of this study may also help to contribute the prevention and reduction of injuries among football players. This research may inform policies and practices designed to improve the awareness in football players, coaches and physical educationist regarding the ill effects of injuries on sport performance, ultimately, the findings will reduce the football injuries particularly and sports injuries in general and enhance the quality of game in the players. Prevention of football injuries and enhance the football performance, but also to demonstrate the tremendous potential of research on prevention of different –different sports injuries in countries such as India.

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