Health, Sports & Psychology
Rugby: A game of risk and reward
...becomes part of the game (from U9 onwards) perhaps the risks will begin to outweigh the rewards. In particular the risk of spinal injury is the scariest to contemplate. But what is the nature of such a risk and am I just being an overprotective mother? What is the risk? Fuller (2008) found that “the risk of catastrophic injury in rugby union was comparable with that...