Researchers looked at injuries per minute of athletic exposure , which includes both practices and competitions, for 21 youth boys' teams, 22 high school boys' teams, and 20 college men's teams over three lacrosse seasons.In youth boys' lacrosse there were 268 injuries during 26,070 AEs, for an injury rate of 10.3 per 1,000 AEs, the study found. That compares with an injury rate of 5.3 per 1,000 AEs in high school lacrosse and 4.7 per 1,000 AEs for college players.
"For younger kids playing youth lacrosse, it's injuries due to contact with equipment such as the stick or ball," said lead study author Zachary Kerr, an exercise and sport science researcher at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. "For older athletes, it is a mix of chronic and acute injuries."
"And I don't see this as a bad thing," Kerr added."Rather, I see it as instilling a culture at an early age that it is okay to talk to an adult when they think they are injured and may need care."Nearly half of all youth injuries were due to equipment contact, with the majority being from stick contact, followed by ball contact.
Still, the results suggest that youth lacrosse should focus more on skill development to reduce the risk of stick and ball injuries, the study authors note. By college, coaches should focus on training players to prevent non-contact injuries.
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