5 Dangerous Sports.........can't play without practice

1 - Motorcycle Racing

Let's face it, racing can be dangerous for even the most experienced and knowledgeable of drivers, there are many kinds of racing, we've touched on the high stakes game of race car driving, so now let's turn up the danger knob and move on to Motorbike racing. The average speed for the crotch rocket as it speeds down asphalt typically ranges from 130 to 200 miles per hour. One of the most infamous of tracks in the motorcycle racing game and also one of the oldest races in this sports history is called the Isle of Man, where thousands of brave hardened riders descend for the Isle of Man Tourist Trophy. Six brutal days of hardcore non-stop racing down a 37-mile journey with 250 sharpened corners. Broken bones, bubbling melted flesh, torn limbs, smashed skulls, these are just a few of the minor injuries associated with this intensively dangerous but super fun to watch sport.


2 - Car Racing

With race cars speeding down asphalt roads or sandy dunes at well over 150 miles per hour accidents are almost a guarantee. Car technology may have improved over the years but so has the intensity of the drivers wishing to wins and the depths they are willing to go to make their cars the fastest on the road. Hurling down black racetracks at an average speed of 175 miles per hour in a carbon fiber box while trying not to crash into the other impending cars all also travelling at frighteningly high levels of speed is ridiculously dangerous. Common injuries with this high speed intensive sport include smashed bones, excessive blood loss, trauma to the head and all degrees of burns.


3 - Bull Riding

This rodeo sport wherein a rider mounts a large bull and tries his best to stay on as the steer jerks and bucks is considered a favorite for most cowboy enthusiasts. Just falling off the angry creature can cause all kinds of severe injuries such as scrapes, scratches and concussions. The bull itself which typically weighs around 1800 pounds may also trample the fallen cowboy or rush in with pointed horns and actually pierce or stab the fallen rodeo hero. No safety equipment short of a rodeo clown and vest sewn together with ballistic material greatly increases the danger level. Many call this dare devil pastime the most dangerous eight seconds in sports.


4 - Rugby

13 burly hardened players on opposing teams literally smashing and pummeling into each other whilst kicking and catching a ball to opposing ends for a gruelling 80 minutes describes this highly athletic and sometimes vicious sport. A mouth guard and spiked boots are the only safety elements allowed in this treacherous field game. Tackles come in all shapes and sizes and reduce many players to quivering shaking fetal position. There are shoulder barging, body checking and the lifting tackle just to name a few sinister totally legal tackle some moves. Concussions, torn ligaments, dislocated shoulders and even quadriplegia are common injuries found inside this high-stakes game. Riots sometimes break out when a home team loses which can quickly turn into full city bloodbaths is a relatively common practice for this high-risk sport.


5 - Association Football

Here in the United States, it's soccer, everywhere else in the world, it's Football and the big leagues, the world cups, are Association Football. This high-intensity game involves lots and lots of leg strength, running for 90 minutes while moving a ball with only your feet and avoiding getting tackled at the same time is no easy feat and accidents are plentiful on those grassy knolls. There's no protective gear short of the occasional knee pad. These players are known to do anything to win with ruthless defensive strategies, the studs-up challenge is a tackle where a player attacks with the studs on the bottom of their cleats and aerial body checking is exactly what it sounds like. Concussions, bruises, bloodied limbs, torn ACLs, shin splints and sudden cardiac arrests are some of the most common and frequent of injuries associated with this treacherous game.