Most people refuse to involve themselves in any dangerous game or stuff but following the same stereotype of daily routines without any thrill makes life charmless and dull. Therefore, some people find merriment and a source of entertainment in serious sports. But every now and then, injuries and even death can cast a shadow, which is why some sports can be very dangerous. The fact that it normally involves physical contact would come as no surprise that every sport entails an element of danger.
But which would you consider the most dangerous of them all? From extreme and life-risking sports like boxing to some of the well-known games like basketball, here are 10 of the most dangerous sports in the world.
10. Basketball
The report from the Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) reveals that basketball is the most injury-prone sport after showing 1.6 million basketball-related injuries that were treated in hospitals and emergency rooms in 2003. Not to mention severe injuries may lead to complete loss of muscle function or paralysis. In some cases, muscle strength may not return even with multiple treatments.
9. Golf
Learning that golf is also a dangerous kind of sport may surprise many of you as everyone thinks that this is just a lazy game for aristocrat’s leisure. But here’s to remind you that lightning is one of the scariest things golfers will ever encounter on the golf course. And as it occurs, roughly 900 persons die every year from a stroke of lightning or a blow of the sphere into the head.
8. Rugby
Rugby is a popular game in England, Australia, New Zealand. And it is also known as one of the most aggressive games ever played. The mechanics are much like of the football’s, only that rugby implies more frequent and sometimes include very rough contacts among the players. In such a hard-hitting situation, the risk to obtain an injury is tremendously rising.
7. Boxing
A sport with the player’s sole goal (which is to punch his opponent) is no doubt a dangerous one. Statistics show that 90% of boxers suffer from brain damage during the course of their boxing career. What’s more regretful is that they could be prone to diseases like Parkinson’s or Alzheimer’s later in their lives.
6. MotoSport
Telling you that motorcycles have always been dangerous is not a surprise anymore. This sport includes off-road racing of motorbikes that run in close proximity at breakneck speeds or set out alone into the wild unknown for an off-road endurance mission. No doubt, this sport suggests injuries and lethal outcomes.
5. Scuba Diving
Scuba diving is the most dangerous sport in the water. The fact that humans are not amphibians can already prove that staying underwater can steal a life. This recreational sport involves using SCUBA (Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus) to stay long enough at the ocean floor. This only means that the body is absolutely depending on the equipment. Thence, the danger in this sport lies in either equipment failure or changes in pressure. The changes in pressure could potentially crack a lung, ear-drums or the sinuses.
4. Base Jumping
What else could be more dangerous than a free fall? BASE is actually an acronym that describes the type of object people jump off. B is for buildings, A for antennas (towers), S for spans (bridges), and E for earth (cliffs or canyons). In this sport, the jumper has no control over his performance. Everything just depends on the parachute whether it opens or not. In other words, either the jumper will land safely or embrace his death otherwise.
3. Bull Riding
Bull riding is a rodeo sport that involves staying mounted on a bull for as long as possible while the bull tries to combat the rider. Mounting on a 1000kg bull can already tell the perils entailed in the actual sport.
2. Jallikattu
Another deadly sport that involves a furious bull, Jallikattu is also known as bull-taming. This sport originates in the villages across Tamil Nadu (in India) during the Pongal Festival or their kind of thanksgiving for plentiful harvests. In this game, only one emerges the winner – man or bull. Imagine boxing with another person can give us jitters but subduing a bull, (which is, of course, a lot larger than a human being) can be more terrifying. The danger in this sport can be anticipated as around 200 people have died over the last two decades.
1. Big Wave Surfing
Players in surf rashies, risk riding the giant 50 feet water walls, surely have the guts and high levels of alertness. But regardless of those skills, chances are that these monster waves can off-set life for miles deep down the ocean floor. These waves have huge forces that can either kill the surfer, bury his body deep underwater to drown, or smash onto hidden rocks of the coastline.
