And I cracked a rib. Yes, extreme sports can often lead to extreme injuries. Boys get injured more often than girls, and inline skaters get injured the most. The most common injuries in alternative sports are broken bones, strains, sprains, serious bruising, and facial cuts. Just make it completely clear to your kids that safety, not fashion, comes first when they're out doing their thing.
More kids play a popular sport like basketball, for example, than skateboard.
Though kids can be injured playing any sport, some sports do have a higher injury rate than others. There are two kinds of sports injuries. Prior to puberty, the risk of sports-related injury between boys and girls is the same . At puberty, boys gain in both strength and size and are injured more often and more seriously than girls. After puberty, boys are three times more likely than girls to get injured.