No, it isn't sanctimonious to encourage any of these precautions. It is sanctimonious, however, to assume that those who disagree with you are ignorant. Which, for the record, was the point.
Define ignorant....
Ignorant \Ig"no*rant\, a. [F., fr. L. ignorans, -antis, p. pr. of ignorare to be ignorant. See
Ignore.]
1. Destitute of knowledge; uninstructed or uninformed; untaught; unenlightened. [1913 Webster]
He that doth not know those things which are of use for him to know, is but an ignorant man, whatever he may know besides. --Tillotson. [1913 Webster]
Seriously, she knows head trauma cases and sees it every day so she is aware of the consequences of head trauma and neurology related circumstances and is a registered zealot when it comes to being an advocate for the kids safety and trying to educate the parents!
If your daughter plays in the infield in my opinion she would be more prone to be injured than an outfielder in my opinion.
From the net.... [FONT="]I copied this for your enjoyment...[/FONT][FONT="]
Batters and pitchers had the highest absolute number of injuries due to impact with a batted ball in games.
A total of 22% of the total game injuries to pitchers occurred from batted balls, and about one third of game injuries to third basemen involved batted balls. (You could roll the dice that unless she is a pitcher or third baseman she may not get hurt)
Only 2.6% (7/241) of injuries to pitchers involved a batted ball to the head, compared with 8% for batters (24/303) and 9% for third basemen (10/96).
The authors concluded that neuromuscular training may reduce ACL injuries in females if the training includes plyometrics, balance, and strengthening exercises performed once per week for at least 6 weeks.[/FONT]
[FONT="]They probably actually have a better chance of an ACL issue or shoulder problem and there is a program in place called the PEP program that has proven to reduce sokker and basketball ACL issues by 41%.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Using this form could help all of us protect and educate our kids if......and you fill in the blank or blanks![/FONT]
From the book titled, The 5th Discipline
?When teams are truly learning, not only are they producing extraordinary results but the individual members are growing more rapidly than could have occurred otherwise.
The discipline of team learning starts with "dialogue," the capacity of members of a team to suspend assumptions and enter into a genuine "thinking together." To the Greeks dia-logos meant a free-flowing of meaning through a group, allowing the group to discover insights not attainable individually. Interestingly, the practice of dialoguehas been preserved in many "primitive" cultures, such as that of the American Indian,but it has been almost completely lost to modern society.
Just my opinion....we could all learn more without having another one of us get hurt and then say I did not think it would happen to me.
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