Photo: SuppliedA dramatic rise in the number of kids being injured playing organised sports has sparked warnings for parents to limit how much sport their kids participate in each week. Experts fear kids are doing too much high-intensity sport at too young an age, causing stress and creating a spike in injuries. The statistics included those playing rugby union, soccer, netball, basketball, rugby league, gymnastics and touch rugby. ACC is trying to combat the huge spike in injuries by urging parents to restrict how much organised sport their kids play each week by following a guideline of one hour of sports for every year in age. While PE has been included as organised sport, he said it was often less structured and intense than a team sport.

Source: Otago Daily Times June 03, 2019 19:52 UTC