176k views
2 votes
Identify one way that a person can sustain an intentional injury and an unintentional injury. In each case, include an individual behavior and a social norm that decreases the risk of that injury.

User Jshee
by
6.3k points

2 Answers

5 votes

Answer:

One way a person can sustain an intentional injury is if the dive in football (soccer), for example. In the process of diving, the player will typically fake being taken out, and in the process, they will over exaggerate the challenge against them. In this process, they will make the challenge look much worse than it actually was. However, due to this over-exaggeration, it’s possible that the player might actually injure themselves, whether it be due to contact they make with the ground, or pulling a muscle/stretching a muscle too far.

One way a person can sustain an unintentional injury would be if the defender made a questionable tackle in an attempt to win the ball back. Sometimes, a defender will slide tackle in an attempt to reach for the ball, however, it can be difficult getting the timing and the angle right in order to get the ball without fouling the player, let alone without touching the player. As a result, when a defender attempts to slide to get the ball whilst being located behind the attacker, it's often that the attacker gets tripped up in the process. This could lead to the attacker getting injured unintentionally, but injured nonetheless.

User Vincent Yin
by
6.4k points
4 votes
You can sustain an intentional injury like by flopping in basketball where you purposely try to get the referee to give your opponent a foul. You fall and act like you are hurt. In this act you put yourself at risk of actually getting hurt. An unintentional injury could be as a football quarterback and you are scanning the field of who you will throw to. All of a sudden you are hit from your blindside and hurt whatever body part as you go down. This was unintentional and you didn't mean for it to happen. Things that can reduce the risk of injury are staying out of foul trouble in a sport and making sure your body is ready to take hits that can come at any moment. You can prepare your body by stretching and loosening it up. Hope this helps!
User Yedidyah
by
6.7k points