What is a BIG HIT FALL?
In BIG HIT FALLS athletes and youths hit the ground with the same force as running into a brick wall at ten m.p.h. or more. Examples are falling from: • a height of over three feet, • being tripped while running (or sliding on ice, rolling on skates, riding on a bicycle or a horse, etc.), • a body slam to the ground, • an intentional hard shove, • a player running into you, • being clipped from behind, and • a hit or shove to the legs when in mid-leap off the ground. There are many other examples of these hard impact falls that athletes and youths take all the time.
