Children most injuries are in football, but the most expensive costs judo injuries / day

BTA statistics on compensation paid in the past and a half show that the most common help for young footballers had to help. 27% of all claims for injuries to children’s sports activities were received by football players. The second traumatic sport is basketball, the third is volleyball and the fourth is hockey. The proportion of claims in these sports is 23 %, 10 %and 9 %respectively. In total, three -quarters of all compensation for the injuries of sports activities paid to team sports players.

It should be noted, however, that the high proportion is due to the popularity of all four of these sports rather than traumatic. Thousands of children in many cities and villages train in football, basketball, volleyball and hockey, so the high number of injuries is proportionate to the natural.

If you sample the severity of the injuries and the cost of treatment, there are other sports at the top of the list. The most expensive treatment of one injury has cost the sport in Judo – the average compensation amount in it was 275 euros. In second place with € 255 is hockey, and third with 181 euros is skiing. The treatment of one footballer cost € 126 and a basketball player € 103.

« When choosing accidents insurance, parents of sporting children must specify » Activities « . This means that the defense will include all kinds of individual and organized physical activity – both training and competitions at the hobby or amateur level. Such insurance covers all the most popular children’s sports. Injuries, « Ivo Danče, Director of the BTA Insurance Remuneration Department, points out.

It follows from BTA statistics that injuries to children in sports and competitions are not rare. The insurer receives at least one such application almost daily, but the total number of injuries is much higher, as only a small proportion of Latvian children are insured.