What do we do now & Ted Talk
Ted-Style Talk
Below is my TedTalk which outlines my research of Concussions in Youth and Professional Sport. I made this video more as a Ted-Ed format because I thought it would better demonstrate what I have researched and learned during this assignment. In this research I ended up expanding into more specific research into Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE). Please watch my video to review my research I have done over this project!
**** Just to clarify, at 3:27 by removal of play I meant for it to be in its entirety. We should not avoid children participating in sport due to fear that they will become injured. However, when a concussion is suspected they should be removed immediately. *****
What do we do now?
Each one of us plays apart in concussion prevention and management. And by us talking the proper steps to prevent and manage concussions, we will then lower the CTE rates slowly.
I'm not acknowledging that sometimes things just happen... I can say for myself I experienced my own concussion in soccer, and it wasn't from something preventable like heading the ball. Myself and an opponent blindsided each other, no intent to injure, it just happened. Injuries like that will always be there, especially in clumsy children, but that provides us the opportunity to be leaders in proper concussion recovery.
If you ever are a teammate, parent, coach or trainer of a person who potentially sustains a concussion, ensure you take the proper steps.
If you are a coach, trainer or parent seek a training seminar for concussion management.
If you are a coach, trainer parent or teammate ensure the person who suffered the concussion follows the prescribed recovery process. Below is an example of a graduated return to play protocol.
But what about the professional leagues?
I know you probably don't feel like you can do much about the pro leagues, but really you can. First thing is to support a movement to stop glamorizing "big hits" or "big tackles", fights, or anything malicious in sport.
Question why, knowing how important the recovery is to a concussion, athletes are back on the ice/field/court over such a short amount of time.
Educate young athletes, some of the could make it there one day, and if they know how important their safety and well being is, well then that is a step in the right direction.
Is there any reason the pro leagues avoid concussion talks?
I do have to give them credit, it seems through my research that they are definitely acknowledging the importance of it more than what they did previously. When it comes to singling out one specific reason, I couldn't find one outside of simple speculation. Of course, we can speculate that they avoid it because of fear, or maybe they don't want to or know how to remove the contact aspect of their respective sports from the game. I think for myself as someone who is coming from a health perspective, I need to remember that these people calling the shots are also trying to run a business... but I hope they aren't looking at these athletes as the products of the business... but I don't think I'm too crazy to think that way.
In the End...
Injury will happen no matter how much prevention we put in place
How we react to a situation is just as important as the steps to prevent it
Glamorizing big hits, tackles and fighting just supports the idea that concussions are not a problem
It begins with Education
http://www.footy4kids.co.uk/how-to-coach-youth-soccer/coaching-tips-and-advice/
Hey Taylor,
ReplyDeleteYour Ted Talk looks and sounds amazing! I am very impressed with how well what you were saying went with your visual elements. I found this hard to match up using powtoon, but yours was excellent! You were very informative, and to the point, and you gave great ideas. Excellent work!
Miss Sydor
I really enjoyed your TedTalk; it really gave me a lot of information on a topic of some personal interest! I've known a few friends who've had concussions and it's really negatively affected their life - luckily they were supported by people who did follow the procedures that you described!
ReplyDeleteHi Taylor, I just watched your Ted Talk, technically speaking everything worked fine. I was able to watch the video fine, and audio worked well. I liked the visuals that you had with it as they were helpful in understanding what you were saying. It may been a little short the video but overall I was able to get a good sense of your project through the talk.
ReplyDeleteHey Taylor!
ReplyDeleteSo this comment will be about my review of your entire Genius Hour Digital Portfolio.
You have a lot of really neat information and media in your portfolio. Lots of variety, images, links, and videos. Your movie trailer was immediately engaging, and your PowToon introducing Genius Hour was fun to watch. You've used a variety of subheadings and text in your blog posts. Overall, when it comes to content, you've done an amazing job! I think you've used what you've learned from this course (if you didn't know this stuff before) well.
The only issues that I can bring up are formatting and consistency with what was asked of you - I'm not sure that the way your portfolio is organized is what the instructor wanted. From my interpretation, it seems that he wanted the PowToon introduction, Google Slide proposal (which I didn't see, maybe it's on here somewhere and I missed it?), movie trailer, and TED talk all on a separate page. I also assumed that the TED talk had to be a video of yourself talking, not another animation (but I could be wrong about that).
The only question I had was: what was the goal of your Genius Hour Project? To learn more about concussions, etc.? Maybe that was mentioned at the beginning and I missed it. It seemed like there was a ton of research (really good information!), but I wasn't sure what the end goal was.
Overall, it's a really neat and visually engaging portfolio, one that raises awareness about concussions in sports. Great job :)
Hey Taylor, this looks awesome! I'm really impressed with your use of powtoon. Very proactive. This makes your ted talk visually interesting and, as a visual learner, I really appreciate the visuals to help me keep up with such a complicated topic. Well done. Level 4.
ReplyDeleteHi Taylor,
ReplyDeleteGreat job!!! Congrats! I really liked your Ted Talk for a number of different reasons. For one, I can tell that you are really passionate about the subject - concussions. You have done a lot of research on the topic and you have been able to tie in the issue of concussions with professional sports. Furthermore, I like how you have incorporated different animations into your Ted Talk. It's fun to watch and entertaining! Good job once again!!!
Hi Taylor, really contemporary, relevant topic. I agree with the other comments here, the visuals were great. Even with all the new information coming out each year about concussions they still seem mysterious, and its still amazing how concussion protocol in professional leagues still seems too relaxed. Really informative powerpoint.
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