This year for my inquiry I have decided to chose a question that is connected to my passion for my future and my past from sports. The question I’ve chosen is, How does repeated head contact in youth sports affect brain development? This question will focus on head contact, for example concussions. I am interested in seeing how youth brains develop when hard impacts are considered when playing sports. This is also connected to my passion for science as I one day want to go into the medical field. For this question, I plan to research 3 sub questions that can allow me to dig deeper and focus on certain elements of this question.
I decided that this question would be a good idea because of how frequents concussions and injuries to the head occur. I have played multiple sports as a child, and have been on the receiving end twice. I have had two concussions, both from hockey due to the physicality. I felt that this question connected to me as I am able to research this topic deeply as well as connecting it to the experiences I’ve gained myself as a youth athlete over the years.
