The Dangers of Tug of War #shorts

While Tug of War is, for the most part, a fun game for many. It can also have its darker moments.

[sqilvin]

Your ability to dive into a seemingly mundane topic and immediately make it interesting with history will never fail to amaze me! I love your videos!!

[cas]

We used to play Red Rover at school and scouts. My friend legitimately displaced her spinal column. It’s not allowed anymore.

[HevenlyBody]

Well, I dont relish knowing my hand may grip with more strength than my shoulder attaches to the rest of me. Nullifies the act of hanging on innit

[thejudgmentalcat]

I never knew how dangerous it was, even more than Red Rover (a kid broke an arm in my elementary class, 1972)

[carolwilliams]

I think I learn more from you then I ever did in school! Thank you.

[MsPopeye]

Oh WOW that's insane 😳!!
Both incidents must have been horrific to witness!!...
Imagine having to inform the parents that their child had passed due to taking part in a seemingly innocent game?!
Awful!!....❤

[kieranberry]

Can you cover the Tottenham Outrage of 1909 please! 🤠👍
Im sure you will do this little known event justice.
Thanks 🤠

[gillgetter]

Holy moly 😂 I fell once pulling and hit my head with another puller, good thing I have a extra hard head😵‍💫🤪

[godsaves]

Thank goodness my tug of war at school was a lot safer 😂

[kayevans]

We recently had our school sports day but the staff weren't allowed to have a tug of war match. I see why now! 😮

[kellyshomemadekitchen]

My goodness! I had no idea such awful injuries could happen, but it makes perfect sense when you think about it!

[patron]

Oof, imagine being responsible for those accidents. The danger should be obvious, when you think about how much force is involved, but it is generally such a safe contest that you wouldn't normally think about it too deeply.

[evamichelova]

One of my dogs, the smarter one, hates this. Maybe he knows how dangerous it is 😅

[AshesAshes]

It was an Olympic event at one point, like pole climbing!

[khatzeye]

I will never look at this game the same 😂

[babyIwelcomethepressure]

I'll never forget when my elementary school would make us kids play tug of war. I hated it.

[bonnyjeanaustin]

That's why I only play tug of war with my dogs 😮

[CAROLDDISCOVER-]

Nothing like losing a finger an arm or life to ruin the day.

[Starcraft-ml]

All sports have risk including basketball, football 🏈, soccer ⚽️, hockey 🏒, and tug of war no sport is completely safe in any sport you do, especially if you want to make a career out of it you need to be smart but work hard but not work too hard that you overtrain & overexert or train too easy where there isn’t a strong stimulus and its not hard enough you need to work depending on your goals and what your sport demands train hard where its hard but not overtrain or overexert and don’t go easy where theres no tension and difficulty but you will need to train different intensites for different parts of your sport & goals for example you do running at a mid intensity to build up stamina or you go do some sprints and do mountain climbers and some circuits quickly with no rest or little rest to build up speed, strength, power, athletic muscle, or you do low intensity where its low to burn fat or stay active on rest or do it to focus on learning new techniques and refining current techniques of your sport the intensitys i mentioned must be balanced in your routine and your sport you will pick will most likely need these demands but to know for sure research and check with your coach

[bonniemoon]

So basically you will be ok if you arent playing tug of war on dangerous terrain, have a strong rope and keep the maximum to just a few people.