For questions generally regarding the avoidance or prevention of injury to players or spectators of a sport. Questions should usually also be tagged with the specific sport in question.
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What is the safe technique of coming out of a fall on a snowboard?
When you "bail" on a snowboard a multitude of nasty things can happen due to the facts that you are strapped to the board and that the board is great at catching snow with its edges. So you may end up ...
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Is it possible to do indoor rock climbing barefoot?
I am very new to indoor rock climbing, I want to climb barefoot, I heard some people advise against it,
Anybody here has any experience or can give any suggestions on barefoot indoor rock climbing?
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How dangerous is indoor rock climbing with an inexperienced belay partner?
My wife and I are very new to climbing (indoor) and we want to belay ourselves.
If you know the basics of the method but don't have much experience could you really mess things up, or if you have a ...
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Is it permissible to wear hand gloves while fielding in cricket?
Is it permissible for a fielder to wear hand gloves while fielding in cricket due to some climate conditions or infections?
we can see the football players wearing hand gloves while playing(but they ...
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What are the differences between Karting shoes?
Looking for a Karting (racing) shoe for a 15 year old. Some have high-tops while others have a low profile.
Some high-tops do not have a cut out above the heel. Would a cut out be beneficial or not? ...
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How often do tires need to be changed in Kart Racing?
We are new to karting and are renting a Kart for Racing. Our fee does not include new tires this is something we must pay for if we want to provide new tires.
The existing rear/front tires we use a ...
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What is the correct way to attach an autoblock to your harness for rappelling? [migrated]
When rappelling and using an autoblock consisting of a french prusik knot it seems there may be some options on how and where to attach the autoblock to my harness.
Is there a correct placement on ...
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When climbing should a carabiner ever be clipped to the tie-in loops, and should anything other than a carabiner ever attach to the belay loop? [migrated]
I'm a beginning climber and am trying to resolve conflicting instruction related to tying into my harness.
During a recent outing a friend (an experienced climber, but not an instructor) was showing ...
