The bloody brutality of boxing – Brayden Smith
When a boxer gets hit in the face, different brain tissues move against each other. A hard punch can cause microhaemorrhages, or bleeding on the brain. The shifting of brain cells also alters the ability to move, see and think. Repeated hard punches throughout a fight can exacerbate a microhaemorrhage or cause others.
Bricks in the back
I was fourteen when cricket wrecked my back. I played for Pascoe Vale Central in Melbourne. One afternoon at training I was striving for extra pace and bowling off-side wides.
The assistant coach (I can’t remember his name) was a heavy left handed all-rounder who trained with the Victorian squad in the seventies. He said I was moving my head in delivery stride and it was affecting my accuracy. Read more
