Gymnastics
From the point of view of the health benefits of physical development and safety with the best sport is gymnastics. There are many types of gymnastics: morning gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, circus gymnastics, team gymnastics and street workout.
The most dangerous sports are: martial arts, Boxing, weightlifting, football, and hockey. Of-Olympic – motor sports, hang-gliding and parachute, parkour.
Of all these types, you can select sports and recreational areas. It is popular nowadays in women fitness, Pilates, callanetics, aerobics. Interested in Eastern sports choose yoga, qigong, tai Chi, Wushu. They are not more dangerous than morning exercises, and the benefits higher. The main advantage is the fact that all human abilities develop simultaneously and harmoniously. The safety of students at the highest level: no extreme loads, there are no hazards, the minimum probability of injury. For those who are important in sports the spirit of competition, there are sports areas of fitness: athletic fitness, body fitness and other. In tai Chi and Wushu competitions are held regularly, including global.
Olympic sports
From the point of view of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) who carried out the study of traumatic Olympic sports at the summer Olympic games in Beijing, the safest was the Canoeing. Second place went to rowing, the third sailing. It should be noted that the main safety criterion was the probability of injury to the participants of the Olympiad. In other words, these sports are the most safe for professional athletes.
The most life-threatening sports: parachute jumps from tall buildings or cliffs (base jumping), downhill skiing on unprepared sites (heliskiing), cave diving, rock climbing, mountain Biking, rafting.
For non-professional athletes, members of the IOC were allocated to Golf, walking and swimming. In Golf, except for the sunburn, you can get back injuries, hips and knees due to multiple and strong-waving stick. But if you use proper technique and stretch before the game, this will not happen. The only injury which can be obtained by walking – stretching the foot muscles. Prevents the use of quality footwear and special insoles. Swimming in the pool, using the correct techniques, almost never causes dealing with injuries.