Why women’s hockey has a higher concussion rate than football

In college, women’s hockey players are reporting concussions at a higher rate than male hockey players. In fact, female hockey players are reporting a higher concussion rate than nearly all sports sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). In several studies, female hockey players have reported concussions more often than men’s college football, and at a rate that is comparable to men’s college wrestling and men’s college ice hockey. Compared to sports like women’s tennis or women’s basketball, hockey is faster, played on harder surfaces, and involves more collisions, which partly explains the high rate of concussions but doesn’t account for the fact that female athletes are reporting more concussions than male athletes who also play hockey. In fact, several surveys have demonstrated that, besides hockey, female athletes consistently report a higher concussion rate than male athletes playing the same gender comparable sport (e.g basketball, soccer, softball/baseball).

On Thin Ice: India's National Ice Hockey Team

India's national ice hockey team is fighting to win hearts and matches in their quest for international sporting glory.

India is a country where cricket is a religion and the players are seen as Gods.

But it's also a place where a ragtag team of 22 men are fighting to put their sport - ice hockey - on the map.  

Based in Ladakh, in India's picturesque snowy north, India's little-known national ice hockey team may not have fame, fortune or even much of a following, but what they do have is passion.

The players all dream of representing their country internationally - and winning. But can their passion survive the overwhelming obstacles in their path to sporting glory?

On Thin Ice: India's National Ice Hockey Team

India's national ice hockey team is fighting to win hearts and matches in their quest for international sporting glory.

India is a country where cricket is a religion and the players are seen as Gods.

But it's also a place where a ragtag team of 22 men are fighting to put their sport - ice hockey - on the map.  

Based in Ladakh, in India's picturesque snowy north, India's little-known national ice hockey team may not have fame, fortune or even much of a following, but what they do have is passion.

The players all dream of representing their country internationally - and winning. But can their passion survive the overwhelming obstacles in their path to sporting glory?