Terminology in The United States
Current medical terminology in the United States uses the term collision sport rather than contact sport to refer to sports like rugby, American football, ice hockey, and lacrosse. The term contact sport is used to refer to sports, such as soccer that allow limited contact. For example, the American Academy of Pediatrics issued a policy statement in 2001 entitled "Medical Conditions Affecting Sports Participation" that included the following definitions:
In "collision" sports (eg, boxing, football, and rodeo), athletes purposely hit or collide with each other or inanimate objects, including the ground, with great force. In "contact" sports (e.g., basketball), athletes routinely make contact with each other or inanimate objects but usually with less force than in collision sports. —Committee on Sports Medicine and Fitness, American Academy of Pediatrics,This terminology may have evolved from a quote attributed to both Vince Lombardi and Duffy Daugherty: "Football isn't a contact sport; it's a collision sport. Dancing is a contact sport."
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