Contact Sport
The term contact sports is used in competitive activities and medical terminology to describe sports in which players may directly or indirectly have physical contact with an opponent. Some sports, such as martial arts, are scored on impacting on an opponent, while others, including rugby football, require tackling of players for the game to be played fully. These sports are often known as full-contact, as the sport cannot be undertaken without contact. Other sports have contact, but such events are either illegal under the rules of the game or are accidental and do not form part of the sport. The 'contact' in contact sports can also include impact via a piece of sports' equipment, such as being struck by a hockey stick or football. Non-contact sports are those where participants should have no possible means of impact, such as sprinting, swimming, darts or snooker, where players either use separate lanes or take turns of play.
Contact sports have a higher risk of transmission of blood-borne disease between players.
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