What can I do to get less injuries playing basketball?

Question

First I sprained my ankle, next year I sprained it again but really badly(spent 1 month at home), I started wearing a bandage and it seemed to help... till I broke the same poor leg two years later. It's second summer that is ruined for me, don't like to spend my summer at home with an injure, what can I do to stop it? Or is it normal for basketball players?

Answer 1

Oh trust me its normal for basketball players to injure there ankles. I've injured both of mine quite a lot these past few years playing highschool ball.
One way to help is to wear high top shoes so its less likely to sprain or roll your ankle.
Another thing my sprains don't last for more than a day or two...

Answer 2

Do some strectching before any intense acitivity, loosen ur muscles in arms, legs head, do some light excerces, also after you finished playing Basketball do some stretching again to relieve that stiffness of the intense activity.

Basically as i stated DO some strecthing of all the body, from head to toe, also depends on your weight, if a girl is slim tall then she has less chance of an injury then stocky, short etc girls when it comes to Sports, trust me this is true.

It does not matter on guys but with girls being slim tall makes a lot of difference in Sports when it comes to preventing injuries, because you tend to be light, healthy, quick etc & can do any strict regime without pulling anything most of the time, but anyway remember STRECTCHING before Sports.

Answer 3

You need to work on the proprioception of you ankle and surrounding ligaments, tendons, and muscles. You can do this by working on those balance discs or balancing on your one ankle. Just go to any search engine and type in proptioception exercises for the ankle and you will get a bunch of hits. I play a lot of basketball and it has been a while since I have sprained my ankle. Hope this helps

Answer 4

duh! stop playing! what is the point of this game besides accumulating injuries?