“… a game that the objective is to tackle someone who is running at you as fast as he can.”
a game that the objective is “trying to stop your opponent from scoring by throwing him down to the ground.”
look like you answered your own question.
scrapes and bruises happen from time to time, but the more you ride it the better you become.
scrapes and bruises? Have you ever watched kids riding scooters!?! Clearly not!!
ask your pediatrician – scooter riding results in fractured wrists, concussions, knocked out front teeth and broken legs. And getting better is irrelevant. Do you think bikers who get injured are only the five year olds? Ask your pediatrician, cuz that’s what I did. Because my objective is the safety of my kids. If you don’t believe that your boys should play tackle football, by all means don’t let them. But if your objective REALLY and HONESTLY is about children’s safety, there are too many things that are more dangerous that you should be fighting for also (if not first). If you aren’t, then I question your sincere objectives, and I would say to each his own.