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A '''safeword''', as used in sports, is a [[code word]] used by a player to avoid impending [[injury]]. |
A '''safeword''', as used in sports, is a [[code word]] used by a player to avoid impending [[injury]] or painful stress. |
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In certain contact sports such as [[Rugby football|rugby]] and [[Professional wrestling]] , when a player feels an opposing players actions will lead to him or herself being seriously injured, he may utter a safeword which tells the opponent to stop the actions. |
In certain contact sports such as [[Rugby football|rugby]] and [[Professional wrestling]] , when a player feels an opposing players actions will lead to him or herself being seriously injured, he may utter a safeword which tells the opponent to stop the actions. |
Revision as of 03:47, 20 January 2010
A safeword, as used in sports, is a code word used by a player to avoid impending injury or painful stress.
In certain contact sports such as rugby and Professional wrestling , when a player feels an opposing players actions will lead to him or herself being seriously injured, he may utter a safeword which tells the opponent to stop the actions.
Professional Rugby union footballers recognize the safeword "Neck". This is said, during a scrum, when a player fears his neck risks being broken. Players on both teams will recognize this and immediately release any downward pressure.
A more common example is "maita" (pronounced "may-ta", meaning "I submit") in most Japanese martial arts including judo, which indicates surrender, usually due to an arm lock or a choke. In professional competition, saying "stop" or "help" does not indicate surrender and the opponent may continue combat.
During Lifeguard training, the American Red Cross uses a "tap off" as a form of the safeword. If at anytime one of the lifeguard trainees feels that they do not have enough oxygen to complete an underwater simulation of a rescue, that trainee should tap the other person twice to signal that the rescue has been aborted.