International Research Journal of Education and Technology

Games and sports can also result in injuries, some minor, some serious and still other in life long medical problem. Sports injuries result from acute trauma or repetitive stress associated with athletic activities. Sports injuries can affect bones or soft tissue i.e. ligaments, muscles, tendons etc. There are numerous sports injuries happened in the field of sports. The sample for the study consists  100 Male Basket Ball Players of Hyderabad District between the age group 18 to 25 Years. The questionnaire were used in the study. Whereas, the head injury area frequency is 145 and game injury percentage is 18.01%. The neck injury area frequency is 16 and game injury percentage is 1.98%. The upper extremities injury area frequency is 253 and game injury percentage is 31.45%. The torso injury area frequency is 114 and game injury percentage is 14.16%. The lower extremities injury area frequency is 277 and game injury percentage is 34.40 %. Hence, among all areas the highest percentage was 34,40% to lower extremities. The highest  lower extremities injuries among basket ball Players are ankle and knee. Key words: Injuries, ankle, knee, lower extremities etc.