No, of course not, Firstly, where do you draw the "dangerous" line? Do you draw it at parkour, or do you draw it at football or rugby?

Are they talking about banning students from doing things outside school, or in it? If it is outside school, then they have no right to interfere. For instance, what if a child's father wind surfs, and they have also done so since a young age? Should they be stopped from doing so because the school says so?

The propersition is ludicrous.

It would be practical to ban students from practising dangerous sports at school, since schools may have to take responsibility if students get injured.

But what sports students get involved in out of school hours should be none of the school's business - that's something for students and their parents to decide.

No. Parkour has lower injury rates than any other sport, due to the fact that people, as they grow more experienced in it, learn their limits and do not rush headlong into something stupid. We work our way up to goals, and we take pride in the accomplishment of a goal. Parkour is not simply a sport, it is a way of going through life. The mindset it teaches is that any obstacle can be overcome, so long as you have the will and determination to persevere. Why, then, should these valuable life lessons be withheld from the youth? By all means, it should be embraced. When someone practices parkour safely and in a way where they have control over all they do, there is virtually no risk in it.

I have posted a link to a very good documentary by practitioners on the subject. I suggest all who want parkour banned watch all four parts.

parkour is an art, schools should not ban it!!! if it`s a concern to schools they should just get a permission form sent home, and if the parents are ok with it then so should the school!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1!!!!!!!!!!! my school has banned it so im doing whatever it takes to get my one and only passion back into my life ALL day long! lastly,PARKOUR IS LIFE

First off: parkour is NOT an extreme sport. It is a discipline, much like the martial arts. It was derived from the French military's "parcours du combattant", an obstacle course designed to teach soldiers how to get from point A to point B as efficiently and safely as possible. This would involve vaulting over obstacles, jumping to small landing areas (rails, tiny ledges, etc.), and taking drops that some people would think is dangerous (usually around 8-12 feet).

Secondly: It's only dangerous if one practices incorrectly. It is highly frowned upon in the parkour community for practitioners to take huge drops (such as 20 feet), do monstrous flips, or jump building to building. In fact, a study was done at a renown parkour academy, and they found that there was an average of two injuries per thousand hours of training. Compare that to four injuries per thousand hours in soccer, and 7.6 in American football. I couldn't find any numbers right off for cheerleading, but it's widely known that cheerleading is among the more dangerous sports. Parkour really isn't dangerous, and all the videos on Youtube of people jumping from building to building? They may get loads of support from people who don't participate, but those of us that do shudder at those videos. The risk vs reward factor just isn't in their favor.

What makes parkour so dangerous? I believe (as a practitioner, a sponsored athlete, and somebody who's convinced the police force in my town that it's NOT dangerous) that the biggest reason people have a problem with it is that they don't understand it. When we jump from one rail to another, we're not thinking "oh gosh, what if I miss?". We're thinking "jump in an arch, land on the balls of the feet, bend knees to absorb the landing". When we do a flip, we're not worried we're going to slip and break our neck. We think "set high, tuck tight, open up and land on the toes". We don't go out on day one and just throw this stuff with hopes of landing it. We take our time, progress at a reasonable rate, and let things come naturally until these movements become second nature.

Now, of course there are injuries. What physical activity doesn't have injuries? But why would it be okay for cheerleaders and and gymnasts to practice what they do and for traceurs (parkour practitioners) to be banned from training? A big argument is that we don't train in gyms, or padded safe areas. I find this a GOOD thing! We will only do things that we know we'll be safe doing. We're used to the concrete outside, and found ways to adapt to almost any situation. If, in the off chance, something goes wrong, we know how to avoid major injuries ("You must learn to fall before you can learn to fly"). If you put us in a padded, mat filled gym, we have a sense of safety, and feel that we can try things we don't know if we'll land. Why do you think gymnasts and tumblers have such a high injury rate? It's because they feel safe in the gym, that the risk of injury is minor. I teach gymnastics and tumbling, and play in the gym after hours all the time with my parkour group. 90% of the injuries I've seen with traceurs occur in the gym. Outside, the worst injury I've seen was a sprained ankle. Inside the gym, in the past year alone, I've seen a broken ankle, several concussions, a broken nose, and multiple twisted/sprained ankles.

Parkour is NOT as dangerous as people would believe. It comes from a lack of understanding what we do. We're not adrenaline junkies with a death wish. We're athletes participating in a discipline derived from the military. The last thing traceurs want is for our discipline to be looked at as "the next skateboarding". We train our bodies and minds to prepare for the activities we participate in, and to say that it's "too dangerous" while allowing football and cheerleading to continue would be hypocritical.

eatpoo says do not ban extreme sports. they are fun and enjoyable. but make sure somebody is watching you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Banning will do nothing but further create curiosity in other students. Banning will only lead it to underground practice. Parlour will not disappear because some bureaucrat banned it.

Parkour should not be banned it is a way of life think what's your way of life do you want that to be banned I am a kid who has been doing parkour for 4 years and I have never beEn injured beyond the point of a small band aid

No way, people need to stop trying to live other people's lives. If a student wants to take a risk, let him! You wonder why kid's are obese... Let them exercise the way they want!

They shouldn't ban parkour in schools or out because even though it is dangerous it is a sport and it is my favourite and it is a hobby of mine and even if you ban it I will carry on doing what I love (parkour) because I'm savage like that.