Sack Tapping Dangrous For Teen Agers

 

Playing a game called ‘sack tapping’ proved so dangerous for a teen boy that it led him to undergo an emergency surgery, according to online media reports. ‘Sack tapping’ or “ball tapping,” as it is called, is the act of intentionally hitting or kicking a male in the genitals.

The game of “sack tapping” is sweeping through schools across the country. In the game, which has become a popular prank among school children, a boy will punch his opponent in the testicles to inflict discomfort or pain.
The impact of “sack tapping” can result not just in excruciating physical and emotional pain for the victim, but in emergency surgery with a lifelong negative effect.
The dangerous “Sack tapping” game
“Sack tapping” proved dangerous for the 14-year-old David Gibbons of Crosby, Minnesota, causing him more than just a few moments of excruciating pain.
The teenaged boy had to have his right testicle amputated after being punched in the groin by another student at Crosby Ironton High School.
According to New York Daily News, after being punched in the groin David’s pain was so intense that he woke up his mother at 1 a.m., who rushed him to the hospital, where he had his right testicle surgically removed.
The teenaged boy had to have his right testicle amputated after being punched in the groin by another student at Crosby Ironton High School.
Need to stop the practice
“One o’clock in the morning he woke me up and told me he was in excruciating pain,” NBC News quoted Christy Gibbons, David’s mom, as saying, adding that she immediately took him to St. Joseph’s Hospital in Brainerd, where he hademergency surgery to remove his one testicle.
“This may be called a game, but it’s not a game. It’s dangerous and it needs to stop,” said Christy.
She wants other parents to be educated about this dangerous practice, which has become increasingly common nowadays, especially among school children.
She added: “I’ve seen the pain he was in. I’ve seen what he went through every day, and it just breaks my heart and I don’t want any other child to have to go through this.”

David to live with just one testicle
Nonetheless, doctors have assured David that even though he now has just one testicle, he should still be able to father children in future, reports the Daily.
After the incidence, David’s parents have pulled him out of that high school and now plan to move to a different school district, according to the Daily report.
It’s also being reported by some tabloids that Gibbons are discussing with a police county on whether criminal charges can be filed against the boy responsible for their son’s injury.
David’s previous school is reportedly investigating the incident.
Surge in “sack tapping” cases
Meanwhile, Dr. Scott Wheeler, a pediatric urologist in Minnesota, has expressed his concern over the practice of “sack tapping,” saying the dangerous fad has gotten out of hand, according to ABC News.
“For some reason, is popular,” Wheeler says. “It’s not just bullies, it’s kids doing it to their friends. It’s rare that bullies target the testicles, they just beat up people.”
Wheeler said in recent years he’s seen an increasing number of young boys coming in with serious complications such as a ruptured testicle because of a “tap” that hit too hard.

He now performs “three to four surgeries a year” similar to that of David’s because of the complications it leads to.