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Injury counts, rates, and proportions were used to describe injury characteristics; injury rate ratios (IRRs) were used to examine differential injury rates.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>The overall injury rate was 3.92 per 1000 athlete exposures. Practice and preseason injury rates increased during 2015\/16 through 2018\/19. Most injuries were shoulder (15.2%), hand\/wrist (11.8%), knee (11.2%), and head\/face injuries (11.2%) and were classified as contusions (14.2%), sprains (14.1%), and inflammatory conditions (14.1%). Concussion (6.8%) was the most commonly reported injury, and concussion incidence fluctuated during 2014\u20132015 through 2018\u20132019.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Summary<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Results indicate an increasing trend in practice and preseason injury incidence. 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