Sports safety education and injury prevention information for coaches, athletes and all participants.

Online Sports Safety Education

Online courses make it easy to get sports safety education. With the National Center for Sports Safety's PREPARE online course, coaches can learn the basics in safety with the convenience of distance learning. [more]

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Youth OrganizationsSports Safety for Youth Organizations

The NCSS can help you take your program to the next level by making sports safety education part of your winning program! PREPARE was designed for coaches, volunteers, parents and staff of all levels of sports and will equip your organization with the information needed to ensure your athletes are safe! [more]

Tools to get PREPARED. [more]

National Coaches' RegistryNational Coaches Registry

Want to know if your child's coach has been sports safety educated by the NCSS? Check our national registry of coaches who have completed the PREPARE online sports safety course. [more]

National Coaches Registry

Sports Safety Poll

The rate and severity of sport related injuries increases with age.




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Nutritional Abuse

The frequent over-emphasis on winning in sports may drive some young athletes to abuse their nutritional status, often with dangerous consequences. Taking steroids is the most blatant form of this abuse, but nutritional abuse is almost as serious
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Heart Disease in the Young Athlete

Sudden death in the young athlete is rare, estimated at one out of 100,000 to 300,000 per year. The occurrence is approximately 12 per year in high school athletes, with a male predominance. An underlying cardiovascular disease that is usually asymptomatic and undiagnosed is responsible for most of these tragic events
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