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]
Sports 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 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]
Sports Safety Poll
The rate and severity of sport related injuries increases with age.
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The Risk Factor
Coaches must know and appreciate their risk management duties. The implementation of solid safety rules will not guarantee your athletes freedom from injury, but it will lower the chances of both common and serious, catastrophic injuries. Lowering the chance of injury lowers the chance of expensive, time-consuming, program-shattering lawsuits...
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Overuse Injuries: The New Scourge of Kids Sports
Overuse injuries were once virtually unknown in young athletes. All that changed with the emergence of organized sports and their emphasis on repetitive coaching drills, as well as the recent trend toward sports specialization in young athletes
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