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Do you have a question about an injury sustained during a practice, game or during exercise? Have you or someone you know experienced an overuse injury? Do you have questions about nutrition and young athletes? Ask the experts! The NCSS panel of sports medicine professionals can provide you with information on these as well as many other frequently asked questions.
Three Seasons of Safety
Developing offensive and defensive game plans is old hat for coaches. This article, however, is about a new type of game plan: a defensive strategy to lower the chance of injuries and the likelihood of a coach being blamed for it...
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Safety Checklist: For the Coach
Emergency Planning is an integral part of every sports program that outlines the responsibilities all those involved in the care of an athlete including all facility staff, coaches and players' parents. Each of these components should be included to ensure the safety of youth athletes
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Sports Participation in Children: When to Begin?
The spontaneous type of exercise and play of the past, which conjures up images of Norman Rockwell paintings of sandlot baseball, just does not occur nearly as much today
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