Free Sports Safety Video
The National Center for Sports Safety (NCSS) created a free parent/athlete video to demonstrate preventative measures for parents and athletes to take and ways to be proactive in order to assist all coaches practice sports safety in youth sports.
Reviewed and approved by the Alabama High School Athletic Association (AHSAA) medical advisory committee, the 16-minute video covers five essential topics that parents and athletes need to be familiar with in the event of an emergency on the field or court. The topics include concussions, pre-participation physicals, cardiac and genetic disorders, heat illnesses and staph (Staphylococcus aureus)/ MRSA infections.
This video will give each parent and athlete the tools to help prevent certain situations and will help them become proactive about sports injuries. Being aware and being prepared can lower the risk of injury!
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Reducing the Risk
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. Decreasing the chance of injury lowers the chance of facing expensive, time-consuming, program-shattering lawsuits...
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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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Signs Of A Safe Weightroom
Strategically placed and well designed signs are an inexpensive, simple and too often overlooked strategy to inform and, at the same time, warn weight room users. Signage may not insure a participant’s safety but it can lower the chance of injury. Well planned signs help us meet our duty to warn and inform while lowering the chance of injury. They also demonstrate your concern and credibility.
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