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NCSS on the Rick and Bubba Show!
Fair Warning
In 1982, a catastrophically injured high school football player at West Seattle (Wash.) High School was awarded $6.3 million when the school district was found liable for the injury. The athlete, Chris Thompson, was not warned about the dangers of lowering his head during a tackle. This now-famous case shook the athletic world.
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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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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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