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Keeping Your Athlete Safe

keeping-your-athlete-safe-postAs a parent, you play an important role in the safety of your youth athlete. These tips offer helpful advice as you strive for an injury-free season.

- Be pro-active about safety issues. Learn about the risks posed by the sport your child plays.

- Insist that coaches receive training in first-aid and injury prevention and bring a properly stocked first-aid kit to all games and practices.

- Guard against overuse injuries by encouraging your child to take part in a variety of sports throughout the year

- Demand safe fields and equipment, such as anchored goals and emergency telephones.

- Ask about the weather policy of your child’s league or club. If it doesn’t have one, adopt your own.

- Protect your child from a dangerous coach. Ask your club to run background checks on coaches.

- Get your child’s league or club to set up a risk management committee

Editor’s Note: Thank you to Elevating Athletes for this article.

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