Best-Practices Safety Checklist for Youth Sports Organizations

When we drop our kids at a youth sports game or practice we trust that these organizations are responsible for the health and safety of our kids. However, the events of the last two weeks certainly bring this into question. See below.

We have designed a simple checklist for both organizations AND parents to review. 

1. Facility Safety

2. Coach Training

3. Emergency Action Plan

4. Incident and Situation Specific Protocols

5. Emergency Equipment

6. Parent & Athlete Responsibilities (Preparticipation Exam, Daily Readiness, Physical Preparedness)

7. Emergency Contact & Medical Information available fieldside

8. A Communication, Documentation, & Oversight System to keep all stakeholders on the same page.

If your child's organization has not made safety preparations, are you really going to allow them to play? And coaches, do you really want to put your kids at risk?

Organizations, do you really "have it covered?"

The lack of a risk mitigation plan can ultimately wreak havoc on an organization. One need only look at University of Maryland, University of Houston, Garden City Community College, and now Hillsborough County Public Schools to see what HAS occurred.

Click here for the checklist.

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Family seeks answers after teen dies at high school dance training

"The straight-A student’s dreams were cut short Monday when she collapsed and died while running and training with the dance team on the track of her high school in Lithonia."

Read more here.

Tampa teen collapses, dies during football practice

"A 14-year-old boy has died after collapsing Tuesday afternoon during conditioning drills outside on the football field at Middleton High School in Tampa, according to a report from the Tampa Bay Times.

Tampa police said the football team had been conducting drills for about a half-hour when incoming freshman Hezekiah Walters lost consciousness. He later died at a hospital."

Read more here.

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Schedule a free 30 minute safety and risk assessment with Dr. Steve Horwitz, CEO and Founder of TeamSafe​®Sports and prepare today!

Click here: calendly.com/drstevenhorwitz

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