Take TIME
OUT to Protect your athletes
An injured athlete is every coach's fear. Whether you're
working with children or coaching this country's elite athletes, you feel
responsible for making sure your athletes are safe in practice and in competition.
But sports-related injuries can and do occur. Your best
defense against injury is a good offense -- and that means being prepared.
Now, there's a course to help you prevent, prepare for,
and respond to sports-related injuries and emergencies
Team Up with the leaders in sport safety training.
The American Red Cross and the United States Olympic Committee
have joined forces to develop an exciting course specifically for coaches
like you -- coaches who want to keep their athletes safe.
The goals of Sport Safety Training are
simple:
- To keep athletes safer
- To enable coaches to prevent, prepare for, and respond
to sports-related injuries
- To raise awareness of safety issues in athletes
- To provide an atmosphere in which athletes can train
and compete with the confidence that their coach has taken a sport safety
course
Be part of a WINNING program:
Sport Safety Training provides coaches with the basic first
aid skills and knowledge needed to care for athletic injuries.
This 7-hour course, offered at your local American Red
Cross, features video and classroom instruction -- plus a handy reference
book to use and keep with you during competition and practices.
The course covers
- sports-related injury prevention
- first aid care
- adult CPR
- child CPR
Course Fee: $55.00 |