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Essential information on ensuring safety and minimizing risks in various sports activities. Topics include preparing for safe exercise, making facilities and equipment safe, maintaining good health and fitness, having correct techniques and skills, and observing rules and etiquette. It also discusses causes of injuries and their classifications.
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If we are planning to take part or lead an exercise activity we need to think about the responsibility that we have. If we are leading a session we must ensure that we have the correct qualifications, knowledge and experience to teach, coach or train. Before taking an exercise session we must think about:-
How do we make sure we are safe?
We need to prepare ourselves properly for sport otherwise we put ourselves at risk. There are a number of things we can do to lower that risk:-
Health and Fitness
We must be in good health to take part in physical activities. We must be sure that our body has been trained to cope with the physical and mental demands of the sport. Having specific fitness will reduce the risk of injury. We should check our diet and fluid intake are sufficient to provide enough energy for use to take part.
Warm Up and Cool Down
These are essential to prevent injury. Warm up increase blood flow to working muscles, increases body temperature, increases muscle elasticity which reduce the risk of injury. Cool down brings heart rate down slowly, keeps blood flowing through the muscles which gets rid of any waste products and keeps oxygen flowing to the muscles to provide energy.
Correct Clothing and Equipment
We should always wear correct clothing that is specific for the activity. Some sports have specialist equipment for protection. Protective equipment must:-
TASK
Think about your sport and list the safety equipment you need?
Obey The Rules
We need to know and understand the rules of our sporting activity. Rules encourage good sporting behaviour , help games flow and protect players from injury. Rules must be obeyed and players punished if they are broken. In some sports such as rugby, American football (high collision sports) injuries will be part of the game. However players who intentionally cause foul play and break rules should be severely dealt with.
Make a list of 10 rules for a sport of your choice.
Respect Opponents and Etiquette
Etiquette is a special way in which we are expected to behave. They are not rules but have become a tradition over a long period of time, that show good sportsmanship.
An example would be shaking hand with an opponent after a tennis match or making a tunnel and a cheer in rugby.
It involves ideas about fair play, sporting spirit and respect for your opponents.
Causes of Injury