Tag Archive: sport safety

Oct
19

Sport Coaching Resource of the Month–October 2012

Continuing with my blogging on free online coaching education opportunities, October’s coaching resource of the month is the National Federation of High Schools aka NFHS. Found online at the NFHS Learning Center, NFHS’ Coaching Education offers a number of courses for free to any coach.  The free courses include: A Guide to Heat Acclimatization and …

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Jun
17

New Red Cross First Aid Smartphone App–Great for Coaches

The American Red Cross has come out with a free First Aid iPhone app.  This new app features: • Simple step-by-step instructions guide you through everyday first aid scenarios. • Fully integrated with 9-1-1 so you can call EMS from the app at any time. • Safety tips for everything, from severe winter weather to …

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Feb
01

Virginia Tech study of youth football hits-must viewing

Awesome report by Stone Phillips.  Football, hockey & lacrosse players, parents and coaches.  You need to watch this about concussion study of E team Pop Warner players out of Virginia Tech.  They followed seven players during practices and games.  Over 700 hits happened over course of a season with most of the head hits came …

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