Resources for additional sports safety information
Check out the Risk Management sections of these Bollinger Sports web sites:
Other sites with a wide range of information on sports safety, youth sports, kids' health and good sportsmanship.
- www.MomsTeam.com: Mom's Team offers a wide range of info on youth sports safety
- www.SafetyInitiatives.org: National Center for Safety Initiatives provides services and info on Criminal Background Checks
- www.NCYS.org: National Council for Youth Sports - promoting youth sports
- www.NATA.org: National Athletic Trainers Association (for info on youth sports, go directly to this link, www.NATA.org/youthsports/index.htm)
- www.SportsParenting.org: Center for Sports Parenting (web site under revision, but stay tuned)
- www.PositiveCoach.org: Positive Coaching Alliance provides programs on good sportsmanship
- www.aap.org/parents.html: American Academy of Pediatrics (see parenting pages for sports injury and prevention information)
- www.ACLPrevent.com: ACL Prevention web site (through Santa Monica Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Group)
- www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov/outdoors.htm: Lightning Safety guidelines from NOAA
- www.WomensSportsFoundation.org: Womens Sports Foundation provides excellent info on women's sports issues, including Title IX and abuse in sports
- www.GoodFans.com: Good Fans promotes good sportsmanship in youth sports
- http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/tbi/Coaches_Tool_Kit.htm: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -- Concussion Safety Toolkit for coaches
- http://www.unc.edu/depts/nccsi/AllSport.htm: National Center for Catastrophic Sports Injury Research provides a sport-by-sport analysis of severe and fatal injuries in HS and college
- http://pediatricsnow.blogspot.com/ "Dr. Gwenn Is In" -- a blog raising healthy kids, written by pediatrician and mom, Dr. Gwenn O'Keefe.
- http://www.sportsgirlsplay.com/: Sports Girls Play is a site dedicated to girls' sports and provides resources for raising happy, healthy athletes.
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