Sports Safety IQ

SPORTS SAFETY IQ is a blog whose mission is to shed light on the shocking, ridiculous and unimaginable reality of what can happen (and does happen) to kids playing sports -- so that parents, coaches and athletes can avoid the hidden dangers and enjoy their sports experience.

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Resources for additional sports safety information

Check out the Risk Management sections of these Bollinger Sports web sites:

  • www.BollingerSoccer.com
  • www.BollingerLax.com
  • www.BollingerASA.com

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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