With spring and summer sports getting underway, initiated in 1993 by the National Youth Sports Safety Foundation, National Youth Sports Safety Month is a good reminder to parents of young athletes. If your child is involved in youth sports, educate yourself about the risk of injuries, especially concussions and any other injury that is particularly associated with your child's chosen sport. The American Orthopedic Society for Sports Medicine publishes specific injury prevention tip sheets for 20 different sports and activities. This month is the proper time to be inspiring the youth to be interested in sports. Of course, there is also that need to educate them on how they can keep their safety at all times, so even if they pursue these types of sports, they’re unceasingly out of harm’s way. Safety in sports entails more than just caring for cuts and other minor injuries with a sports first aid kit. Safety in sports also includes the emotional aspect such as being supportive of teammates, including everyone, a sense of accomplishment, etc.
Sports safety isn’t only about the team. It includes the coaches as well. Do you know what it takes to be a supportive coach? Do you know the golden rule of coaching? Last, but not least, there’s even safety in sports that parents need to be aware of. Parents are encouraged to note the importance of having fun and doing your best, even if you don’t win. Although it’s easy to get caught up in a game parents also need to remember they’re not playing (or most likely coaching) and they need to set an example with appropriate sportsmanlike conduct.
The National Alliance for Youth Sports (NAYS) seeks to make the sports experience safe, fun and healthy for ALL children. The goal of NAYS is to make sports and activities safe and positive by providing programs and services that add value to youth sports. In addition, NAYS promotes the value and importance of sports and physical activities in the emotional, physical, social and mental development of youth. The Alliance believes that participation in sports and activities develops important character traits and lifelong values. In addition, NAYS believes that the lives of youngsters can be positively impacted by participation in sports and physical activities if the adults involved have proper training and information. Today, NAYS has become the nation's leading youth sports educator and advocates with national programs that educate administrators, coaches, officials and parents about their roles and responsibilities in the context of youth sports, in addition to offering youth development programs for children. NAYS believes that the lives of youngsters can be positively impacted by participation in sports and physical activities if the adults involved have proper training and information.
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