Minimising risk

• Examples of PPE:

  • scrumcaps
  • gum sheilds
  • shin pads
  • helmets
• how can the risk of injury be minimised:

  • PPE
  • correct clothing/footwear
  • appropriate level of competition
  • lifting equipment safely
  • warm up and cool down
• potential hazards in a sports hall:

  • equipment
  • walls
  • doors
  • windows
  • hard floor
  • other participants
• potential hazards on a playing field:

  • littler
  • goal posts
  • equipment
  • fencing
  • pitch surface
  • other participants
• potential hazards in a swimming pool:

  • water
  • chemicals
  • slippery surface
  • equipment
  • weather
  • other participants
• risk


  a chance a hazard will cause harm
• hazard


  something which may be dangerous