Preventing injury

• Types of risks

  • General/Typical
  • Specific
• General/Typical risks

  risk associated with most physical activities (e.g., pulled muscle, sprained ankle, cuts, bruises)
• Specific risk

  activity specific (e.g. being hit with a hockey stick in a game of hockey)
• Risk Reduction

  • Warm up (increases elasticity of muscles)+Cool down (lowers HR and blood pressure, disperses lactic acid)
  • Application of principles of training (e.g. progressive overload/ rest)
  • Protective equipment/clothing (mouth guards in hockey for when ball/stick hits mouth)
  • Rules (there to keep you safe)
  • PAR-Q (identifies any potential health risks + limit participation accordingly)
  • Equipment (broken nose -running into a rugby post)
  • Facilities (injured shoulder playing rugby on a frozen pitch)
  • Balanced competition (age groups/ gender/weight classes)