Sentences with phrase «professional athletes playing»

Although much of the attention has focused on adult professional athletes playing American football, health professionals have highlighted the need to understand risks among young athletes as well.

It's not everyday you get to watch two former professional athletes play sports against one another, though this is just a...

A professional athlete playing at the highest level of a team sport has to play «on the edge» with an «edge» to his game in order to be great.

Please, he's a professional athlete playing at the highest level, throw him in, be brave.

Professional athletes play a huge role in every developed country.

Not exact matches

Western Union CEO Hikmet Ersek, a former professional athlete himself (he played basketball in Europe), is especially excited.

Twenty - six percent of U.S. parents whose children in high school play sports hope their child will become a professional athlete one day.

Tanking is obviously an inexact science, and has much more to do with lineup construction and the allocation of playing time than anything else — players are professional athletes, and convincing them to lose on purpose to bring younger, cheaper new talent to their franchise isn't exactly a great sell.

(Lin, who plays for the Charlotte Hornets, has the biggest YouTube following of any professional athlete, with 480,000 dedicated subscribers, but Whistle, across all of its channels and the athletes signed to its family, has 28 million.)

Even though Lewis will never play professional sports again, he still possessed the characteristics of a professional athlete.

This notion isn't as outlandish as it might sound: some people believe that doping should be allowed in professional sport because if all athletes dabbled, it would create an even playing field.

The facility in Roseville often hosts high - profile professional athletes such as Oakland Raiders linebacker and Granite Bay High graduate Miles Burris, and NBA players when they are in town to play the Sacramento Kings.

Kobernus was a tremendous all - around athlete and played more of a utility role as a professional player.

How do you go and lose all the courage and love and all the happiness that it is to play a sport; to be a professional athlete player.

We cover their action for a couple of reasons — one, thePacific Association of Professional Baseball Clubs is a natural stepping stone for many of our high school athletes in which to play.

Here's my take: There are thousands of wealthy people whose children end up getting full rides to play a sport, including many former professional athletes whose kids end up playing in college.

Many companies, as a method of advertising their products as well as entertaining their employees, recruited top - flight athletes to play in what amounted to professional industrial leagues.

JOHN WINTERHOLLER, WYOMING One of the best athletes ever to attend the University of Wyoming — he won 12 varsity letters, including four as a halfback in football — John Winterholler turned down offers to play professional baseball after graduation and went instead to Marine officer - training school.

These guys are professional athletes, paid a bucket load every week to play their hearts out for only 90 mins every couple of days, — IT IS NOT A LOT TO ASK FOR.

Coached by former professional and collegiate level athletes, your child will come away from the clinic smarter and more prepared to play football in the upcoming football season.

Athletes at every level — from Pop Warner and Pee - Wee leagues to high school, college and professional teams — are gearing up to play a game notorious for causing serious neck and spine injuries.

The players are all professional athletes paid huge amounts 2 play 3 games a week if necessary.

They play it much harder in the tall trade, says Halberstam, because, while we may think of our sports stars as heroes, «the new American athlete, particularly the modern American professional basketball player... was rarely confident about anything save his own sport... he was more often than not black, often came from pathetic economic and psychological circumstances, was a basketball player out of desperation....

Never got this logic ozil is a professional athlete at the peak of his abilities if he is in the squad he is fit to play....

In fact, because of the compact playing area, mobility is prized, and the players tend to be cute little devils, much smaller than most professional athletes.

School has to still be on the brain for these athletes, since many go on to pursue a second career once their professional playing days are over.

It's the nature of how things work when you have athletes who want to compete at a professional level and be paid for it but they are basically forced into playing in college for at least one year before they are able to actually be paid for their work.

They didn't play professional sports, but they were all great athletes that King played with growing up — whether it was with a bottle top covered in tape to make a ball or the little footballs passed out at Macon Knights games.

In fact, given a year to track one form I think it's safe to say that people of less than stellar intellectual and organizational ability could track one preparticipation physical exam form, check to see if the right kind of medical professional cleared an athlete to play, monitor the date that the form becomes invalid, and give the athlete advance notice of the expiration date so the athlete can take their physical exam for the next year.

The laws of every state now mandate - at least at the high school level - that athletes with suspected concussion not only be removed from the game or practice in which they are participating, but be barred from returning to play that same day, and obtain written authorization to return to play from a health care professional with expertise in the identification, diagnosis, and management of concussion.

According to a number of recent studies [1,2,5,13,18], while the culture of sport (including influences from professional and other athletes), as well as the media and other outside sources play a role in the decision of student - athletes to report experiencing concussion symptoms, it is coaches and teammates, along with parents, who have the strongest influence on the decision to report a concussion during sport participation, with coaches being one of the primary barriers to increased self - reporting by athletes of concussive symptoms.

Some lesbian athletes, on the other hand, have come out during their playing careers, most recently, US professional soccer player Megan Rapinoe.

(3) A student athlete shall be promptly removed from play if the athlete is suspected of sustaining a concussion or exhibits signs or symptoms of concussion until completion of assessment by a qualified healthcare professional or medical clearance.

The law requires that when an athlete has suffered an apparent brain injury — whether in a game or practice — he or she can not return to play without the approval of a licensed medical professional, which includes certified athletic trainers.

According to a survey released in June of this year by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health 26 percent of parents whose high school aged child plays sports hope their teen will become a professional athlete.

Despite the overwhelming odds, 26 percent of parents whose high school aged child plays sports hope their youngster will become a professional athlete, according to a new survey — Sports and Health in America — conducted by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

To provide athletic trainers, physicians, other medical professionals, parents and coaches with recommendations based on these latest studies, the National Athletic Trainers» Association (NATA) has developed a set of guidelines to prevent and manage sport - related concussion and improve decisions about whether an athlete should or should not return to play after experiencing head trauma.

Both international soccer organization FIFA and the International Basketball Federation only just recently lifted previously imposed bans on head coverings during play — stipulations which made professional sports impossible for women from nations like Saudi Arabia and Iran, both of which demand female athletes wear hijabs.

If no medical personnel are on the sports sideline, any athlete showing potential signs of concussion, such as balance or motor incoordination (stumbles, slow / labored movements), disorientation or confusion, loss of memory, blank or vacant look or visible facial injury combined with any of these other symptoms, should be removed from play, barred from returning and referred for a formal evaluation by a qualified health care professional.

Many of today's top professional athletes are more concerned with looking good, forgetting that they play a team sport and that young athletes are copying their behavior.

For starters, athletes showing signs of a concussion will need to be cleared by a medical professional to play, not a coach.

Every one of OSR's Athletic Trainers is friendly, knowledgeable, and professional in their dealings with our athletes; they know the proper course of action to get our injured athletes playing again quickly but safely.

Named for a boy who was permanently disabled after he suffered a concussion playing football and returned to the game, the legislation mandates that youth athletes displaying symptoms of a concussion must be cleared by a licensed professional before returning to action.

High school athletic associations, injury prevention organizations, and even professional sports leagues have promoted the implementation of concussion policies, which typically include removal from play for any athlete suspected of having a concussion; clearance by a health professional before return to play; and education of athletes, parents, and coaches about dangers of concussions.

The measure, which limits practices with full - on tackling during the playing season and prohibits them during most of the off - season, comes amid growing concern nationwide over brain damage that can result from concussions among student as well as professional athletes.

Obtain Permission to Return to Play An athlete can only return to play or practice after at least 24 hours and with written permission from a health care professiPlay An athlete can only return to play or practice after at least 24 hours and with written permission from a health care professiplay or practice after at least 24 hours and with written permission from a health care professional

Recognizing Concussion: All individuals involved with teams and sport activities, including players, coaches, parents, organizers, league officials, and referees / game officials should be educated about the signs and symptoms of concussion so that they can recognize the injury, remove the athlete from activity, and refer the athlete to a qualified medical professional for examination prior to allowing the athlete to return to play.

There are many athletes in professional sports that play on teams, but they are not team players.

Despite «return to play» laws now in place in all 50 states, which typically mandate youth and high school athletes must leave the field if they are suspected of having a concussion and return only after a medical examination by a health professional, the incentive to keep playing — especially if students are trying to impress recruiters — remains strong, and players may not admit their concussion symptoms.

This suggests neurologists may be able to use telemedicine to manage concussions, make removal from play decisions, and close the gaps in medical care by providing all collegiate and youth athletes similar concussion care as professional athletes receive.