While not mandated by law, best youth sports health and safety practices require that school, independent and community - based
youth sports organizations develop, implement, and practice an emergency action plan (EAP) to protect the safety of athletes, spectators, coaches, and officials in case of a medical emergency.
Not exact matches
NORTH BAY
SPORTS is a nonprofit
organization offering the
youth a program to help them
develop football skills and fundamentals.
Concussion and
Sports - Related Head Injury: HB108 (2011) requires the governing body of each
sport or recreational
organization to
develop guidelines and other pertinent information and forms to inform and educate
youth athletes and their parents of the nature and risk of concussion and brain injury, including continuing to play after a suspected concussion or brain injury.
Concussion and
Sports - Related Head Injury: Code 167.765 requires the department of health and senior services to work with various
organizations (outlined in the statute) to promulgate rules which
develop guidelines, pertinent information, and forms to educate coaches,
youth athletes, and their parents and guardians of the nature and risk of concussion and brain injury including continuing to play after concussion or brain injury.
NAYS has worked with industry experts to
develop background screening guidelines to help
youth sports organizations with this process.
Officially, Engh founded the
organization in 1981, but it was born from decades of witnessing parents and volunteer coaches physically and emotionally abusing children, validating their worth based on their child's performance and trampling the true purpose of what
youth sports are really about: providing positive and safe environments for learning valuable life lessons and
developing a passion for life - long physical activity.