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Take Me Out To the Ball Game
Robert W. McGowan, Ph.D.
Unlike what you might think, kids enjoy a good ballgame. It doesn't
have to be baseball…but when kids get to “play” with
any ball it can be great fun. Oh sure you have to watch out for
kids like I was....ready to throw, hit, and run with or without
the teacher's direction. Kids are full of energy and creativity
They make up games and rules. The problem with letting kids play
with balls is that kids will play.
"Ok, so what's the problem?" you might ask. Well if
we conform to the "New "PE" that Departments of
Education are mandating then we have to teach kids how to throw,
kick, jump,
run, ..... "Hey kid, quit throwing the ball..... you don't
know how to throw yet..... Sally, quit running around the field...
You don't know how to run...."
"Not fair!", moan my fellow professors teaching elementary
PE to aspiring teachers and coaches. "We believe in evaluation
of development, behavioral objectives based on evaluation, pedagogically
correct teaching methods, and assessment." We develop detailed
pedagogical lesson plans based on scientifically determined developmental
sequences..... "Ya got to know before ya throw."
Granted the education bureaucracies have been pushed to the wall
to hold teachers accountable; i.e., what are you teaching, why are
you teaching it, how are you going to teaching it, how effective
are you teaching it. (Never mind the learner, all children can and
want to all learn...) Bureaucrats have taken over the education
of the masses. "LET THERE BE NO FAILURES".... LET THERE
BE NO ONE LEFT BEHIND".
The next thing we know coaches will be doing the same thing. What
are you teaching (Coaching), why do we have that sport in your
school,
how are you going to teach the skills associated with this sport,
how effective are you in teaching these skills..... AND... if
your
not winning, then you're not as effective as a teacher (coach).
Hummmmmmm...
How about this? We feed the Bureaucratic machine the needed materials
and just teach the kids how to "play" sports and games?
If a child doesn't "get it" then work with them as
time allows... then perhaps suggest a different activity if
it is apparent
that they are not as skilled as the majority of the other participants.
What is that screeching that I hear? Is it a mother or father of
a physically challenged child? OK! So forget I wrote that and lets
have all the children involved and have 25 coaches for the 100 kids
who want to play soccer... We could divide them according to ability....What's
that...more screeching?... OK so forget I wrote that too.... Ms.
Principle, what do you mean we don't have enough money for 25 coaches?
...but, you know in America, school sports are funded by public
funds, therefore all the public kids should have equal access. Right!
So there ya go... lets have those evaluations of physical skills
objectified, coaching (teaching) plans laid out, and proper assessment.
These of course must be on file for public review and scrutiny.
Are you sure you want to coach? Take a tip from the Ghanaians....
let the kids "play".
Robert W. McGowan
Coaching Section Editor
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During the 2000 high school football season
there were 24 catastrophic injuries (resulting in a brain or
spinal cord injury or skull or spinal fracture) including 3
fatalities and 11 cases of permanent disability, plus another
2 deaths due to preventable heat stroke.
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Every year, approximately 300,000 children under
15 receive emergency room care for sports-related injuries sustained
during organized, supervised events. Fortunately, the vast majority
of these injuries are minor.
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| Article #1 Injury and Football |
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Medical
Supervision of High School Football in Chicago: Does Inadequate
Staffing Compromise Healthcare?
Pietro M. Tonino, MD; Matthew J. Bollier
(THE PHYSICIAN AND SPORTSMEDICINE - VOL 32 - NO. 2 - FEBRUARY 2004)ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: Football has the highest injury
rate among high school sports, yet few studies have assessed medical
staffing of high school games and practices.
OBJECTIVE: To gather information from Chicago public high
schools to evaluate medical supervision of varsity football games
and practices.
METHODS: Athletic directors of all 77 Chicago public high
schools were faxed questionnaires to complete. If questionnaires
were not returned, investigators called athletic directors, and
the survey was then completed over the telephone and the results
tallied.
RESULTS: A total of 59 (76.6%) of the surveys were completed
by the schools. Of the 47 schools with football programs, 10.6%
had a physician on the sideline at games, 8.5% had an athletic trainer
present, and 89.4% had a paramedic available. No high school reported
having a physician or paramedic present at football practice, and
only one school had an athletic trainer available. Hence, in all
but one school, coaches were the only staffers available at practice
to deal with medical problems. In 89.4% of the schools with football
teams, coaches were certified in first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
CONCLUSION: Comparison of this study with a similar one
done in 1980 reveals that, despite greater recognition of athletic
injuries, appropriate medical supervision during games and practices
for high school athletes is still lacking. Better care of high school
football players may be achieved by the use of certified athletic
trainers. In addition, physician involvement may be improved by
increasing musculoskeletal training for physicians in medical school
and family medicine training.
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| Hydration Tips and Fluid Guidelines |
- Drink according to a schedule based on individual fluid needs.
- Drink before, during and after practices and games.
- Drink 17-20 ounces of water or sports drinks with six to eight
percent CHO, two to three
hours before exercise.
- Drink another 7-10 ounces of water or sport drink 10 to 20 minutes
before exercise.
- Drink early — By the time you’re thirsty, you’re
already dehydrated.
- In general, every 10-20 minutes drink at least 7-10 ounces
of water or sports drink to maintain hydration,and remember to
drink beyond your thirst.
- Drink fluids based on the amount of sweat and urine loss.
- Within two hours, drink enough to replace any weight loss from
exercise.
- Drink approximately 20-24 ounces of sports drink per pound
of weight loss.
- Dehydration usually occurs with a weight loss of two percent
of body weight or more
www.Fieldhockeytraining.Com
The Site for Hockeytrainers
Training
Build-up for youngsters
by Remco Hartgers
Training preparations
Before you take of to the hockey field, there are some questions
you might ask yourself:
- WHO am I going to train?
- age, boys/girls,
- standard of play, experience
- group size
- etc.
- WHAT am I going to train?
- what are my objectives for this training?
- HOW am I going to train this?
When you have answered these questions, you can start drawing up
a training, considering the group size, level, circumstances, available
materials etc.
- Buildup of the training
- Aim of the training: the continuous thread
- Intensity of the training.
Some tips: If the children come of the field tired, but
happy, you probably did a
good job.
- Training organization
"Be positive in your training, when you are enthusiastic
the children will be!"
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| Coaches
Coaching Education |
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NASBE:
National Association of State Boards of Education
Education Requirements for Athletic Coaches
(NASBE Policy Update, Vol. 11, No. 4)
State requirements: Training and certification regulations
for coaches vary dramatically in scope and depth from one state
to another. Requirements range from little or none (e.g., Hawaii,
Michigan, North Carolina, North Dakota, Pennsylvania) to rigorous
structured instruction in specified content areas (e.g., Alabama,
Alaska, California, Kansas, Kentucky, Illinois, Massachusetts, Oregon,
Tennessee, Washington). In the past, most states required that
coaches be certified teachers. Today, only 13 states specify that
coaches must have a teaching certificate, and all of these states
allow exceptions to this rule. In most states that have established
requirements for coaches who are not certified teachers, these requirements
are more stringent than for coaches who already have a teaching
certificate. (More)
FOOTBALL
QUOTES
WHO ASKED YOU?
'What I don't understand is how a Frenchman can be playing for Manchester
United. He's not even from England.' - LORD DENNING QC (on the Cantona
affair)
'Tony Banks described the English fans arrested in Marseille as
brain-dead louts. This goes for me as well.' - HARRIET HARMAN MP
'The rest of the team are very large...they dwarf above you.' -
FRED DINENAGE
'An inch or two either side of the post and it would have been
a goal.' - DAVE BASSETT
'We threw our dice into the ring and turned up trumps.' - BRUCE
RIOCH
'Last night,we were the best team on the day.' - ROY AITKEN
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| TITLE 34 EDUCATION
SUBTITLE B REGULATIONS OF THE OFFICES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
CHAPTER I OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
PART 106 NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF SEX IN EDUCATION PROGRAMS
OR ACTIVITIES RECEIVING FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
Subpart A Introduction
106.1 Purpose and effective date.
The purpose of this part is to effectuate title IX of the Education
Amendments of 1972, as amended by Pub. L. 93-568, 88 Stat. 1855
(except sections 904 and 906 of those Amendments) which is designed
to eliminate (with certain exceptions) discrimination on the basis
of sex in any education program or activity receiving Federal financial
assistance, whether or not such program or activity is offered or
sponsored by an educational institution as defined in this part.
This part is also intended to effectuate section 844 of the Education
Amendments of 1974, Pub. L. 93-380, 88 Stat. 484. The effective
date of this part shall be July 21, 1975.
(Authority: Secs. 901, 902, Education Amendments of 1972, 86 Stat.
373, 374; 20 U.S.C. 1681, 1682, as amended by Pub. L. 93-568, 88
Stat. 1855, and sec. 844, Education Amendments of 1974, 88 Stat.
484, Pub. L. 93- 380)
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