Remaining injury free is optimal in all sport. Injury takes valuable time from an
athlete resulting in less time for optimal training and prevention of maximising their
learning. For young players who are in the “training to train” phase, necessary
time is lost in preparation for their prospective future in the sport which could
otherwise be avoided. Players, parents, and coaches would receive information on
basic treatment of an injury, rest, ice, compression and elevation. Players, parents
and coaches should be made aware of the risk of head injury, guidelines on action
to take and advice on how to avoid an incident.
Injury prevention and management requires knowledge of the incidence rates,
location and type of injury most often sustained by young players. The lower
extremity is significantly the location most injured, ranked as the upper leg, ankle
and knee respectively. The types of injuries most often sustained are contusions,
sprains and strains. The players’ technique and positioning of the lower extremity
should be given attention at this age due to the chances of an overuse injury and
to prevent injuries that are more prominent later in their career.
to get ice onto the area of the injury immediately, it will mean
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from the freezer!
If you don’t have an ice pack, put some ice into a bag or use a bag of peas
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you don’t want ice burn on top of your injury.
Make sure there is always something between your skin and the ice pack,
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though you may not feel it. Don’t do anything that might hurt it.
Remember after using ice you have numbed the area, it is still injured even
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