First Aid training

Submitted by Brooke de Lench on Fri, 06/06/2008 - 13:03.

Should First Aid training be mandatory for all coaches or is this really asking too much of them?

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First aid training

Submitted by Lindsay Barton on Sun, 06/08/2008 - 17:31.
I believe that some sort of basic course in first aid should be mandatory for all coaches in youth sports, and programs should make sure that the coach has a complete first aid kit available at all games and practices.

First Aid or Child Development

Submitted by Brooke de Lench on Thu, 06/19/2008 - 13:50.

 

Coaches Training

Submitted by Tim Webster, Jr. on Sat, 06/21/2008 - 19:44.

I am a Cal Ripkin Baseball coach and the organization has now made it mandatory for all coaches to have training in the sport. I think this is great but I also think many of the coaches need to know more about how kids develop and how they "tick"--what makes some kids aware and alert and others not able to do certain things. I wonder if there are such classes? Does anyone have experience with this?

Never like the word mandate

Submitted by John Dee on Wed, 07/02/2008 - 13:49.

Never like the word mandate in leagues. It just means "money". Yes, everyone should have a basic knowledge of first aid, but really who doesn't already? If a kid gets hit and knocked out, you take him to the emergency room or call and ambulance. If they get a bump, you put ice on it. If they get a cut, you clean it up and put a band aid on it.

Again, you just continue to put layers and layers of red tape and mandates to coaches and umpires and you shrink your pool of people willing to volunteer.