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Safety first - teaching resources for sport coaches

All you need to know about creating a safe coaching environment. This book aims to help you protect and minimise the risks to you and your athletes. It includes sample risk assessment forms and information on:

• how to create a safe coaching environment
• legislation
• health and safety
• negligence
• duty of care.

Section One - The Foundations of a Safe Coaching Environment

• 1.0 Introduction
• 1.1 Legislation

Section Two - Health and Safety Law

• 2.0 Introduction
• 2.1 Employers
• 2.2 Volunteers
• 2.3 Coaches

Section Three - Negligence and Duty of Care

• 3.0 Negligence
• 3.1 Employer's Duty of Care
• 3.2 The Common Duty of Care

Section Four - Risk Assessment

• 4.0 Introduction
• 4.1 Key Terms
• 4.2 Risk Assessment Systems
• 4.3 Severity Ratings
• 4.4 Likelihood Ratings
• 4.5 Events and Outcomes
• 4.6 Common Sense
• 4.7 Assessing Risk
• 4.8 Risk Control
• 4.9 Conclusion

Section Five - Summary

• 5.0 Introduction
• 5.1 Policy
• 5.2 Organisation
• 5.3 Planning
• 5.4 Measuring Performance
• 5.5 Auditing and Reviewing Performance
• 5.6 The Role of Coaches

Appendices

• Appendix A Sample Letter to Prospective Performers
• Appendix B Sample Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PARQ)
• Appendix C Sample Risk Assessment Issues
• Appendix D Integrated Risk Assessment Form
• Appendix E Accident Reporting
• Appendix F Criminal Records Bureau - Guidelines
• Appendix G Further Reading
• Appendix H sports coach UK Contacts
• Appendix I Other Useful Contacts

The authors are the owners of Top Lodge Leisure Limited, the health and safety specialists in training, consultancy and project management, the first in the sports and recreation industry to obtain registration from NEBOSH. Within the Sport and Recreation Sector Top Lodge are the first and only accredited centre for the NEBOSH General Certificate in Occupational Safety and Health in the United Kingdom.