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Mako International, LLC 2 Q & A

 Chiquita Banana Ad?  A bump on the outside means a bruise on the inside

 How many LSCs have a policy on maximum swimmers in a lane?

 What happens when an hockey player shows up for a game missing one piece of his/her required equipment?

 What sport requires their athletes to go into a cement wall as fast as they can without protection? 3 THE ATHLETE SAFETY PENDULUM IS SWINGING

 MAAPP is a MOVEMENT  All NGBs are facing the same requirements  MAAPP impacts everyone in  It is the LAW!

 Progress with USA Swimming Risk Operations  Invitation to participate at Conferences and Workshops  Hammer Head flier to families post-incident  Hammer Head flier in Club annual insurance renewal  Risk Operations supports proactive new technology 4 THE ATHLETE SAFETY PENDULUM IS SWINGING

 Insurance carriers require a concussion plan

 Progress with USA Swimming Safe Sport Concussion Awareness – published on website CPT being enforced at the State level Shifting from “Treatment” to “Prevention”

 Head Protection Equipment and Adoption has intensified last two decades 5 OUR RESPONSIBILITIES

 Look at the hidden risk in swimming

 Are we only one high profile injury away from massive negative publicity?

 Place a price on our athlete’s head safety

 Heightened visibility brings progress to light

 Continue to drive “pro-active” change within our sport 6 7 OUR MISSION IS SIMPLE

 Give swimmers a cap designed to minimize the impact of accidental and repeated injuries in the pool  Give racers a cap that is both comfortable and fast  Give parents a cap with greater value, built with strength and durability  Earn the trust of parent through industry-wide focus on their child’s safety 8 Safety….but it does so HIT Honeycomb Impact much more! Technology® Patented technology designed to reduce the impact of recurring head strikes in the pool TEKFIT® Designed with no wrinkles and less resistance in the water DURABILITY Compression molded with premium silicone that is designed to out perform and outlast other 9 The Hammer Head® cap comes in three sizes

10 Small Medium Large FACTOIDS…..

 Patents received in US & Australia and pending in Canada, China & Europe

 Testing yielded high double-digit reduction of impact to the head

 Double capping in competition enables 3rd party marketing agreements and brands

 Focusing on working with LSCs to disseminate information to parents – HOD meetings 11 “Once in a great while a ground-breaking new product comes along that is such an intuitive and obvious benefit to athletes that it’s impossible to say it’s anything other than a real winner. That’s definitely the case with the Hammer Head® Swim Cap. Each cap provides protection for any athlete who wears it, making swimmers more confident, which helps them to perform better and have more fun.”

- John Leonard, Executive Director, ASCA (American Swimming Coaches Association) 12 “It’s everyone’s responsibility to understand the risks of any sport and to practice, train and perform armed with that knowledge. But things are getting better. The pendulum has really swung in the last year as coaches are driving awareness with athletes and the industry in general is seeking solutions. Concussion Protocol Training (CPT) is now being implemented and enforced at the state level. So one thing is for sure, athlete safety is going to remain top of the agenda and a big discussion topic for all of us for the foreseeable future.”

- Paris Jacobs, Chief Operating Officer ASCA (American Swimming Coaches Association) 13 “It was not 20 years ago when the idea of head safety in sports was unheard of. For the longest time, people didn’t understand that swimming is a contact sport with crowded lanes in meet warmups, for example, swimmers can be injured. But, that’s changing rapidly. There is more data showing that any kind of injury from cumulative bumps and knocks over long periods of time to single incident concussions can have lasting impact on an athlete’s well being.”

- Paris Jacobs, Chief Operating Officer ASCA (American Swimming Coaches 14 Association) 15 “Hammer Head is the safest, fastest and longest lasting cap in the world”

- Josh Davis, Olympic Gold Medalist and Founder of Breakout! Swimming Clinics 16 Thank You!

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