DOCUMENT RESUME ED 289 867 SP 029 783 AUTHOR Dougherty, Neil J., IV, Ed. TITLE Principles of Safety in Physical Education and Sport. INSTITUTION American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, Reston, VA. National Association for Sport and Physical Education. REPORT NO ISBN-0-88314-345-3 PUB DATE 87 NOTE 186p.; Photographs will not reproduce well. AVAILABLE FROMAAHPERD Publications, P.O. Box 704, Waldorf, MD 20601 ($12.95). PUB TYPE Reports Descriptive (141) Guides Non-Classroom Use (055) -- Collected Works - General (020) EDRS PRICE MF01 Plus Postage. PC Not Available from EDRS. DESCRIPTORS *Athletics; Elementary Secondary Education; First Aid; Injuries; Legal Responsibility; *Physical Education; *Safety; Teacher Role ABSTRACT This book was designed to provide the professional with a straightforward and complete resource for those factors that must be considered in the provision of safe units of instruction in the commonly taught sports and activities. Twenty-one chapters provide essential information, checklists, and outlines, as well as ways to ensure student safety. Chapter topics are:(1) the injury problem; (2) legal responsibility for safety; (3) administration of safety; (4) first aid and sport safety policies; (5) archery; (6) basketball; (7) coed flag football; (8) dance; (9) field hockey; (10) fitness and weight training; (11) golf; (12) orienteering; (13) racquet sports; (14) self-defense; (15) soccer; (16) softball; (17) swimming; (18) track and field; (19) tumbling; (20) volleyball; and (21) wrestling. 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Dougherty IV, Editor Rutgers University sponsored by the National Association for Sport and Physical Education an association of the American Alliance for H&'th, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance Copyright 1987 The American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance 1900 Association Drive Reston, Virginia 22091 ISBN 0-88314-345-3 4 Purposes of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance The American Alliance is an educational organization, structured for the purposes of supporting, encouraging, and providing assistance to member groups and their personnel throughout the nation as they seek to initiate, develop, and conduct programs in health, leisure, and movement-related activities for the enrichment of human life. Alliance objectives include: 1. Professional growth and developmentto support,encourage, and provide guidance in the development and conduct ofprograms in health, leisure, and movement-related activities which are basedon the needs, interests, and inherent capacities of the individual in today's society. 2. Communicationto facilitate public and professional understanding and appreciation of the importance and value of health, leisure, and movement-related activities as they contribute toward human well-being. 3. Researchto encourage and facilitate research which will enrich the depth and scope of health, leisure, and movement-related activities; and to disseminate the findings to the profession and other interested andcon- cerned publics. 4. Standards and guidelinesto further the continuous development and evaluation of standards within the profession for personnel andprograms in health, leisure, and movement-related activities. 5. Public affairsto coordinate and administer a planned program of professional, public, and governmental relations that will improve education in areas of health, leisure, and movement-related activities. 6. To conduct such other activities as shall be approved by the Board of Governors and the Alliance Assembly, provided that the Alliance shall not engage in any activity which would be inconsistent with the status of an educational and charitable organization as defined in Section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 or any successor provision thereto, andnone of the said purposes shall at any time be deemed or construed to bepurposes other than the public benefit purposes and objectives consistent with such educational and charitable status. Bylaws, Article III Table of Contents Purposes of the Alliance iii Preface vii Authors ix Chapter 1 The Injury Problem David Feig;ey 1 Chapter 2 Legal Responsibility for Safety Neil Dougherty 15 Chapter 3 Administration of Safety Patricia Barry23 Chapter 4 First Aid and Sport Safety Policies Phil Hostler39 Chapter 5 Archery Claire Cham' erlain51 Chapter 6 Basketball James Bryant57 Chapter 7 Coed Flag Football Maryar n Domitrovitz63 Chapter 8 Dance Lynne Fitzgerald69 Chapter 9 Field Hockey Barbara Belt77 Chapter 10 Fitness/Weight Training Clair Jennett 81 Chapter 11 Golf DeDe Owens89 Chapter 12 Orienteering Arthur Hugglestone 101 Chapter 13 Racquet Sports John Smyth 111 Chapter 14 Self-defense Kenneth Tillman 121 Chapter 15 Soccer Jchn Fellenbaum 127 Chapter 16 Softball Diane Bonanno, Sonia Regalado, Patricia Peters 133 Chapter 17 SwiLiming Ralph Johnson 143 v 6 Chapter 18 Track and Field LeRoy Walker 159 Chapter 19 Tumbling Diane Bonanno 165 Chapter 20 Volleyball Barbara Vtera 179 Chapter 21 Wrestling Douglas Parker 185 7 vi Preface In 1983 the National Association for Sport and Physical Education pub- lished Physical Education and Sport for theSecondary School Student. This completely updated and revised edition of the earlierPhysical Education for High School Students met with immediate andcontinued success. Although designed primarily for useas a student textbook, the quality and accuracy of the content as well 's the clear and directapplication of teaching and learning progressions has led to its widespreadacceptance as a teaching guide as well. The same quality of authorship and validity ofcontent which led to the broad acceptance of Physical Education and Sportfor the Secondary School Student has led to another use which althoughnot planned for, probably could have been anticipated. It is frequently introducedas evidence either supporting or condemning the actions ofa teacher who is being sued for an accidental injury which arose in his/her class. Theeverpresent threat of litigation in connection with student injuries;the inescapable fact that the guidelines and recommendations of the Associationare frequently consid- ered in assessing potential liability and;most importantly, the desire to promote the safest programs possible have, therefore,precipitated the development of Principles of Safety in Physical Educationand Sport. This text is designed to provide the professionalwith a straightforward and complete resource of those factors whichmust be considered in the provision of safe units of instruction in the commonly taughtsports and activities. Using a format which relies heavilyon checklists and outlines, the authors have provided the essential information ina manner which facili- tates its use in the development of detailed unit and lesson plansas well as for quick pre-class safety checks. It is the intention of the National Associationfor Sport and Physical Education that this book, like Physical Education andSport fer the Secondary School Student, will assist the teacher in the developmentand implementa- tion of a safe and well balancedprogram of activities from which today's youth can benefit throughout their lifetime. Neil J. Dougherty IV Editor vii 8 Authors The Injury Problem Orienteering David A. Feigley Arthur Hugglestone Rutgers University Smith Environmental Education Center New Brunswick, NJ Rockville, MD Legal Responsibility for Safety Racquet Sports Neil J. Dougherty John P. Smyth Rutgers University The Citadel New Brunswick, NJ Charleston, SC Administration of Safety Self-Defense Patricia E. Barry Kenneth Tillman Montgomery Couaty Public Schools Trenton State College Rockville, MD Trenton, NJ First Aid and Sport Safety Policies Soccer Phil Hostler John F. Fellenbaum, Jr. East Brunswick High School McCaskey High School East Brunswick, NJ Lancaster, PA A rchery Softball Claire Chamberlain Diane Bonanno University of Lowell Rutgers University Lowell, MA New Brunswick, NJ Basketball Sonia Regalado Az Patncia Peters James Bryant East Brunswick High School San Jose State I Tniversity East Brunswick, NJ San Jose, CA Swimming Coed Flag Football Ralph Johnson Maryann Domitrovitz Indiana University Pennsylvania State University Indiana, PA University Park, PA Track and Field Dance LeRoy T. Walker Lynne Fitzgerald North Carolina Central University Morehead State University Durham, NC Morehead, KY Tumbling Field Hockey Diane Bonanno Barbara Belt Rutgers University John F. Kennedy High School New Brunswick, NJ Silver Spring, MD Volleyball Fitness/Weight Training Barbara Viera Clair Jennett University of Delaware San Jose State University Newark, DE San Jose, CA Wrestling Golf Douglas Parker DeDe Owens at Springfield College University of Virginia Springfield, MA Charlottesville, VA 9 CHAPTER 1 The Injury Problem DAVID A. FEIGLEY Rutgers University New Brunswick, NJ 10 2 PRINCIPLES OF SAFETY IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORT Accidents just happen. Or do they? rates for athletes are difficult to make While accidents and the injuries because of the lack of information