Introducing InjureFree’s New Website, Products and Services!
by Lauren Spirov on Apr 3, 2024 10:00:00 AM
The wait is over! InjureFree is thrilled to announce our newly revamped website! Learn how InjureFree’s sports safety platform can help support you and your athletes, and learn more about our risk management solutions, which are designed to empower athlete safety initiatives for organ …
The Impact of Athletic Trainers on Reducing Medical Claims and Costs
by Lauren Spirov on Mar 27, 2024 8:45:00 AM
The benefits of Athletic Trainers (ATs) extend beyond injury prevention and actually provide significant cost savings. AT services can help support the reduction of medical payments and utilizations, but what does this mean exactly for athletes? By simply employing ATs in schools, the …
The Importance of Data Collection
by Lauren Spirov on Mar 20, 2024 8:00:00 AM
In 2014, Pennsylvania athletic trainer Alex Zettlemoyer sought to better understand the relationship between coaches and athletic trainers. He conducted interviews with coaches and parents of youth athletes and identified three main characteristics that comprise successful relationshi …
Benefits of neuromuscular training programs for athlete injury prevention
by Lauren Spirov on Mar 6, 2024 8:57:00 AM
Did you know that each year, 4 million school-aged children will suffer a sports related injury? Of these, upwards of 400,000 are knee injuries. For a parent, practitioner, coach, and especially athlete, these statistics are alarming. We know that sports injuries can affect just about …
InjureFree White Paper: "Coaches Are Part of the Sports Safety Ecosystem"
by Lauren Spirov on Feb 28, 2024 8:15:00 AM
With youth sports injuries at a record-breaking high, it's time to spotlight the coach's role in sports safety. Coaches must work alongside Athletic Trainers (ATs) to support athletes' well-being through essential practices like documentation and documentation data collection. ATs can …
Parent’s Role in Youth Athlete Development
by Lauren Spirov on Feb 21, 2024 8:45:00 AM
While coaches may seem like the experts when it comes to youth sports development, parents play a significant role, too! As their primary and most influential mentors, parents play a substantial part in the development of their child’s athletic abilities, health, life skill developmen …
The Advantages of Multi-Sport Participation in Youth Athletics
by Lauren Spirov on Feb 14, 2024 9:00:00 AM
While it may seem advantageous to a youth athlete’s skill development to specialize in one sport, research tells us that multi-sport participation offers many benefits! Sports specialization is defined as “intense, year-round training in a single sport with the exclusion of other spor …
Incident Analysis and Review - What to Do Following an Injury
by Lauren Spirov on Feb 7, 2024 9:15:00 AM
Last month, we explored injury reporting, what it is, and how and why to report it. Injury reporting is reporting sports-related incidents that harm an athlete during a practice or game. Completing an injury report is important to ensure proper communication and implementation of emer …
The Benefits of Sport Specific Strength Training in Youth Sports
by Lauren Spirov on Jan 31, 2024 9:30:00 AM
While strength training may appear to be more of an advanced form of training suited for adults, it is widely accepted and beneficial for youth athlete’s health and fitness! It has become increasingly popular during youth sports off-season to maintain sport-specific strength. Research …
10 Tips for Effectively Structuring Youth Sports Practice Sessions
by Lauren Spirov on Jan 24, 2024 9:15:00 AM
Creating practice plans for youth sports is key to the positive development of young athletes. Not only does effectively structuring youth sports practice sessions support injury prevention, but it also promotes athlete's interest and skill development! Here are some tips to help coac …