• Be pro-active about safety issues; learn about the risks posed by the sport your child plays

• Insist that coaches receive training in first-aid and injury prevention and bring a properly stocked first-aid kit to all games and practices

  
  
  
  

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• Guard against overuse injuries; don't let your child play the same sport year-round

• Demand safe fields and equipment, such as anchored goals and emergency telephones

• Ask about the weather policy of your child's club; if it doesn't have one, adopt your own

• Protect your child from the dangerous coach. Ask your club to run background checks on coaches or adopt the KidSafe program.

• Get your child's club to set up a risk management committee.

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