S afety M easures to P revent I njuries It is always said that ‘prevention is better than cure’. Many accidents during sports can be prevented by taking appropriate preventive measures. Students who participate in games and sports activities should be given safe and secure environment and facilities for enhancing the confidence of parents as well as students. Injuries can be prevented by knowing the reasons due to which injuries occur and observing the safety measures during playing.
While constructing play arena and sports facilities, the needs of differently abled students should also be kept in mind. Why do sports injuries occur? Injuries during sports take place due to many factors, which includes careless attitude of the player towards fitness and training. Some of the important factors that are responsible for the sports injuries are— a) poor equipment, surface and floor.
b) lacking in the knowledge of rules of the game. c) lack of technical and tactical knowledge. d) lack of fitness and conditioning. e) not observing safety rules while playing technically difficult sports like gymnastics, diving, judo and wrestling, etc.
f) lifting of heavy weights without helpers may lead to accident and cause severe injury. How to prevent sports injuries? Sports injuries can be prevented in sports arenas, during competition and in technical sports. Supervision by coach and instructor will always help to avoid sports injuries during playing, training and competition.
Activity . Gather information regarding the sports injuries that occur in swimming pool and gymnasium. Do You Know? Developing physical fitness may help a player to prevent injuries up to per cent in that particular game, it is scientifically proven that good physical fitness helps in better reaction ability, decision making ability and enhances self-confidence of the player.
Prevention of injury related to sports facilities There are various ways to amend sports infrastructure in order to curb accidents during competition and during training of sports. Prevention of injury related to competition Preventive measures to prevent sports injury should also be taken before competition. a) Proper warming up should be done before going for any games or