sports. Warming up helps to enhance body’s reflex actions and reduce the chances of injury. b) Proper safety measures should be adopted for competition such as safety gears and clothing for sports. c) Players should follow rules and regulations of the competition to prevent injuries.
d) All the equipment related to the sports should be checked thoroughly and any equipment which may not be in good shape or broken should be replaced or get repaired. e) Officials of the competition should also evaluate the playing arena before the start of game. Technical measures for prevention of injuries Besides the above preventive measures to avoid sports injuries, some important technical measures should also be observed to prevent injuries. a) Players should work on their fitness and conditioning to avoid tiredness during sports competition.
Tiredness hampers the reaction and negatively influences the speed of players. A tired player is most likely to get injury during performing or playing, which can be prevented only by enhancing the physical fitness level. b) All the sports where difficulty level of movements is high, possibility of occurring injury are likely to be higher. It is suggested to the players to practise difficult technical movements of sports before taking active participation.
c) Coaches and trainers should guide students regarding the safety rules at regular intervals and observe the safety measures taken by them. Activity . •• Collect more information about the preventive measures to be taken while developing sports facilities. •• Compare and analyse it with the steps taken by your school.
•• Discuss with your classmates. •• Suggest ways. d) Proper nutrition also helps to avoid sports injuries occurring due to stress or overload training. Nutrition helps to repair and build the ruptured muscle fibers.
e) Selection of the right kind of shoe and sports uniform also helps in preventing injuries like bruises, blisters, broken nails, sprain, strain and shin pain, etc. Every sport requires different kind of sports movements and speed. Thus, it is suggested to select the shoe and sports uniform according to suitability to a given sports condition to avoid injury.