GCSE PE Prevention of Injury

GCSE PE Syllabus Content You should be able to: describe and explain, using a variety of specific examples, various ways to minimise the risks in these areas; e.g. correct clothing/footwear, personal protective equipment, rules/laws/codes, knowledge of appropriate safety procedures, lifting/carrying/placing equipment, correct techniques, appropriate level of competition relative to age, sex and size, and warm up/cool down; explain the importance of good personal hygiene in games activities in order to avoid minor infections such as verrucae and athletes foot.

GCSE PE We know the risks – how do we prevent injury? Each group will concentrate on each of the following areas for 4 minutes. Within each 4 minute period… Identify how you think they have an impact on any of the sports that you participate in, in terms of preventing injury Appropriate level of competition Clothing / Footwear Correct technique Knowledge of Appropriate safety procedures Lifting/Carrying/Placing equipment Personal Protective Equipment Rules/Codes/Laws Warm up / Cool down This part of the course is general knowledge, so you will easily complete this task. Your team must contribute an example to each method of preventing injury. A few ideas…

GCSE PE Appropriate level of competition Participants are one of the main factors of risk towards each other Risk is increased when there is a significant difference between Age Sex Physical Size / Weight Class discussion What are the advantages and disadvantages of Rugby / Football / Hockey being organised in weight size categories instead of age groups? Which sports should have no divisions between participants?

GCSE PE Clothing and Footwear Clothing has 3 main purposes Identity Protection from weather Suitability / safety

GCSE PE Footwear Simple footwear needs to be worn properly Loose or tight = blisters Undone laces = lack of support, could come off Speciality footwear List the items of speciality footwear that you own and what makes them ‘special’

GCSE PE Correct technique Correct technique = Improved performance + Safety What would be the potential risks with poor technique in A rugby tackle A javelin throw A hockey hit Pole vault

GCSE PE Knowledge of appropriate safety procedures Think back to your Javelin lesson. What were you instructed to do? List the teacher instructions in order. Safety procedures are important in Setting up and preparing to play Ensuring safe play during competition Completion and clearing away Give an example of a safety procedure that all participants follow in one of your chosen sports

GCSE PE Lifting / carrying / placing equipment During the course of a day in PE you may have to lift a number of heavy items Gym equipment Weights High Jump mats There are 106 million days of work a year in Britain through bad backs!! Once lifted and placed it has to be secured Gym box lowered from wheels etc

GCSE PE Personal protective equipment Guess the protective equipment and the sports that you could use it in from left to right and top to bottom – 11 in total

GCSE PE Rules / Codes / Laws LAW 20. SCRUMMAGE A scrummage, which can take place only in the field-of-play, is formed by players from each team closing up in readiness to allow the ball to be put on the ground between them but is not to be formed within five meters of the touch-line. The middle player in each front row is the hooker, and the players on either side of him are the props. The middle line means an imaginary line on the ground directly beneath the line formed by the junction of the shoulders of the two front rows. If the ball in a scrummage is on or over the goal line the scrummage is ended. Forming a Scrummage (1) A team must not wilfully delay the forming of a scrummage. (2) Every scrummage shall be formed at the place of infringement or as near thereto as is practicable within the field-of-play. It must be stationary with the middle line parallel to the goal lines until the ball has been put in. Before commencing engagement, each front row must be in a crouched position with heads and shoulders no lower than their hips and so that they are not more than one arm's length from the opponents' shoulders. In the interests of safety, each front row should engage in the sequence of crouch, then pause and only engage on the call "Engage" given by the referee.

GCSE PE Other Factors Warm Up and Cool down – see section 2d – Principles of Training Good personal hygiene Careful washing and drying (yourself and your clothes can prevent fungal infections such as Athletes Foot and wart infections such as Verrucae