athletic trainer
August 22, 2017
Asthma response training now required for all Minn. coaches
The Minnesota State High School League has joined the Minnesota Department of Health’s asthma program to launch an online training program that teaches coaches about asthma symptoms and how to respond if a student-athlete has an asthma attack. T...
October 27, 2016
Grant program offers prep football teams access to athletic trainers
The NFL Foundation, in collaboration with Gatorade, the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA), the Korey Stringer Institute (KSI) and the Professional Football Athletic Trainers Society (PFATS), announced the launch of a pilot program to p...
September 13, 2016
U.S. House approves legislation protecting athletic trainers
From NATA The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Sports Medicine Licensure Clarity Act (H.R. 921), sponsored by Reps. Brett Guthrie (R-KY) and Cedric Richmond (D-LA), which protects athletic trainers and other sports medicine professionals who...
August 15, 2016
Seattle Seahawks help fund AT programs at local schools
Via Seahawks.com The Seattle Seahawks and NFL Foundation awarded a $50,000 grant to the Department of Orthopedics and Sports Medicine at Seattle Children’s and their Athletic Trainers program (AT). The grant will provide expanded coverage of ce...
March 15, 2016
Fifteen high schools receive $50K grant for athletic trainers
From the National Athletic Trainers' Association The NFL Foundation, the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA), Gatorade and the Professional Football Athletic Trainers Society (PFATS) today announced the winners of the Athletic Trainer...
February 19, 2016
Iowa legislator introduces bill requiring ATs for ‘collision sports’
The Iowa state senate is reviewing a bill that would require high schools to have athletic trainers at all home games for what are considered "collision sports." The bill was drafted with the help of Brad Floy, secretary of the Iowa Athletic Train...
December 4, 2015
Q&A with award-winning athletic trainer Sam Lee
The national discussion about athlete safety isn’t going away anytime soon, and with it comes the debate over whether high schools should have a full-time athletic trainer on staff. [caption id="attachment_14755" align="alignright" width="204"] ...
May 26, 2015
Advocates present the case for putting ATs in every school
Dr. Javier Cardenas was tired of the bickering. As chair of Arizona’s Sports Medicine Advisory Committee, Cardenas was wedged in the middle of several institutions that all assumed it was someone else clogging the pipes of progress when it came ...
In addition, an athletic administrator should develop and communicate the standards regarding how coaches should behave on the sidelines and interact with officials.
Efforts to create better relationships between coaches and officials
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There is too much at stake when coaches harass and disrespect official...