Deck 25: Preventing and Managing Injuries in Young Athletes

Question 1

Write a note on the education and certification requirements for sports coaches in the United States.

Answer 1

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Question 2

Explain the plans, policies, and guidelines for managing injuries in school-related athletic programs.

Answer 2

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Question 3

Describe the techniques used for preventing injuries in young athletes.

Answer 3

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Question 4

Discuss the psychological and learning concerns associated with training children for competitive sports.

Question 5

At what age is a child able to understand the competitive process?

A) 14 years
B) 10 years
C) 12 years
D) 16 years

Question 6

What should be the focus of a child's training, conditioning, and competition?

A) To enjoy the activity
B) To stay physically fit
C) To win every game
D) To please his or her parents

Question 7

When compared with adults, which of the following isNOT true of children in sports?

A) They are unable to assess the risks involved.
B) They have quicker reaction time.
C) They have less coordination.
D) They have less accuracy.

Question 8

Which of the following associations offers three levels of coaching certification?

A) The National Association for Sport and Physical Education
B) The United States Olympic Committee
C) The National Youth Sports Coaches Association
D) The American Red Cross

Question 9

Which is the crucial stage in Tanners Maturity Assessment with regards to collision and high intensity noncontact sports?

A) Stage 1
B) Stage 2
C) Stage 3
D) Stage 4

Question 10

Which of the following does the Tanner Stages of Maturity approach use as the basis of the maturity assessment of young athletes?

A) Age
B) Secondary sexual characteristics
C) Weight
D) General Educational Development (GED) scores

Question 11

Which of the bone sites listed below isNOT a place of growth for a child?

A) The body of the bone
B) The ends of the bone
C) The epiphyseal plates
D) The muscle-tendon insertion

Question 12

Which of the following conditions occurs when there is an apophysitis at the insertion of the patellar tendon on the tibial tubercle?

A) Osgood Schlatter's disease
B) Patellar tendinitis
C) Popliteal tendinitis
D) Runners knee

Question 13

Sever's disease is an apophysitis of:

A) the tibia.
B) the calcaneus.
C) the femur.
D) the talus.

Question 14

Which of the following is a fracture in the bony structures of the spine that occurs most often in young athletes and most frequently involves the fifth lumbar vertebra?

A) Lumbar spinal stenosis
B) Spondylolysis
C) Apophysitis
D) Avulsion fracture

Question 15

Which of the following isNOT a recommendation for strength training of youths?

A) Strength training programs should include a warm-up and cool-down.
B) Specific exercises should be learned initially with no weight.
C) Weight can be increased for an exercise if the child can perform 8-15 repetitions.
D) Adolescents may participate in powerlifting activities prior to reaching skeletal maturity as these activities will help increase bone density.

Question 16

Which of the following isNOT a risk factor for psychological complications in an injured child?

A) Having stress in the family
B) Having a wide range of interests beyond athletics
C) Having parents that are over involved in the child's activities
D) Having self-esteem that is reliant on the child's athletic prowess

Question 17

For young athletes, workouts and practices should be for 4 hours, 6 days a week.

Question 18

More than 46 million children between the ages of 5 and 17 are participating in youth sports throughout the United States.

Question 19

If children are ready for participation in organized sports or activities, then they are ready for some type of strength training.

Question 20

Tanner's staging emphasizes athletes in grades 7-12 must be matched by age and not by maturity.

Question 21

It is important to separate the preadolescent girls from the boys because of maturity differences.

Question 22

According to a federal law, all coaches must be educated by the National Association for Sport and Physical Education.

Question 23

Protective equipment helps protect a young athlete when participating in adult-style games.

Question 24

If training is properly performed, bones, muscles, joints, and ligaments can be strengthened to reduce the chance of injury.

Question 25

Males are twice as likely to have growth plate fractures as females.

Question 26

Young athletes should engage in appropriate conditioning programs for a minimum of 6 weeks before the start of daily practice of a sport.