Youth Sports Safety Update
Youth Sport Safety Update is our new Podcast series from the Jacksonville Sports Medicine Program. Our goal is to provide you with relevant information related to youth sports safety through compelling interviews. There are many stories and topics to be shared that will benefit athletes, coaches, and parents as well as athletic trainers, physicians and healthcare providers. JSMP is dedicated to youth sports injury through awareness, advocacy, and prevention. Episodes are hosted by Bob Sefcik, Executive Director of JSMP, and produced by Jim Mackie, JSMP Program Development.
Youth Sports Safety Update
Sports Safety with Rod Walters, Walters Consulting, LLC
Key Takeaways & Call to Action:
· Have an Emergency Action Plan & Rehearse it frequently.
· Policies (Why) and procedures (What or process) are important tools to guide and protect you as a professional and those you serve.
· “Best Practices are Safe Practices”
· Concussions: “Act on what signs and symptoms we see, not just the hard impacts”
· Educate and keep learning
To contact Dr. Rod Walters: rodwalters.com
Rod is an NATA Hall of Fame athletic trainer who was involved in the care and prevention of student-athlete injuries for twenty-seven years on college campuses from Hickory, North Carolina (Lenoir-Rhyne College) to Boone, North Carolina (Appalachian State University) to Columbia, South Carolina (University of South Carolina). A nationally recognized expert, he has served as a consultant to the Professional Baseball Umpires of MLB, the NFL, the Big 12 Conference, and has served as an investigative expert on high profile cases including most recently for the University of Maryland. In 2019 he was the lead ATC Spotter for the 2019 Super Bowl. He has been recognized as the 2011 Distinguished Athletic Training Alumni Award from Middle Tennessee State University and likewise the 2018 Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer Award from the University of South Carolina. He has made more than 3,000 presentations on athletic training been awarded many additional accolades. Rod is a graduate of Middle Tennessee State University (Doctorate) and Appalachian State University (Bachelor & Master)
To contact the Youth Sports Safety Update Podcast
JAXSMP.com Jacksonville Sports Medicine Program or JSMP
3563 Philips Highway, Building E, Suite 502, Jacksonville, FL 32207
Email: Jim.mackie@bmcjax.com 904-477-9291
Email: Robert.Sefcik@bmcjax.com Executive Director JSMP & CEO / President FASMED 904-202-4332