Introduction
This Webquest is made to inform student-athletes of any level about the general preautions
taken to avoid injuries. Obviously each sport may have different types of
injuries occur more often, but these can be prevented.
Task
1. Understand common injuries in sports.
2. Know that injury prevention can be done before, during, and after competitions.
3. For the athletes themselves, realize you're a better athlete when you're healthy...stay safe.
Process
Read the following article.
Recent Sports Injury Prevention
Select the Sport of your choice and create a routine around workouts to demonstrate injury prevention.
Describe the types of injuries you'd be preventing.
***Remember that avoiding injury can be done prior, during, and post-session. Be sure to include all three in your routine.
Evaluation
Your routine will be graded by the following rubrik:
| Excellent (20pts) | Great (15pts) | Good (10pts) | Poor (5pts) | Score | |
| Organization | Work is organized and clear enough to be easily practiced. | Work is clear, however may be unclear or hard to follow. | Work is present, but not in an organised manner. | No organization and can not be followed. | --/20 |
| Completion | All work is present and shown in a realistic, yet fun way for athlete. | Work is present, but lacking in student's effort. | Some information is present. (Obviously done the night before due date). | Not enough information present | --/20 |
| Descriptions | Student shows clear understanding of sport injuries and gives detailed responses to injury prevention. | Same as Excellent; however, the student is lacking in either understanding common injures, or they do not give enough details in prevention. | Same as Great; however, the student lacks in both understanding of common injuries and gives no or little details on prevention. | Student shows no effort in description. They do not show clear understanding of injury prevention, nor do they understand their sport. | --/20 |
| Total | --/60 |
Conclusion
After finishing this assignment, the student should now understand the basic ways to prevent common sport injuries. They will also be able to understand the injuries most commonly found in certain sports.
For example, a student may see an NBA player go up for a layup, but land badly and role an ankle. They should be able to recognize that the player with the rolled ankle could have done more ligament stretches or movements/workouts to strengthen the muscles around the joint. In the momet, the player could have been more aware of his body and had better control in the action. After the injury, the player must stretch, ice, and elevate the joint; as well as work on technique to avoid it from happening again.