Athletic Trainer

How do you evaluate an athlete's readiness to play in a game?

• you don't

• Athletic trainers need to be consistent in how they evaluate player skills and mental readiness for a game or event. This question asks which type of training or readiness scale they use in order to objectively determine a player's mental preparedness, health and fitness. It gives you an idea of how experienced the trainer is with the evaluation of team members who have had an injury. What to look for:

• You get them ready by training them to the best ability and working with them everyday. Till they are ready to go out and do any physical things.

• They let them choose what the players do

How do you conduct an assessment of an athlete's injury during a game?

• let them get hurt

• let them have fun

• make sure they are ready to go out and play

• It also shows whether the candidate is observant of the athletes during a practice or game.

How do you educate athletes about the prevention of injuries?

• You have to train

• show them what to do then let them do it on there own.

• Injury prevention is an essential part of what an athletic trainer does. The trainer's job is to demonstrate safe and effective ways of moving and preparing for intense physical activity.

• demon strait how not to do it

How would you share a difficult piece of information with an athlete, parent or coach?

• Sometimes, athletic trainers have to be the bearers of bad news, such as injuries that just won't get better or that might end careers. During this answer, judge how the candidate would interact with a person to deliver such news.

• Tell them in a mean way.

• Ask other people what to say

• Ask how and when to say it. Even if you do not understand just tell them what you think. And act like you know what to say