Risk Assessment in Sport (unit 3.2)

What is a risk assessment?

• How to cause a risk

• Manages accidents in sport

• Assesses potential hazards in sporting activities

• How to stop incidents in sport

Do football clubs need a risk assessment?

• Yes

• No

Why do we need a risk assessment?

• To prevent all injuries and accidents happening

• To allow incidents to happen

• So only small injuries happen

• To safeguard the participants and all others involved

What are the three main points to a risk assessment?

• Risk Harms

• Risk Aims

• Risk Objectives

• Risk Outcomes

• Risk Controls

Select the hazards for a football player?

• No shin pads

• Wearing ear-rings

• Hair tied back

• Wearing correct kit

• Incorrect footwear

Who needs a risk assessment?

• Activity

• Company

• Location

Should risk assessments be kept up to date?

• No

• Yes

A hazard is anything that can cause harm?

• False

• True

Who should report a potential hazard?

• Coach

• Player

• Lead coach

• Site manager

• Parent

Pick a potential hazard from the picture?

• Sun burn

• Heat stroke

• Slippy surface

• Chemical spillage