Risk assessment in sport

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

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

Do football clubs need a risk assessment?

• Yes

• No

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

Should risk assessments be kept up to date?

• No

• Yes

A hazard is anything that can cause harm?

• False

• True

A person who trains you or your team.

• an opponent

• an athlete

• a team mate

• a referee

• a coach

An official who makes people follow the rules of the sport

• a referee

• an athlete

• an opponent

• a coach

• a team mate

A person who takes part in sports, especially athletics.

• a team mate

• an athlete

• an opponent

• a fan

• a spectator