Understanding Youth Athlete Injuries: Courses for Teachers & Coaches

Equip yourself with practical, evidence-based strategies to reduce injury, manage pain, and build resilience in youth athletes — ideal for school teachers and sports coaches.
Young female athlete injured during a game of sport

Learn What Really Matters When It Comes to Youth Sport Injuries.

This site offers valuable resources to help you understand what causes injuries and to explain some of the most common injuries in young athletes. You'll find videos and booklets covering a range of conditions, along with educational materials you can share with parents and athletes to help them understand why injuries happen—and what steps they can take to reduce the risks.

Support injured athletes with confidence

Why do some young athletes get injured, yet others don't? Some children can withstand high training loads every day, yet others can't. Injuries occur because we exceed the capacity of the body at that time. We either do more than the body has trained for, or our capacity has been reduced by lack of sleep, growth, nutrition, or stress. Many of these factors are under a young athlete’s control, they just need to learn how.

Understanding Injuries in Youth Athletes

Through this comprehensive online course, you will learn how to recognise the risks associated with injuries in young athletes and what steps you as a teacher or coach can make to reduce that risk and help junior athletes reach their potential.

Start your journey to supporting young, injured athletes today.

Young Cricket Players

Reducing Injuries in Junior Cricket

A coaches guide to reducing the risk of injury in junior cricketers with Angela Jackson. Includes the comprehensive warm up and education programme Ready 4 Cricket.

Learn how to recognise the risks associated with injuries in young athletes and what steps you can make to reduce that risk.

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