Resources for High School Coaches

Below is a list of resources that high school coaches may find useful in planning their practices and other activities.  It is my hope that this page will be updated often and have new content added regularly.

I) Heat Illness

   A) This is a urine color chart excerpted from the NATA position statement on hydration in athletes.  This allows athletes to have a quick reference to know how hydrated they are. Here is a link to a PDF format of the urine chart.

   B) This is the temperature and humidity chart for determining the risk of heat illness in a given practice. Pictured is a temperature and humidity chart, a link to a colorized version of the temperature and humidity chart, and a third, colorized chart that has some additional information on it.  I leave all three up here since some people will want to print these graphics while others will keep them on their mobile devices, each with different screen resolutions.

   
C) Weight loss calculation charts and instructions

D) Coach Smart App by Vanderbilt Sports Medicine--Free (iOS, Android)

   E) OHSAA heat index guidelines for practices

II) Lightning Safety

   A) A sample lightning safety protocol sheet

   B) Coach Smart App by Vanderbilt Sports Medicine--Free (iOS, Android)

   C) Boltmeter by Allisonhouse LLC-- $1.99 (iOS)

D) Mobile Storm by Skywatcher-- (Android)

E) Weatherbug - (Spark) (iOS, Android)

III) Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

   A) A TBI information sheet (Lake Health)

   B) TBI information Sheet (National Athletic Trainers Association)

   C) A list of TBI myth

   D) Concussion Recognition and Response App: Coach and Parent Version by PAR-- $3.99 (iOS, Android)

   E) Proper Football Helmet Fitting Guidelines:

      1) Riddell Football Helmets (PDF files are on the right and videos are lower on the page)

      2) Schutt Helmet Videos

         a) AIR-XP

         b) DNA Recruit

         c) Youth Ion 4D

      3) Generic Video

      4) USA Football Video (partnered with Riddell)

   F) ImPACT (Neurocognitive testing software purchased by Lake Health for its contract schools)

   G) www.theconcussionblog.com

   H) www.sportsconcussions.org TBI information

   I)  Nowinski, C. (2006). Head Games: Football'sConcussion Crisis from the NFL to Youth Leagues. Plymouth: Drummond Publishing Group.

   J) Carroll, L., & Rosner, D. (2011). The Concussion Crisis: Anatomy of a Silent Epidemic. Philadelphia: Simon & Schuster.

IV) Nutrition

   A) A general nutrition guidelines handout

   B) My Fitness Pal (www.myfitnesspal.com) --Free (iOS, Android, Blackberry, Windows Mobile)

   C) www.fda.gov (Federal Drug Administration)     

   D) http://www.ftc.gov (Federal Trade Commission)

   E) www.healthycompetition.org/hc/main.html (Blue Cross/Blue Shield)

   F) www.nal.usda.gov / http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic (United States Dept. of Agriculture)

V) Injury Treatment

   A) Information on the R.I.C.E. principle

   B) American Red Cross First Aid App--Free (iOS, Android)

VI) Record Keeping

   A) A sample emergency action plan

   B) First aid kit supply list (Football)- This list is broken down into "essential, recommended, and luxury" supplies that are commonly found in first aid kits.
   C) A sample lightning emergency action plan

VII) Infection Control

   A) MRSA information sheet

VIII) Drug and Supplement Assistance

   A) World Anti-Doping Agency App by WADA--Free (iOS, Android)

   B) www.wada-ama.org (World Anti-Doping Agency)

IX) Injury Prevention - Equipment Fitting

   A) Football shoulder pad fitting video

   B) Proper helmet fitting videos---See above in TBI resources (Section III)

   C) Soccer shin guard video

   D) Hockey Helmet

   E) Running Shoes (Runner's World Article)

X) Lake Health PASP Information

   A) Ohio Department of Education Information

   B) The bibliography handout from the lectures

   C) www.lakehealth.org  (Lake Health website)

XI) Miscellaneous Online Classes, Links, and Videos

   A) www.nfhslearn.org

     1) The National Federation of High Schools has a host of free classes that cover topics like concussions, heat acclimatization, and sportsmanship.

     2) The NFHS also has several courses for learning the techniques of coaching most common high school sports for a fee. $50-$75

   B) www.vimeo.com/nata1950 -- A host of videos sponsored by the National Athletic Trainers' Association on a wide range of topics.

   C) NATA recorded webinars -- Webinars designed for athletic trainers on a wide variety of sports medicine topics.

   D) My social bookmarking site -- My social bookmarking site where there are thousands of articles and videos tagged.

   E) www.glata.org (The Great Lakes Athletic Trainers’ Association)

   F) www.nata.org (The National Athletic Trainers’ Association)

   G) www.medscape.com

   H) www.momsteam.com

   I) www.ncaa.com (The National Collegiate Athletic Association)

   J) www.nfhs.org (The National Federation of High Schools

   K) www.oata.org (The Ohio Athletic Trainers’ Association)

   L) www.ohsaa.org (The Ohio High School Athletic Association)

   M) www.olympic.org  (The International Olympic Committee)

   N) www.webmd.com

  

Please note: If you have any other resources that you feel should be added to this list, think something is missing from it, or you find a dead/broken link, please leave a comment below so that I may address the issue.  This is not an exhaustive list and you may know of a resource that is even better than what is listed here. This also means that this is a dynamic blog post that is intended to change often and updated regularly.  I highly recommend that you check back often.

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