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Post by phantom on Aug 20, 2008 11:27:04 GMT -6
The thread about ankle injuries made me curious- how many HS programs have a trainer?
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Post by wingtol on Aug 20, 2008 11:52:07 GMT -6
We have basically a full time trainer, she has to cover a soccer games, but is with us 95% of the time and also has a college student trainer with her most years. Plus she is very football friendly and gets kids back quick. All the schools around here have trainers who work with what ever sport is in season thru the year.
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Post by amikell on Aug 20, 2008 11:53:54 GMT -6
we have one. my wife was the trainer at my last school for 8-9 yrs (it's how we met) and was the trainer at my current school for 1 yr. we have another one now. Every school in our county has a full time trainer on staff.
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Post by cmow5 on Aug 20, 2008 11:58:10 GMT -6
We have a full time one to and she has a college asst with her. She also understands the difference between being hurt and having a injury. She has to clear any kid coming off an injury which I like. We also, have a team doctor at the games.
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Post by phantom on Aug 21, 2008 10:16:16 GMT -6
Our state association does not require us to have a trainer but if we have one it must be a certified trainer. We do have one (and an asistant) who we have through a contract with a sports medicine orthopedic clinic.
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Post by k on Aug 21, 2008 13:38:50 GMT -6
We have a great one. If we voted the most popular member of the team it would be him. He is an older guy who is a retired teacher and is the full time trainer for a JC program. However what that means is that he is only there 1/3 of the time. We have a contract with trainer company and they fill in the rest. Biggest waste of money ever. There are a couple girls who do a fine job but 90% of the time that the fill in trainers are there it is the owner of the company who shows up and is awful in every possible way.
The kids hate him, the coaches hate him, and if he didn't somehow have a two year contract with us there is no way he'd be there.
The kids won't even go to him to get taped because he'll be a dick to them.
I end up taping ankles etc when this guy is there.
Last year he refused to pad a cast because the kid's doctor's note didn't mention padding the cast (it just said he could play) and didn't care what the rules said. Jackoff.
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