Duties of a Coach

A Coachs Legal duties

Some Legal Terms and Issues
The test for negligence is: 1. You must have a duty. 2. You breach or fail to meet that duty. 3. There must be an injury. 4. There must be a connection between the duty, the breach of the duty, and the injury.

Your legal duties are: 1. To properly plan an activity. 2. To offer appropriate equipment. 3. To offer appropriate facilities. 4. To offer appropriate instruction. 5. To offer appropriate supervision.

Risk Management Guide for Coaches

This brochure offers the legal terms and duties of a coach to be aware of the risks.

A Final Word
The key to professional athletic risk management Athletic Risk Management is vigilance and caring about is an on going process. This handbook is a reference and teaching tool to lower the risk and severity of injury to athletes and claims against your school. those who play for you. We have addressed the risk management duties of coaches When you walk into a coaching situation ask yourself if you have done everything within reason to offer a worthwhile experience and have lowered the chance of injury to those in your care. You have prepared the athlete, the place that athlete will be playing and you have prepared yourself to coach.