What are the rules for parents when kids get hurt while playing a sport?
My 11 year old started her first ice skating lesson today and fell in a manner which either sprained her wrist really bad or broke her growth plate.
My instinct upon seeing her down and needing help to get up and off the ice was to run down there and check on her. My husband sorta growled at me to sit down and I was confused and didn't listen to him. Tonight I asked him why and he said that you're not supposed to. I asked why, and he said he didn't know, but that he knew you weren't suposed to.
I know that parents aren't allowed on the ice, but it wasn't a case of getting on the ice. I understand that during team sports, parent's shouldn't get on the field.
Is my husband confused? What are the rules?
My son plays hockey, and typically the coaches will look at injuries first. If the child isn't feeling well, they will help the kid off the ice. When they are at the benches, parents might go down to check on their kids. It really depends on how bad the injury is.
To be honest, most parent don't stay for practice any more at about 11, 12, and so sometimes the parents that do stay will assist the coach if an injury appears to be more serious. At that point, the coaches are probably looking for assistance from other adults still at the ice arena. Injuries aren't that common. I think the most serious injury I've seen are muscle pulls/strains, and they were treated with a pain reliever to reduce swelling.
Let the coach take care of it first. Depending on what has happened, the coach will call you over.
Both my kids play tons of sports, tennis, lax, hockey, football, martial arts, etc... Two years ago, ds went down with a concussion at hockey. It took dh all his strength not to run out there, but one they safely removed him from the ice, dh was able to get to him.
Yup, for the mst part a parent should let the coaches take care of it. They are familiar with the sports injuries and can determine what needs to be done. I wait and let the coaches look at my child until they wave me over and it is pure torture because of my training.
That said, I usually get called over because I'm a former EMT and have the big "trauma bag" first aid kit.
DD hurt her knee a few weeks ago, our first injury at gymnastics. They don't know my background but the coach gave me one of those "Eek, she's hurt" looks and I came down to look at it. Told her to ice it and see if she decides she can finish. She sat out for about 15 min then started strretching nad rejoined class. We still iced/heated it that night at home but it was fine the next day.
Quoting PoehlerBear1983:
My son plays football. If he is down and hurt i will stay off the field. If the paramedics have to go over then i will go to him or if the coaches wave me over
My son plays football. We have an EMT at every practice and game. If there is an injury, parents stay off the field unless/until they are called over by the EMT or a coach.
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- Lornamay
on Aug. 30, 2012 at 4:09 AM