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Ben,
Something else for your injury audit?

from the BBC website today
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_1243000/1243545.stm

Trainers with air pockets in their soles could be leading to sports
injuries, research suggests. 
The study, published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, found that
basketball players wearing this type of footwear were four times more likely
to suffer ankle injuries. 
....[more, worth a look IMHO]

Cheers
Wayne
Germany

-----Original Message-----
From: Ben Ravilious [mailto:ben@ravilious.net]
Sent: Montag, 26. März 2001 22:56
To: BRITDISC
Subject: Re: the flying leap point.


Probably of more importance is the whole issue of using the walls as
boundaries indoors.

In the last couple of years we have had two cases which have become
litigious with players sustaining bad injuries through hitting the wall
and/or other objects in the hall.

I think the time may be approaching when we need to audit our injuries and
see if there are any measures we could take to reduce them. Not using the
walls as boundaries is an obvious one. Others maybe worth considering
(thanks to Paul Marfleet for recent help with safety ideas) :-

1. Stopping people leaving their bags near the sideline.

2. Using the basketball 'key' as the endzone instead of the last few metres
of the court. Apparently this works perfectly well in New Zealand (?). The
emphasis would be on jumping into the endzone rather than dangerous jumps
towards the side walls. Suppose it doesn't really solve the 'flying leap'
issue though.

3. Keeping the floor clean (some TD's already do this)

4. Stopping anyone from playing whilst drunk. People become less aware, less
cautious and more oblivious to pain and danger when they're pissed. We've
all done it and it can seem a laugh until it goes wrong.

Basically its all about cutting down risks. Maybe some of the points above
are unimportant (discuss!) but it would be a worthwhile exercise finding
out.

Any medical students in need of a project???

Ben