Safety Tips For On Field Football Players

Here are the top safety tips for football players on or before getting on the pitch.

1. Warm Up: Proper warm-up is essential before strenuous activity takes place. Be aware of the
   potentially serious injuries if you do not follow correct procedures in stretching, and
   conditioning.
2. Kits: If you wear eyeglasses, contact the coach for proper fitting of safety lenses, appropriate
   frames that are compatible with golfing. If you have a bi or tri-focal lens, contact your
   doctor to provide the best len(s) combination for playing on large surfaces.
3. Skills: Perform only those skills and techniques as instructed and/or supervised by your coach.
4. Equipment: Be sure all equipment, especially shoes, is fitting properly before each day’s activity.
5. Travelling: Travel to and from training facilities and practice/competition sites must be in
   accordance with school procedures.
6. Jewelries: Remove all jewelry and metal hair fasteners and other body adornments as required by
   rules and regulations for soccer.
7. Turf: Be aware of your surroundings both home and away including but not limited to surface
   conditions, obstructions in the proximity to the soccer field and safe entrance/egress
   to/from the field.
8. Wears: Wear outer and under garments appropriate for humidity and temperature.
9. Safety: In order to help protect the safety of all squad members, squad members with physically
   limiting injuries and/or health conditions must inform the coach prior to each day’s
   activity of limiting conditions and participate only to the extent allowed by the coach.
10. Practice And Training: Players should hydrate themselves frequently during practice and meets and follow the
    coach’s direction on hydration prior to and following practices and meets.
11. Notification: Notify the coach immediately if injured.
12. Awareness: Practice only when your coach is present.
13. Compliance: Comply with current soccer rules with special attention to avoid such violations as:
    a. Kicking or attempting to kick an opponent
    b. Tripping an opponent
    c. Jumping at an opponent
    d. Charging an opponent from behind
    e. Charging violently at an opponent
    f. Striking or attempting to strike an opponent
    g. Holding an opponent
    h. Pushing an opponent
    i. Playing in a manner considered by the referee to be dangerous.