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:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 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
