Health Archives - Team Grassroots

How to recognise and respond to a sudden cardiac arrest

GRF Admin 19/02/2019

We’ve all seen players fall over. But what happens if they don’t get up? Sudden collapse is often the first sign of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). Unfortunately, understanding and awareness of this medical emergency is poor – which can lead to misdiagnosis, incorrect…

DEFIBRILLATOR – PHASE 3 FUNDING EXPRESSION OF INTEREST

GRF Admin 15/01/2019

Do you want to get involved in getting a heavily sudsidised defibrillator into your football club? By completing the below form and signing up, you’ll be notified when phase three opens up. Club Details FA Affiliation Number* Parent County FA* Amateur Football…

A third of children in England “Not Active Enough” Leading Survey Reveals

GRF Admin 06/12/2018

One in three children in England does fewer than 30 minutes of physical activity a day – half the amount recommended by government guidelines, a report by Sport England suggests. The survey is the largest ever of its kind and gives comprehensive insight…

Healthy Eating and Nutrition for Children

GRF Admin 10/10/2018

Nutrition in children is something that is too commonly forgotten about when it comes to sport and exercise. With obesity rates more than doubling in children in the last two decades it is now more important than ever that we take more…

Over-training injury and understanding the risk

GRF Admin 26/07/2018

Over-training or burnout is becoming more prevalent among young athletes. It can present in many different forms – both physical and psychological. The most commonly reported symptoms include chronic muscle or joint pain, respiratory tract infections, mood disturbances, personality changes, loss of…

The FA’s concussion guidelines

GRF Admin 27/06/2018

Welcome to The FA Concussion Guidelines. Here you will find helpful information and advice about how to recognise and manage a concussion from the time of injury through to a player’s safe return to football. The guidance, which is designed to support those managing…

The FA Launch FREE Sudden Cardiac Arrest Module

GRF Admin 06/04/2018

The FA has launched a free online module to raise awareness and knowledge of sudden cardiac arrests in football. The module will enable you to recognise and respond appropriately to a sudden cardiac arrest while also providing you with key facts and…

Breaking News – FA & PFA Commission Dementia Link with Football

GRF Admin 23/11/2017

The Football Association and the Professional Footballers’ Association have appointed Dr William Stewart and colleagues at the University of Glasgow and the Hampden Sports Clinic to lead an independent research study into the incidence of degenerative neurocognitive disease in ex-professional footballers. Following…

Grassroots team bans touchline smoking at their ground..

GRF Admin 21/04/2017

A SCUNTHORPE junior football club is believed to be the first in North Lincolnshire to introduce a total smoking ban at its ground.

As reported in the Scunthorpe Telegraph, Park Tigers JFC will implement the ban today (Friday, March 31) and prohibit smoking anywhere at Charles Le Quelenec Park on Brumby Wood Lane.

Advice from the NSPCC – Grooming What it is, signs and how to protect children

GRF Admin 04/01/2017

Grooming is when someone builds an emotional connection with a child to gain their trust for the purposes of sexual abuse, sexual exploitation or trafficking. Children and young people can be groomed online or face-to-face, by a stranger or by someone they know – for example…

Heading the ball for under 10s banned in U.S mini soccer!!!!

GRF Admin 14/09/2016

The days of kids 10 years old or younger heading the ball in a football game or practice are over in the USA or OVER!! In resolving a class-action lawsuit regarding the large number of concussions in the sport, the U.S. Soccer…

Time to think again about what we give the kids to drink…….

GRF Admin 14/01/2016

If I gave a child this level of sugar on breakfast cereal I would expect to be challenged on the grounds that it was completely ridiculous and a health risk!!! So why is there so much sugar in children’s drinks!!!! Ok on…

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