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Early in 2018, I asked some key staff members what they thought were the biggest challenges facing youth-sports administrators in today’s world. We went beyond the typical talk about dealing with overzealous parents and coaches and started to really dig into some real issues in a very practical way.
After a long meeting and compiling quite a significant list, we found that one of the most eye-opening issues was a lack of consistency in emergency-action plans. In the past, most of the discussion regarding emergencies dealt with either injuries on the field or inclement weather.
An emergency involving someone looking to do harm to other people is not standard practice in the youth-sports world. But sadly, it’s a topic that must be on every administrator’s radar these days.