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Play safe. an injury could kill that scholarship dream
As a high school athlete you take your sport seriously and have your goal of an athletic scholarship uppermost in your mind. Your sport could be your ticket to help pay for college. Every high school athlete knows that in a matter of seconds the dream could end. Nothing kills a college athletic career faster than an injury.
But we’ve all heard the phrase “tough it out”. So you’re torn between protecting yourself and being accused of babying your injury. In a perfect world your coach would immediately recognize the need for you to properly treat your injury, but we all know that doesn’t always happen. So the responsibility is all on you. Only you know if you can “walk it off” or need to spend some time on the bench. Of course, if you take the proper precautions you can avoid the threat of injury to a certain extent: |
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- If you feel any muscle strain or even just have a feeling that something isn’t right – talk to your athletic trainer. Their job is the prevention of injury as well as the treatment of injury.
Of course, there are some instances when it is impossible to prevent an injury. But if you follow the precautions listed above you have a better chance of avoiding injury and continuing to play the sport you love.
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