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Feeling Safe, Feeling Confident in Youth Sports

Author
[email protected] (Lisa E. Cohn)
Published
Tue 03 Nov 2020
Episode Link
https://lisacohn.audioacrobat.com/deluge/lisacohn-20201103123714-1397.mp3

What's the link between having safe equipment--such as helmets--and feeling confident? Mike Oliver, executive director of the National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment (NOCSAE) says that kids are more likely to feel confident if their equipment is safe. But sometimes, expensive equipment will make them too cocky, and vulnerable to injuries.

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