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PHED 526 - Legal Issues and Risk Management for Sport Coaching

(3 credits)
This course will provide students with an understanding of general legal concepts, federal and state legislation, potential legal liabilities, and the duty of care for sport coaches. Students will examine current legal issues within amateur sport (e.g., youth sport, high school sport, intercollegiate sport, recreational sport), explore their responsibility as sport coaches to provide for the safety of sport participants and spectators, and identify strategies to prevent injuries and manage risks through their decision making and through active planning. Offered alternate years.