For this episode, the hosts sat down with two athletic trainers to discuss the good tips for being a good host when it comes to hosting a game or tournament.
Our first guest was Lauren Hoyt, a former secondary school athletic trainer (now clinic AT) who is passionate about this very topic. In fact, she has presented on the topic of hosting at several state conferences. Fun Fact, a post that Lauren shared on twitter is the original reason for this episode topic.
The second guest of the show was Stephanie Grajek, secondary school AT in metro Detroit. Funny story was just after recording this episode Steph was hosting a large tournament.
For our 1st segment we talked about the ATLAS survey.
https://ksi.uconn.edu/atlas/atlas-survey-and-maps/
The ATLAS survey (Athletic Training Location and Services) is a survey form the Korey Stringer Institute from the University of Connecticut.
From KSI: Disclaimer: The information displayed in these maps were obtained through an online self-report survey taken by Athletic Trainers and was collected by the Korey Stringer Institute (KSI) with assistance from the NATA Secondary School Committee and its members. Depending on the last date of communication with each school and changes in medical needs, information on the maps may not reflect the current athletic training services.
Our 2nd segment we played our favorite game THIS or THAT.
Would you rather be the host AT or the visiting AT?
Between the hosts and the guests it was split evenly. 2 wanted to host and 2 wanted to be the visitor.
When this question was asked on twitter, 58.6% of those that responded wanted to the the host AT while the remaining 41.4% wanted to the be visiting AT. (116 people responded.)
For our main topic the four of us just chatted about what we thought were good ideas, advice, procedures, and so on to be the best host possible. We have listed the brief topics below.
- Do you reach out to the visiting teams (and ATs) before the event?
- What do you include in your contact email, letter, phone call, or text?
- How soon do you reach out? When do you consider too late to be contacted by the host AT?
- Secondary School vs Collegiate Level: hosting
- What do you set up for games/tournaments?
- What do you do when your school becomes a neutral site for hosting (playoffs/ large tournament)
- KSI Medical Time out form: https://ksi.uconn.edu/prevention/emergency-action-plans/medical-time-out/
- Do you post information or EAPs online?
- Student training programs: Presents, meeting other ATs, student jobs
- Do you check on the visiting team post event?
- Who do you include in your medical time outs?
- Providing access to private restroom/locker room for opposite gender ATs or nonbinary/trans ATs
- Sending kits with team you are not traveling with.
If you would like to know more on hosting be sure to listen to the entire episode on whatever podcast service you use. Be sure to listen for a way to get a free pack of stickers from out show.
AS ALWAYS REMEMBER MOST THINGS ARE DEBATABLE!!!
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