Chapter 24 Multiple Choice

Please answer all questions


1	It has been mandated that all coaches participating under the governance of the U.S.O.C. receive which of the following?
		A)	certification from a youth sports association
		B)	safety training course developed by the American Red Cross
		C)	coaching degree from an accredited institution
		D)	certification from the National Sports and Coaching Education Association


2	The number of youths between the ages of five and seventeen that engage in youth sports in the U.S. is estimated at more than:
		A)	23 million
		B)	33 million
		C)	46 million
		D)	55 million


3	The main concern of youths participating in collision type sports is that injuries could cause:
		A)	immediate cessation of growth in a particular bone
		B)	psychological and emotional scarring
		C)	early degenerative arthritis
		D)	all of the above are major concerns


4	Each year more than 775,000 young athletes under the age of fifteen are treated in hospital emergency rooms for sports-related injuries. The incidence of injury in unorganized informal activities is the highest in what sport?
		A)	football
		B)	soccer
		C)	basketball
		D)	baseball


5	Children are susceptible to many of the same sport injuries that the physically mature athlete is, including sprains, strains, and skeletal fractures. In addition, children can also sustain a pulling away of soft tissue from bone where a little piece of bone may actually be torn away. This is called a (an):
		A)	stress reaction.
		B)	stress fracture.
		C)	dislocation.
		D)	avulsion.

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