Coaching NFHS unit 1 and 2 Questions and Answers| Extra Questions 

The teacher/coach is responsible for the execution of the emergency action plan if a student is injured during a contest. - True A coaches emergency plan should include all of the following: -Administering first aid to the injured athlete. -Personally call or have someone call emergency medical personnel. -Notify parents/guardians promptly when emergency care is needed. - True The American with Disabilities Act requires that public facilities and programs accommodate all individuals with a defined disability at all times and in all situations. - False Evaluation and selection process is an item that should be discussed during the post season. - False It is the responsibility of the director of athletics, not the coach, to see that every practice starts and ends on time so there is little chance of overlap. - False The state association's eligibility rule that addresses _____ is put into place to discourage opportunities for recruitment by other teams. - transfer/residency Coach should complete as many administrative tasks as possible during the __. (such as budget, schedule games and facilities) - off-season Escorting or arranging escorts for the officials to and from the field, locker rooms, and their vehicles is the responsibility of the state athletic association officials police. - false All individuals involved in interscholastic athletics are ultimately responsible to the Board of education. - True The head coach is fully in charge of game scheduling during the off season. - false During transporting of athletes to contests, the head coach can sit in the front of the bus and maintain an indirect supervisory role of the team. The athletes are expected to be responsible for their behavior while traveling so the coaches are not responsible if something happens. - false Head coaches should identify equipment in need of repair and fix it themselves to help with the budget. - false It is not necessary for the team to have a designated emergency medical kit available if they have an athletic trainer on staff. - false Delegating responsibilities and exchanging ideas is a reasonable expectation of head coaches with their assistant coaches. - true What is the least important characteristic for a teacher/coach to consider when matching students? - age It is appropriate to allow hazing during an initiation period for__. - no one at all The head coach is responsible for establishing a selection process of students to make the program through try outs. This process is the business of the head coach and not transparent to others for examination or question. - false It is the head coaches responsibility for general supervision at all times. When assistant coaches are hired as employees of the school district to coach, it is the head coaches responsibility to ensure they are knowledgeable and all phases/actions of supervision over student athletes at all times. - true A head coach allows a student to attend practice who has not been cleared with a physical and permission form. The coach tells the student to observe and sit on the sideline. The student does as instructed. He gets hit in the head by a lacrosse ball during practice and rushed to the hospital after coaches followed all medical procedures as outlined after the accident. The boy suffers permanent blindness in one eye. The head coach is liable for negligence in this situation because he did not have the appropriate papers completed and signed that would allow the boy to be at practice. - true A teacher/coach must purposefully plan activities and opportunities for students to develop leadership skills through athletics. - true A developmentally appropriate experience is one that is consistent with a student's age. - false The #1 responsibility for an interscholastic teacher/coach who has adopted a student-centered coaching philosophy is to ensure a one-on-one relationship with all parents/guardians to discuss the responsibilities and concerns of all student-athletes. - false