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Given the threat of terrorism to sport and special event venues worldwide, the challenge of balancing the fan experience with optimal security management practices has been greatly magnified. The dilemma that faces most sport and event organizations is how those responsible for safety and security can create a somewhat transparent yet highly efficient and effective security management system that does not become excessively obtrusive. Madensen and Eck (2008) identified several event ...
NIMS provides the template for the management of incidents, whereas the NRF provides the structure and mechanisms for national-level policy for incident management. Command and Management: The Command and Management component of NIMS is designed to enable effective and efficient incident management and coordination by providing a flexible, standardized incident management structure. (2) Supporting Technologies: As NIMS and its related emergency management and incident response systems evolve...
Sport and event organizations should conduct exercises to test plans and promote awareness of staff roles and responsibilities during an incident scenario. These include discussion-based exercises (i.e., seminars, workshops, and tabletop exercises) and operations-based exercises (i.e., drills and full-scale exercises). Operations-based exercises are more complex than discussion-based exercises.
You should recognize that a number of factors influence confidence and that building confidence takes time. Case StudyJim (pseudonym) is a 19-year-old professional rugby player who had played six games for his first team. In his first two games Jim kicked well, but his performance had started to decline, as had his confidence.
The local annual Turkey Trot run had turned into a Turkey Takeoff, as an overcaffeinated, uninformed, and animated spectator gave his best impression of a highly enthusiastic safety patrol person doing a Jim Marshall. Well, Mr. Directionless Spectator, only 40 seconds into the Thanksgiving race, proceeded to take it upon himself to route the runners down the wrong street. In the end, various participants had run various courses through various streets at various distances.
Rick Horrow was a recent guest on the nationally syndicated radio program "The Jim Bohannon Show." Beyond the Scoreboard author Rick Horrow was a recent guest on the nationally syndicated radio program "The Jim Bohannon Show," discussing some of the big issues facing the sports world in 2011. Hear the interview from August 17, 2011, in its entirety by visiting the show’s website.
In their book, Stronger Arms & Upper Body (Human Kinetics, September 2008), Joe Wuebben and Jim Stoppani suggest incorporating advanced training techniques as a means of boosting intensity and providing a new stimulus to promote continual results. A giant set involves training one muscle group with four or more exercises or training four or more muscle groups one after the other. Coauthor Jim Stoppani, PhD, is senior science editor at Muscle & Fitness, Muscle & Fitness Hers, and Flex ...
CHAMPAIGN, IL-Long-time Special Olympics executive Jim Schmutz has joined the American Sport Education Program (ASEP) as its executive director. ASEP, whose partners include youth sport groups, state high school associations, and Olympic sport governing bodies, develops and delivers education programs based on the philosophy of "athletes first, winning second." The American Sport Education Program is the leading U.S. provider of sport education programs for local and national youth sport ...
The National Physical Activity Plan is an unprecedented, comprehensive effort to encourage all Americans to be more physically active. We interviewed Jim Whitehead, executive vice president of the American College of Sports Medicine and a member of the Plan’s Coordinating Committee. How is the National Physical Activity Plan different from previous plans in the United States?
Kelly Blas, Sport Development & Compliance Officer for the Guam National Olympic Committee contacted ASEP expressing interest in becoming a certified instructor so that she could get their Olympic coaches certified. Krob presented Coaching Principles and Sport First Aid to more than 20 coaches and during his time there also trained four future instructors for GNOC. PSADA is hoping this initiative will convince superintendents to embrace the benefits of educating coaches ultimately leading ...
