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1. Get commitment

• Raise safety at a committee meeting
• Get an agreement  to look into safety at your club this season
• Identify a person who will follow up on safety at your club

2. Make a list of your club's safety concerns

• Talk to as many people about your club's safety concerns as possible
• List the factors that contribute to injuries at your club ie ankle injuries which are caused by potholes

3. Prioritise your safety concerns (you can't do everything at once!)

• Look at your list of safety concerns and prioritise the ones that happen most often and are most severe
• Pick only your highest priorities to deal with this season ie potholes

4. Brainstorm ideas for reducing your safety risks

• Consider options to change people's behaviour through education ie offer training to coaches on warm up techniques
• Consider options for improving the environment to make it safer ie arrange for dirt to be available at pot-hole prone fields

5. Plan and implement your safety strategies

• Based on the first 4 steps write a simple plan that says what you'll do about safety this year, who will do it and when