08/02/2020- 3 hours

Today was Saturday morning game day for U7’s, U8’s and U9’s all on the same pitch.

The pitch was separated into 3 sections with the U9’s having a bigger part of the pitch. I was overlooking all 3 games ensuring if there was any medical needs I will be able to attend straight away.

I attended early to help with warmups at the beginning, ensuring once they finished their warmups that they were stretched and ready for the game. Today we had no set fixture but just so they didn’t miss out from playing football this morning they had a game between each age group as there was enough players to do so.

One player went down from ‘rolling’ his ankle after landing on it ‘funny’. I took him off to the side of the pitch, so I was able to make a full assessment of his ankle without being in the way of the game. At first, he described his pain to be a 6/10, I checked his ROM and asked him to take his boot and sock off so I could visually see his ankle to check for any swelling or bruising. After this, he had calmed down from the shock and stopped crying he said this pain had gone and he felt fine to continue playing, I was also happy for him to continue.

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