A student who helps provide medical care to athletes during practices and games, and assists the certified athletic trainer with treatments and rehabilitation of athletic injuries.
NO! A manager helps out the coaches with things they may need. An ATS helps the Athletic Trainer with what he/she needs.
With each sport you may be assigned to, there will be varying levels of time commitment involved. Since most students will be working football, here is a breakdown of what the schedule looked like last year:
During Summer (A couple weeks in the end of July/beginning of August)
Two a days – Monday - Friday: 3-9pm, Saturday – 7-10am
During School
Monday - Wednesday: 4th period, and 3:30pm until 6:30pm
Thursday: home or away games – 4th period, and 3:30pm until 9 or 10pm
Friday: home or away games – 4th period, and 3:30pm until 10 or 11pm
Saturday: 8 or 9 am
Traveling
You will more than likely travel to at least one away game during football, sometimes without the certified athletic trainer. You will always travel with at least one other ATS.
After Football/Volleyball, time commitment lessens. You will be assigned to work a different sport, possibly on your own.
Yes, but you will need to manage those schedules so you can be still be involved in athletic training. Communication will be key. Being an athletic training student is like having a job, so you will have games and practices you will have to be at. You will not be able to come and go as you please.
If you play a sport, we will do our best to work with your schedule and your coach to make it work. However, it will be very difficult for you to work a sport that overlaps seasons with the sport you play.
-Stand for long periods of time
-Be in hot weather for long periods of time
-Be in cold weather for long periods of time
-Be in the rain with no umbrella
-Push 40 gallons of water
-Lift up to 50lbs
-Running
-Bending over
-Squatting
-Carry fanny pack
-Carry rack of bottles and/or individual water bottles
-Touch sweaty people
-Smell sweaty things
-Pay attention
-Be eyes and ears for athletic trainer
-Recognize potential problems with athletes
-It is NOT social hour
-Don’t sit down
-Give water
-Provide first aid
-Taping
Relationships with Athletes
-Be appropriate/professional
-Treat everyone equal
-Don’t bring outside drama into practice
You are expected to act in a manner that reflects well on Ponder Athletic Training. You will be held to a high standard.
You will need to keep your grades up, maintaining at least a 70% or above. If you get ISS or DAEP, you will be removed from the program.
-You will be certified in CPR/AED/First Aid
-Taping
-Stretching
-Modalities
-Basic injury care
-Splinting
-Calling 911/Handling emergency situations
-Recognize and treat heat illnesses
-Recognize and treat concussions
There will be an orientation where these skills will be taught, and it will be mandatory to attend. This is usually scheduled the last week of July before two a days start.