ESPN Article-ATC Leadership

ESPN recently put out an article and video on Outside the Lines highlighting some of the issues that come along when coaches clout starts to influence how athletic trainers do their job. The story was based on a survey by the NATA looking at athletic training interaction with coaches and administrators and how that effected their ability to practice and if there was any interference. The results were shocking. In this short episode we do a quick talk on these issues and some of things we are looking at in how “the tides can be turned”. We discussed how we can see ourselves on the same level as coaches and why it is important to make sure we are establishing that we work “with” our coaches and not “for” coaches. Some of these simple words can have deep meaning when it comes to how you are perceived and how you perceive yourself.