Note: The activities used to fulfill
the requirements for the Sports merit badge may not be used to help fulfill
requirements for other merit badges.
- Do the following:
- Explain to your counselor the most likely hazards risks you may encounter while playing sports, during athletics activities, and what you should do to anticipate, help prevent, mitigate, and respond to these hazards risks.
- Show that you know first aid or understand the treatment for injuries or illnesses that could occur while participating in sports athletics, including sprains, strains, muscle cramps, contusions, abrasions, fractures, blisters, muscle cramps, injured teeth, dehydration, heat and cold reactions, and concussions or other suspected injuries to the head, neck, and back.
- The importance of maintaining a healthy diet.
- Explain the importance of the following:
- Before completing requirements 4 and 5, show that you have received a physical examination from your health care practitioner within the last 12 months.
- a. The Explain the importance of the physical exam
- b. The Explain the importance of maintaining good health habits for life (such as exercising regularly), and how the use of tobacco products, alcohol, and other harmful substances can negatively affect your health and your performance in sports activities
- c. The Explain the importance of maintaining a healthy diet
- Discuss the following:
- The importance of warming up and cooling down
- The importance of weight training
- What an amateur athlete is and the differences between an amateur and a professional athlete
- The attributes (qualities) of a good sport, the importance of sportsmanship, and the traits of a good team leader and player who exhibits Scout spirit on and off the playing field
- With guidance from your counselor, establish a
personal training program suited to the activities you choose for requirement
5. Then do the following:
- Create a chart and use it to track your training, practice, and development in these sports for one season (or four months).
- Demonstrate proper technique for your two chosen sports.
- At the end of the season, share your completed chart with your counselor and discuss how your participation in the sports you chose has affected you mentally and physically.
- Give the rules and etiquette for the two sports you picked.
- List the equipment needed for the two sports you chose. Describe the protective equipment and appropriate clothing (if any) and explain why it is needed.
- Draw diagrams of the playing areas area for your two sports.
- With guidance from your counselor and before beginning
requirement 4, establish a personal training program suited to the activities
you chose for requirement 4. Do the following:
- Organize a chart and track your training, practice, and development in the sports for one season or four months.
- Demonstrate proper technique for your two chosen sports.
- At the end of the season, share your completed chart with your counselor and discuss how your participation in the sports you chose has affected you mentally and physically.
BSA Advancement ID#:
13
Requirements last updated in:
2021
Pamphlet Publication Number:
35954
Pamphlet Stock (SKU) Number:
655673
Pamphlet Revision Date:
2021
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