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Child protection
Child protection in sport
1 The Lawn Tennis Association, The Queens Club, London W14 9EG, UK
2 British Journal of Sports Medicine, Melbourne, Australia
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Correspondence to:
Dr Turner
The Lawn Tennis Association, The Queens Club, Palliser Road, London W14 9EG, UK; michael.turner@LTA.org.uk
All sports authorities need to be aware of the problem of child abuse and have guidelines to ensure that such problems are minimised
Keywords: child protection
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In recent times, we have seen widespread publicity given to domestic child abuse in the lay press, and there is every reason to suspect that sport is not immune from this problem. In Australia for example, a well known international cricket umpire was recently jailed for child sex allegations made when he was a schoolteacher. In 2001, a UK based tennis coach was jailed for seven years (with a further five years under licence) for child abuse, and, in America, a number of junior baseball and football coaches have been jailed for similar offences.1
As sports medicine professionals and parents, we have a duty to ensure that children participating in sport do so in an environment that is both enjoyable and safe. The very nature of sporting events means that athletic children are potentially at risk from such activities—sports clothing is often "minimal", showers and changing rooms are
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