Anti-Drug Support
The problem of drug addiction among adolescents has not lost its relevance for many years. Despite the fact that regular hockey classes in sports schools significantly reduce the risk of addiction in adolescents, this does not fully guarantee that the young hockey player will never try the drug. The life of a sportsman is not limited to hockey, there are many factors that encourage drug abuse.
Experts identify a number of reasons that encourage adolescents to try narcotic drugs:
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curiosity, desire to experience new sensations;
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bad example of friends and acquaintances;
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the desire to get pleasure;
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persuading of friends and relatives to take drugs;
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desire to suppress pain, mental trauma.
These reasons are relevant for all young people, but sportsmen may have an additional motive - taking narcotic stimulants to achieve sports results.
All narcotic drugs are recognized as doping and included in the banned list, since one of the criteria for the inclusion of a substance or method in this list is the possible formation of drug addiction. The use of any drug is contrary to the spirit of the sport.
Within the framework of the counter-drug support program, a number of tasks are assigned to the personnel of the Academy of the Sports School for Children and Youth.
TASKS OF THE COACH:
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to possess relevant information in the field of counter-drug activities in the Russian Federation, the Republic of Tatarstan, the Ice Hockey Federation of the Republic of Tatarstan and the Sports School for Children and Youth;
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to demonstrate an absolute dislike of drugs as medications that are contrary to the spirit of sport and lead to a deterioration in sports results;
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to foster in a sportsman the ability to deal with life difficulties without resorting to alcohol and drugs; to be able to track the deterioration of sports performance and change in behaviour of hockey players as a result of taking narcotic and psychotropic substances;
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to take part in counter-drug actions and mass sports competitions with trainees of the Sports School.
TASKS OF THE MEDICAL STAFF:
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to possess relevant information in the field of counter-drug activities in the Russian Federation, the Republic of Tatarstan, the Ice Hockey Federation of the Republic of Tatarstan and the Sports School for Children and Youth;
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to conduct sanitary and educational conversations with students of the Sports School for Children and Youth and their parents;
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to know and be able to identify signs of drug intoxication, to provide medical assistance in case of drug overdose;
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to maintain control over the medications used by hockey players in order to exclude medicines that are addictive;
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to conduct medical examinations at the Sports School on their own using test strips for drugs or with the involvement of specialists from the Republican Narcological Dispensary or other private drug treatment centres.
TASKS OF THE GUIDANCE DEPARTMENT:
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to develop methodological manuals, brochures, posters about anti-drug support;
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to participate in workshops, lectures and conferences dedicated to the fight against drug addiction;
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to give lectures on anti-drug themes to trainees of the Sports School, coaches, and parents.
