SAFE FALL

  INTRODUCTION

The implementation of the Safe-Fall Safe-Schools program in a school involves the participation of the entire educational community in the project. However, specifically in relation to this research protocol, it focuses on the participation of the students in the school, within the Physical Education subject, through the application and assimilation of the exercises designed for teaching and learning the skill of falling in the school context by Physical Education teachers. Undoubtedly, the support that Judo coaches trained in the Safe-Fall Safe-Schools program can provide for the proper execution of the exercises proposed in this protocol is evident. Prior to the study, informed consent from parents/guardians will be required.

The study will require an initial evaluation through a questionnaire, recording of weight, height, and physical activity habits. Likewise, Observation Test Level I (Annex 4, 5, 6, and 7) is conducted to assess the students' motor response to an unexpected fall.

Once this is done, the program is implemented during the Physical Education class: a theoretical presentation on falls and their consequences in the school-age; practical sessions on specific falling techniques and Safe-Fall Safe-Schools exercises during warm-ups in Physical Education sessions.

After the program implementation, a final evaluation is conducted (questionnaire, weight, height, physical activity habits, and Observation Test Level I: backward, lateral, frontal, and rolling falls).