Venue

All Schools and Nurseries

Activity/event

Tennis

Persons involved

Participants aged 3 upwards

Coaches and on site staff

Risk prior to measures

Who may be

harmed

Precautions

Any further actions/venue specific risk

Risk rating

after measures

Hair, clothing or jewellery entangled in equipment

Participants

Visual check of participants, they should wear appropriate clothing and shoes, remove jewellery and tie back long hair.

Deliverers to check clothing is suitable and no jewellery 

Trivial 

Participants colliding with each other or equipment / obstacles 

Participants

Designate safe area.  Draw attention to obstacles.  Control pace and numbers of people active in the space.

Low 

Collisions with non-participants

Participants & Non- participants

Ensure area is free from other users, instructor to remain vigilant to those who may enter area. Halt session if required.

Use designated areas only

Trivial

Tripping and falling onto a hard surface

Participants

Make participants aware of dangers e.g. slipping, tripping.

Low

Contact with foreign elements/objects on the playing surface

Participants

Inspect area prior to start of session, remove isolate any hazards

Trivial

Misuse or lack of control of equipment leading to purposeful or accidental striking of other people.

Participants

Reinforce safety message and game rules.  Work in controlled groups with specific individual tasks.  Establish safe spacing between each group.  Discipline any negative or potentially dangerous behaviour,

Use qualified officials, code of conduct for participants

Trivial

Muscular injury though excessive stress/strain.  Injury though incorrect execution of activity.

 Participants

Follow aerobic and mobilising warm up exercises.  Use appropriate size/weight equipment.  Follow governing body guidelines and adhere to safe practice.  Reinforce safety messages.

Assess quality and appropriateness of equipment.

Low

Showing a negative physical response to exercise – overly heavy breathing, dizziness etc.

Participants

Observe physical responses.  

First aid provision on day.

Trivial 

Risk prior to measures

Who may be

harmed

Precautions

Any further actions/venue specific risk

Risk rating

after measures

Graze from fall on concrete surface

Participants

Make participants aware of dangers eg; tripping falling. Games/activity should be well controlled by deliverers.

Low

Young person becoming separated from their group

Participants

Advise team managers  to keep control of young people and be conscious of their whereabouts at all times.

All staff wear uniforms to be identifiable to lost individuals

Trivial 

Falling object or projectiles 

(eg balls etc)

Participants 

Games / activities to be played in designated areas only. Under supervision of qualified staff.

Trivial 

Trip or fall whilst using stairs

Participants/

Leaders/

deliverers

Use warning signs on stairs. Team Managers to control groups over bridge and using stairs.

Signs put up prior to start of event

Low 

Twist/turn of joint eg ankle, knee, wrist.

Participant

Suitable warm ups and activities to be delivered by qualified coaches.

First Aid provision

Low

Cold / wet / icy conditions

Participants/

Leaders/

deliverers

Team Managers to ensure participants wear appropriate clothing for weather conditions. Coaches to be aware of impact weather has on session safety.

Trivial 

Hot / humid conditions

Sun stroke or burn

Participants/

Leaders/

Team Managers to ensure participants wear appropriate clothing for weather conditions. Coaches to be aware of impact weather has on session safety.

Trivial

Electricity cables/wires causing injury or trip/fall.

Participants/ leaders/

Warning signs in place and cables placed out of the way of passage.

Signs put up prior to start of event

Low 

Moving vehicles

Participants/

Leaders/

deliverers

Control areas where vehicles will be moving and use warning signage. 

Signs put up prior to start of event. Employment of car park attendents

Low