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The National Rugby Safety Programme, a joint initiative between SARU and the Chris Burger/Petro Jackson Players' Fund. Re-Tweets do not imply endorsement!

[BokSmart @BokSmart]

🛡️ PREVENTION SAVES LIVES!
Do what you can to prevent what you can. Avoid the avoidable and reduce the risk of cervical spine injury at your school or club.
🏉 Protect the players. Protect the game.
📚 Find out more: https://t.co/smpGi95uLg
🧠 #TheHeadAndNeckMatters

[BokSmart @BokSmart]

🏉‘HOWS’ your tackle❓❌Head ❌On ❌Wrong ❌Side of the tackle. ⚠️Significantly increases risk of head, neck, & concussion injuries. 🧠Keep your head in the game. 💪 Put the work in, on correct head placement, tackle technique, & practise both sides 🔄.🧠🏉 #TheHeadAndNeckMatters

[BokSmart @BokSmart]

🏉 ‘NOT WALKING AROUND’ MATTERS!
To be SAFE & EFFECTIVE:
↔️ Stay square.
💪 Push straight.
🤝 Function as a unit.
🛡️ Maintain strong body positions.
📚 Learn more: https://t.co/smpGi95uLg — do the BokSmart Course.
🧠 #TheHeadAndNeckMatters

[BokSmart @BokSmart]

🚨 MyBokSmart Notice: 🔐 ONE person = ONE account = ONE email = ONE ID (Identity) number. Your MyBokSmart account is personal & cannot be shared. ❌ Do NOT create multiple accounts or share your account. Result = You may be locked out of the system. 👉 https://t.co/smpGi95uLg

[BokSmart @BokSmart]

🏉Lowering your body position into the tackle does not reduce your ability to dominate the tackle! 💪 🎯 Aim for the lower torso. ✅ With the right technique, tackling below the base of the sternum can be both SAFE and EFFECTIVE.🧠🏉 #theheadandneckmatters

[BokSmart @BokSmart]

🏉The lower the ball carry, the higher the catastrophic injury risk for both tacklers & ball carriers. ⚠️💪Bend, brace, & present the hard parts, but keep the SAFE ZONE accessible to the tackler. ⬇️🛡️🤝The tackle contest must be physical, fair, & safe.🧠🏉 #TheHeadAndNeckMatters

[BokSmart @BokSmart]

🏉Upright ball and all wrap tackles are no longer allowed. ❌ 💪 Practice correctly and make the effort to get down, quickly. ⬇️ Get lower faster in the tackle and avoid head-to-head or shoulder-to-head contact. 🧠🏉 #TheHeadAndNeckMatters

[BokSmart @BokSmart]

BokSmart 9 is now live on MyBokSmart. 🏉 SA Rugby’s free safety education course supports coaches, referees, medical teams, players, and administrators with practical guidance to help make rugby safer ✅: https://t.co/aPMHyu2P5w @SportsCapZa1 @playersfund_sa #BS9 #RugbySafety

[BokSmart @BokSmart]

⏰ Reminder: #BokSmart8 closes this Friday (31 July).
Incomplete BokSmart 8 progress cannot be transferred to #BokSmart9. If you haven't completed in time, you'll need to start again. No exceptions.📅 BokSmart 9 starts: 1 August 🏉@playersfund_sa @SportsCapZa1

[BokSmart @BokSmart]

🚨 BokSmart 9 is coming to MyBokSmart, powered by @SportsCapZa1 , BokSmart’s official software partner. Still busy on 8? Complete it by 31 July. After 31st, BokSmart 8 closes; all incomplete progress will be lost — you’ll need to restart on 9. No exceptions.🏉 #SmarterSaferRugby.

[BokSmart @BokSmart]

Set the tone before kick-off: referees brief teams pre-match, reinforcing zero tolerance for low ball-carries into contact and above-sternum tackles. Clear expectations drive safer behaviours, align players and teams, and ensure consistent, decisive sanctioning from the start.

[Springboks @Springboks]

South African rugby is showing encouraging early outcomes following the introduction of the lowered tackle-height laws, with initial data indicating a positive shift in reducing the severity and long-term impact of tackle-related catastrophic head, neck and spine injuries - more here: https://t.co/uyHUodiAog 👍

[SA J Sports Medicine @SAJsportmed]

The South African Rugby Injury and Illness Surveillance and Prevention Project (SARIISPP)

SARU Girls’ Youth Week Injury Surveillance Report 2023 

https://t.co/nFoVKVeiB4. @BokSmart

[BokSmart @BokSmart]

🤕INJURED tacklers repeatedly get these techniques WRONG❌
Dropping body height quickly to a bent-at-the-waist position👇
Getting shoulder correctly onto the ball carrier 🙌 before wrapping
Go to https://t.co/ctfAFv6VMt to find out more
#BokSmart @playersfund_sa @SportsCapZa1

[BokSmart @BokSmart]

With lowering the legal tackle-height 🏈, coaches and players need to actively TRAIN to repeatedly target the ‘SAFE ZONES’ 🎯. Go to https://t.co/ctfAFv6VMt to find out more
#BokSmart @playersfund_sa @SportsCapZa1

[BokSmart @BokSmart]

Lowered tackle-height laws and ball-carrier adjustments in South African rugby: strong potential to reduce catastrophic tackle injuries – essential reading: https://t.co/dlh0fJ0MYB

[BokSmart @BokSmart]

Not ALL Coaches are confident in teaching ALL contact skills. @Sharief_H and his co-authors 👨‍🔬provide a solid framework to improve real-world tackle-skill transfer🤔. Go to https://t.co/ctfAFv7tC1 and find out more
#BokSmart @playersfund_sa @SportsCapZa1

[BokSmart @BokSmart]

Poor tackle and ball carry techniques are risk factors for injury🤕. Spend the time in practice, lower the risk, and get it right on match day 💪. Go to https://t.co/ctfAFv7tC1 to find out more
#BokSmart @playersfund_sa @SportsCapZa1

[BokSmart @BokSmart]

BokSmart celebrates its 200,000th BokSmart Certification since the programme launched in 2009. Get involved. Get inspired. Do what you can to contribute to a safer rugby environment for our players: https://t.co/rr3de7SNmW @playersfund_sa @SportsCapZa1

[BokSmart @BokSmart]

Even though improved, the tackle-contest still needs work. For Tackle injury-prevention education👍 Tackle-law changes👍 go to https://t.co/ctfAFv6VMt. This is where YOU come in! #BokSmart @SportsCapZa1 @playersfund_sa #VisionZero

[BokSmart @BokSmart]

We DON’T want to change what makes rugby ‘rugby’🏉! But we ARE helping to raise the Safety🦺 Standards. Go to https://t.co/ctfAFv6VMt to find out more. #BokSmart @SportsCapZa1 @playersfund_sa