I had a freshman player who sprained her ankle during our game against Hillwood. It was late in the game and she landed on another girls foot and rolled it. It swelled up big and she was in obvious pain.
What's funny is I have seen this exact same thing hundreds of times while coaching and I always ask the same thing "knee or ankle?" to the trainer. When they say ankle, it is always a relief. Almost every time, ankles aren't that big a deal.
No convincing players and parents that it isn't that big of a deal is a different story, but I guarantee she plays by the end of the week.
The first time I hurt an ankle was when I was a senior in high school. It was a Selection Sunday for the NCAA tournament and I was playing basketball by myself in the driveway. I jumped and landed half on the driveway half on the grass and rolled my left ankle. I could feel the crunch of ligaments stretching and tearing. When I came inside, my parents decided to wait until after the selection show before we went to the ER. They took an XRay at the ER and it was negative.
My baseball coach was not pleased when he found out about my injury. He asked for details on how it happened and even brought in my best friend, Todd, to confirm my story. It seems that my coach was convinced I injured myself doing something I shouldn't have been doing like playing in a basketball league (which I was). But, since Todd knew nothing of the injury, Coach Kas dropped it.
What's funny is after the initial pain of an ankle sprain, I can move just fine even if my ankle is blue. I now know that it isn't a big deal and I can just suck it up. Many of my players have figured that out as well and are back the next day after a sprain.
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