Heartbeats not Headlines.
Written by Jerry Fife
By Jerry D. Fife, M.Ed. | ProTect Athletics | September 25, 2026 The National Athletic Trainers’ Association certification exam used to have three parts: a written simulation, an oral practical, and a multiple-choice section. Passed the first two without difficulty. Clinical competence was not the issue. Missed the multiple-choice section by one question. One question … Continue reading “AI Does The Heavy Lifting”
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By Jerry D. Fife, M.Ed. | ProTect Athletics | September 7, 2026 In the span of eight days in September 2026, two peer-reviewed studies landed in the same conversation about the same disease in the same population. One told us how many former NFL players have chronic traumatic encephalopathy. The other told us what happens … Continue reading “Broken at Both Ends”
Written by Jerry Fife
Opinion | Athletic Safety They Didn’t Want a Law Every law named after a child who died in sports is a monument to our failure to act before they died. Jerry D. Fife, M.Ed. | COO & Co-Founder, Athletic Safety Organization dba ProTect Athletics | August 31, 2026 Zackery Lystedt was 13 years old when … Continue reading “They Didn’t Want a Law”
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ASO Publications We are not in it for the headlines, but for the heartbeats Special Report | July 2026 Instructional Design & Workplace Safety More Than a Checkbox: Reaching Every Adult Learner in Online Safety Training Why standard compliance training fails to protect adult workers, and how to build online courses that actually save lives. … Continue reading “More Than a Checkbox”
