It is mostly seniors who work the football games. On football Saturdays, trainers are at work before most of the tailgating public arrives, stocking the water coolers and mixing the sports drink players will consume during the heat of the game. After the taping, splints, spine boards and other pieces of equipment that may be needed to treat potential injuries are taken to the field. The athletic training program at Delaware is highly competitive. Once accepted, students must complete a course in anatomy, physiology and injury prevention and recognition, as well as studies in administration, education and evaluation.
Students also work in physical therapy clinics to broaden their experience.
Between classes and training, I spend most of my time here. When our high school trainer came around asking for volunteers, I volunteered. After she graduates in January, Galloway said she hopes to land an internship and enroll in a master's degree program next fall. Many students in the program received their first exposure to the discipline of athletic training as a result of sports-related injuries during their high school careers. I hurt my knee in high school and, as a result, I spent a lot of time in the training room.