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Risk management Off-Ice Training OFF-ICE TRAINING FOR YOUNG ATHLETES HAS BECOME VERY COMMON at ice rinks around the country. These activities are often being conducted by youth hockey and figure skating coaches inside the rink, and outside on rink property, but do you know if your rink is covered in the event that someone gets hurt? In many cases, these activities are covered by USA Hockey and U.S. Figure Skating's participant insurance coverage, but not in all cases. Therefore, it is very important that you check with your insurance representative to determine whether there are any limitations in the rink's general liability and excess liability policies before authorizing any off-ice training activities on rink property. Our industry is also seeing a trend toward renting space out in the rink to third-party fitness companies and/ or to fitness, strength and conditioning professionals to conduct off-ice training activities. As stated above, it is important to determine what liability risks may be associated with allowing this type of business to be run in your rink. The following article excerpt was originally published in the May/June 2009 Issue of RINK Magazine. How Can You Protect Yourself? Providing off-ice training at the rink through independent trainers comes with additional liability risks. Most facil- ity insurance does not cover contracted PHOTOS: DONN JONES 34 / NOVEMBER.DECEMBER.2017 USICERINKS.COM Determine liability risks before authorizing off-ice training Off-Ice Training: Are You Covered?